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Remote Towers will enhance air traffic safety
Collaboration between stakeholders vital to promote efficiency - The growing need for remote towers was one of the hot topics discussed at the Global Air Traffic Management (GATM) conference, held at Dubai Airshow 2019 on the 19 and 20 November. The importance of collaboration across the industry was also a key theme, as delegates heard efficiency was improved when stakeholders, even competing airlines, collaborate with each other in decision making.
NATS and Ministry of Defence strengthen existing ties for even closer collaboration
NATS and the Ministry of Defence (MoD) have extended their existing Future Military Area Radar Service (FMARS) contract for a further nine years, until 31 March 2030. This will allow civilian and military air traffic controllers to continue to work side by side at the Swanwick Control Centre in Hampshire, ensuring safe and efficient collaboration and coordination within UK airspace. The contract enables the MoD to provide a nationwide ATC capability, maintaining the security of UK airspace, providing a response to military and civil aircraft in distress, and supporting operational and flying …
PANSA launched WebCAT interface for airspace structures
The Polish Air Navigation Services Agency (PANSA) launched WebCAT, a graphic and text interface presenting the current-updated and planned status of airspace structures in Poland, based on PANSA’s Common Airspace Tool (CAT) system. WebCAT interface is accessible from a web browser and integrated with PANSA’s PANDORA aeronautical Information Display System (IDS) for operational use. WebCAT interface WebCAT features an intuitive and user-friendly interface with an optional cartographic background.
PANSA trains 180 ATCOs and 80 FIS officers on its UTM system
The Polish Air Navigation Services Agency (PANSA) has finished the series of its UTM system TTT (Train-the-Trainer) trainings for Air Traffic Controllers and Flight Information Service Officers at 15 towers and 5 FIS sectors all over the country. 180 ATCOs and 80 FIS Officers will become professionally trained by their colleagues in order to use the commercially available PansaUTM system for UAVs traffic management. The trainings are a part of the PansaUTM certification process supervised by the Civil Aviation Authority of Poland.
Wings of change Europe - A Sustainable Industry for all Europe’s Citizens
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) called on governments in Europe to seize the opportunity to create a sustainable aviation industry that protects the environment and increases connectivity opportunities for Europe’s citizens. The call came at the opening of Wings of Change Europe—a gathering of aviation stakeholders being hosted in Berlin, Germany. Amid continuing celebrations of the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the role of aviation in the continent’s integration was top of mind.
Dutch Caribbean Air Navigation Service Provider deploys space-based ADS-B in Curaçao
Today, the Dutch Caribbean Air Navigation Service Provider (DC-ANSP) announced it has deployed Aireon’s space-based ADS-B surveillance service in the Curaçao Flight Information Region (FIR). This milestone follows years of collaboration, with the two organizations signing the data services agreement (DSA) in October of 2015.Effective immediately, DC-ANSP will have 100 percent air traffic surveillance over the 300,000 square kilometers that make up Curaçao’s FIR.
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