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On the 21st of January 2021, GroupEAD and ESSP signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen their cooperation
These organizations, that are EASA certified or having extensive experience operating an EASA certified service, are willing to explore cooperation in the field of the development of new pan-European Services, in consistency with the ATM Data Service Provider (ADSP) concept promoted by the European Commission. GroupEAD and ESSP have certain shareholders in common and already have a long experience of cooperation in training, cooperation that will be reinforced thanks to this MoU.
In the first 15 days of August Air Traffic in Italy grows 30% vs July
ENAV announces that in the first half of August it has handled 48,000 flights, up 33% vs July, with an average of 3,200 flights managed per day vs the 2,400 flights per day of July, confirming the growth trend of air traffic in Italy. In the first 15 days of August the traffic displays a recovery of around 50% of the traffic volumes of the same period of 2019. Traffic volumes in July 2020 were 40% of last years’ volumes for the same month. The progressive recovery in Italian airspace is in line with the increase recorded also in the rest of Europe since June.
COVID-19 crisis support measures for SESAR Deployment implementing partners
At the beginning of the year, the COVID-19 crisis swept the world and severely impacted many industries, including the air transport sector, with ongoing repercussions that could drastically change the aviation landscape for years to come. In response to this escalating international crisis, the SESAR Deployment Manager launched a survey measuring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on all stakeholders in order to draw up the SESAR Deployment Recovery Plan, a portfolio of viable solutions to mitigate this unparalleled crisis which practically paralyzed the entire aviation sector.
The European Commission selects seven ENAIRE projects to forge ahead with the Single Sky
The European Commission has selected seven ENAIRE projects involving the SESAR Exploratory Research programme to forge ahead with the Single European Sky. The ENAIRE and CRIDA projects were chosen from 29 proposals selected out of a total of 128 applications that were presented for the fourth call of the European Commission's SESAR Exploratory Research. The high proportion of projects awarded demonstrates ENAIRE and CRIDA's creative potential to contribute novel ideas to the digitisation of European air traffic management.
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INDRA Deploys two more Air Traffic Control Centers in Saudi Arabia in record time
Indra is breaking all records in the ambitious project of renovating air control centers and towers in Saudi Arabia. Eight months ahead of schedule, the company has delivered Yeda's en-route and approach control center and Dammam's approach control center to the country's navigation service provider, SANS.Together with Riyadh, Yeda is one of the two control centers responsible for managing traffic en-route across the country. Its successful deployment is a definite step forward for the project, which is now entering the home stretch.
NAV CANADA Signs strategic agreement with UNIFLY
NAV CANADA has entered into an agreement with Unifly, a strategic technology partner, in the deployment of a national system that provides digital services for safely operating and managing drones in Canadian airspace. The system has an intuitive user interface and will enable Canadian drone pilots to access web and mobile applications to identify safe and legal airspace, plan flights, manage operations, pilots and fleet of drones. This fully digitized system makes the process of requesting authorization to fly in controlled airspace easier and faster for qualified drone pilots.
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