Air Traffic Control News

Global Airline Community Challenges Legality of Mandatory Flight Reductions at Schiphol Airport

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and airlines are mounting a legal challenge to the Dutch government’s sudden decision to reduce Schiphol airport’s capacity. - Schiphol Airport is already restricted to 500,000 flights annually. The government’s decree would renege on that agreement, reducing Schiphol connectivity to 460,000 flights from November 2023. IATA and the global airline community believe that this political decision by the Dutch government contravenes EU Regulation 598/2014 on noise-related operating restrictions at EU airports.

DataBeacon announces a market-ready data platform for ATM operations

DataBeacon announces Victor5, its market-ready data platform for the development and deployment of ATC digital assistants supporting real-time applications, post-operations and strategic planning, including flow. - Leveraging years of work data science research projects, machine learning and data engineering experience in the field of aviation, DataBeacon announces a release-candidate for its market-ready data platform for air traffic management operations, named Victor5.

ONUR at Airspace World 2023

With very unique know-how in integration of legacy communication systems into new generation IP based environments, ONUR is proud to be one of the most innovative solution providers in Air Traffic Control industry. Our state-of-the-art solutions are developed safety, security and interoperability standards which makes them suitable for 7/24/365 operations. Scalable solutions are being used in all forms of ATC/ATM applications including; RPAS Ground Control Stations (GCS), ATC Towers, Approach Centers and ACCs with no limitations in the number of A/G and G/G interfaces.

Gracias MADRID! World ATM Congress 2022 A great Success!

The ninth annual World ATM Congress, held at Recinto Ferial IFEMA Madrid, concluded on Thursday, 23 June. The world’s largest air traffic management (ATM) event attracted over 7,900 registrants who engaged with over 200 exhibitors from 134 countries and territories - The Exhibition Hall featured 202 exhibitors from around the world. In total, seven theatres hosted 165 sessions, with more than 200 aviation experts from industry, government, labour, and educational institutions participated in presentations, panel discussions, technical briefings, and product demonstrations and launches.

Eurocontrol MUAC and Indra launch the world’s most advanced controller-pilot communication system and accelerate the digitalization of the European sky

EUROCONTROL MUAC (Maastricht Upper Area Control Centre), in partnership with Indra, a leading global technological engineering company for the aerospace, defence and mobility sectors, have put an advanced system into operation to allow air traffic control systems to automatically exchange data with the onboard computer of an aircraft to manage air traffic with greater efficiency, safety and flexibility, a decisive step forward in the digitalization of the European sky.

Droniq and DFS receive UTM Innovation Award

At this year's World ATM Congress in Madrid, DFS, the German air navigation services provider, and Droniq won the UTM Innovation Award for the U-Space Sandbox project in Hamburg. With the U-Space Sandbox, it was demonstrated for the first time how a U-Space can function in practice through the use of a drone traffic management system, or UTM for short. - The ATM/UTM Awards are presented by the Air Traffic Management Magazine and the Unmanned Airspace platform.

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