IPACG/40 ASPIRE Update (IP11) September 10, 2014 Asia and Pacific Initiative to Reduce Emissions (ASPIRE) ASPIRE is a partnership of air navigation service providers focused on environmental stewardship in the region. U.S., Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and Thailand Emphasizes Best Practices for Asia-Pacific international flights Shared performance measurement Collaborative efficiency improvement through enhanced procedures and technologies Shared operational demonstration exercises 2 Current ASPIRE-Daily City Pairs 3 Best practices for ASPIRE are: User-Preferred Routes (UPRs) Dynamic Airborne Reroute Procedure (DARP) 30/30 Reduced Oceanic Separation Time-Based Arrivals Management Arrivals Optimization Departure Optimization Surface Movement Optimization Network Optimization Recent Meetings ASPIRE Annual Meeting held April 8-10, 2014 in Queenstown, New Zealand. Chaired by CAAS (Singapore). Quarterly teleconference held August 1, Outcomes Partners identified several key countries in the region whose addition to the partnership would help to spread ASPIRE best practices to areas currently lacking in capability (Indonesia, The Philippines, Papua New Guinea). Partners discussed and agreed to explore several potential ASPIRE-Daily city pairs for 2014 and 2015 Updates to the Strategic Plan and Annual Report are underway The first quarterly story on the website to highlight areas of achievement was published in July ASPIRE 4