Jakarta, Oct. 10 -- State-owned air navigation service provider AirNav Indonesia presented its archipelagic Free Route Operations (FRTO) implementation at an International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) forum in Montreal, Canada.

The experience was presented during the ICAO Air Navigation World-Air Traffic Flow Management 2026 forum at ICAO headquarters.

"FRTO gives airlines the flexibility to choose flight paths based on operational conditions and needs," AirNav Indonesia Operations Director Setio Anggoro said in a statement on Saturday.

He noted that the main challenge lies in supporting flight path flexibility through robust systems, procedures, and controller competence.

The FRTO initiative began in 2020 during the COVID-19 pa...