​India Leads The Way In Real-time Plane Tracking

Even as the International Air Travel Association (IATA), a global air travel community, is working on a recommendation to track aircraft more efficiently, India already has the required systems in place to keep a watch on its carriers.

IATA and the International Civil Aviation Organisation are conducting a survey to identify tracking options that can be developed by assessing the available products and services used for tracking commercial aircraft against specific criteria.

In May, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation had asked the domestic airlines and non-scheduled operators to keep a real-time track of aircraft by using the onboard Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System or Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B).