The twentieth meeting of the ATM/AIS/SAR Sub-Group (ATM/AIS/SAR/SG/20) of the Asia/Pacific Air Navigation Planning and Implementation Regional Group (APANPIRG) was held in Singapore from 5 to 9 July 2010, graciously hosted by the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore.

The twentieth meeting of the ATM/AIS/SAR Sub-Group (ATM/AIS/SAR/SG/20) of the Asia/Pacific Air Navigation Planning and Implementation Regional Group (APANPIRG) was held in Singapore from 5 to 9 July 2010, graciously hosted by the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore.  The meeting adopted a regional guidance material to assist States for the implementation of changes to the flight plan format introduced by Amendment 1 to PANS-ATM (Doc 4444) which is the result of the hard work of the Flight Plan & ATS Message Implementation Task Force.  ATM/AIS/SAR/SG/20 identified a need for the development of harmonised State contingency plan and also a sub-regional Volcanic Ash Contingency Plan.  ATM/AIS/SAR/SG/20 invited ICAO to hold Asia/Pacific Seamless ATM Workshop in February 2011.  It was also agreed that for the termination of the service provided by FIT-SEA CRA on 31 March 2011, the coordination to take over the responsibility be ongoing.

[Link to the ATM/AIS/SAR/SG/20 meeting]