Business Aviation Safety Seminar
Asia 2010
“Regulatory Oversight of Business
Aviation”
Singapore’s Experience and
Perspective
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Outline
 General Aviation in Singapore
 Principles, philosophies and approach in
promulgating Singapore General Aviation
Regulations (SGAR)
 Challenges
 Conclusion
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Geography
Singapore = Small geographical size
All Business Aviation (BA) flights are
International
Singapore To:
• Hong Kong
•
• Mumbai
• New Delhi
• Beijing
• Seoul
• Tokyo
• Moscow
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1,588nm
2,357nm
2,436nm
2,579nm
2,780nm
2,867nm
3,324nm
5,248nm
Singapore-registered aircraft
Aircraft Type
Number
Airbus A319 / 320
42
Airbus A330-300
19
Airbus A340-500
5
Airbus A380-800
11
Boeing B747-200
2
Boeing B747-400
20
Boeing B777-200/300
66
Piper PA28
10
CT/4E
2
Cessna 172N
6
Socata TB9C
1
DA40
13
Socata TB200
1
EC 120B
1
Total
199
Aircraft at Seletar Aerospace Park
 No BA aircraft on Singapore Register
 Either “N”, “VP” or “VH” registered
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Developing SGAR
 Adopt ICAO Standards
 Must protect third parties
 Acceptable level of safety for passengers
• Passenger would not enjoy same level of
safety as fare-paying passenger in
commercial air transport
 Maximum freedom of actions
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Conceptual Framework
Risk
Regulatory
requirement/
Acceptable
level of safety
Complex/
Turbo jet
<5700kg
Complexity of Operation
Weight and
Capability of Aircraft
Who is responsible?
 Owner or Pilot-in-Command must assume
responsibility for safety of operations for less
complex aircraft.
 For more complex aircraft, the operator must
assume responsibility.
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Safety Oversight
 BA may be commercial or Corporate
 For corporate owned:
• Do not have organisation structure similar to
that of commercial air transport
• May have flight ops department
• Allow the owner/operator to contract the full
engineering and maintenance activities –
owner/operator retain responsibility
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Inbound Aircraft
 Streamline Procedures
 Speed up Approval processes
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Emerging Issues
 Continuous refinement
 Types of ownership
• Group
• Fractional
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Part 135 vs Part 121
Aeroplanes’ MAPSC vs MCTOM
40
30
MAPSC (pax)
30
20
19
10
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0
0
5700
10,000
15000
20,000
27000
30,000
MCTOM (kg)
Potential extent of damage
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40,000
45500
50,000
60,000
Types of Ownership
• Group Ownership – 1 Aircraft may be owned by
several owners. Identify 1 owner to be accountable
=> Private aircraft.
• Fractional Ownership – Multiple owners have a
pooling agreement by which aircraft is shared.
Management company will run the operations
and functions typical of an operator.
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CONCLUSION
Regulatory
and
safety
oversight
requirements are robust and biz-friendly
Continuous review and refinement to keep
pace with industry
Other aspects in growing
business aviation
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Thank you for
your kind
attention
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