ARINC Launches New HF Voice Service for South East Asia Routes

Annapolis, Maryland—Effective immediately, air carriers and general aviation operators have a new air/ground voice radio service they can depend on for reliable communications while operating in the South East Asia region. ARINC Incorporated yesterday declared its new High Frequency (HF) Voice radio station operational at Hat Yai, Thailand.

The new HF Voice station was built in cooperation with Aeronautical Radio of Thailand (AEROTHAI), ARINC's partner in providing the GLOBALink^SM portfolio of aeronautical communications services. The new station delivers robust coverage to the South East Asia flight region, including the western Pacific, China, India, and all of South East Asia.

The new station fills a major communications gap and expands ARINC's Air/Ground International voice radio coverage from the U.S., the Americas, and the Atlantic Ocean across the Pacific Ocean, to include South East and Eastern Asia.

“The need for dependable voice radio service in this region has been recognized for a number of years, and this is the culmination of four years of work on ARINC’s part to achieve the installation of this important site,” stated Ron Hawkins, ARINC Vice President, Commercial Aviation Solutions.

ARINC’s new Thailand HF Voice station is managed by ARINC’s experienced radio operators who are on duty around the clock to receive, send, and relay air/ground operational messages. Voice services typically include the delivery of messages by telephone or fax, phone patches between aircraft and ground facilities, and ground-originated calls to aircraft in specific coverage areas.

ARINC’s operators can also transcribe voice messages into text and send them via ARINC’s data network to any network address, aviation business, teletype subscriber, or the International Civil Aviation Organization.

Air/Ground International HF voice service complements ARINC’s popular GLOBALink HF and VHF data link services in the region. Aircraft operators may initiate use of Air/Ground International at any time.

ARINC Incorporated, a portfolio company of The Carlyle Group, provides communications, engineering and integration solutions for commercial, defense and government customers worldwide. Headquartered in Annapolis, Maryland with regional headquarters in London and Singapore, ARINC is ISO 9001:2008 certified.

Release: 10-010

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