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FABEC Training Seminar: Digital steps to secure the future
Digital generation trainees shared the platform with senior instructors and managers of training institutions to discuss changes in the ATC training environment at the fifth FABEC Training Seminar held at the DFS Academy in Langen, Germany, on 29-30 October 2019. The agenda focused on the growth in digital techniques and opportunities for tailored and focused skills training, for example using web-based simulation. Attendees also learned how gamification enhances the learning experience and recruitment strategies need to keep pace with digital media and cyber.
EASA Annual Safety Conference warns against complacency over aviation safety
The aviation industry must guard against becoming complacent about safety at a time when the number of fatal accidents in commercial aviation has been decreasing over the last decade, industry experts speaking at the European Union Aviation Safety Agency’s annual safety conference in Helsinki warned. While safety is widely established as the top priority for the aviation industry, commercial pressures can present a challenge to that focus. Compromises on safety however run the risk of losing the confidence of the general public, said Pekka Henttu, Director General of Civil Aviation at …
GCAA signs MoU with NG Aviation for Aeronautical Information Management (AIM)
Building on the innovative approach to the future of the Aviation Industry in the United Arab Emirates, the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) have signed on 27th August 2019, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the NG Aviation SE to further validate its future strategy towards Aeronautical Information Management (AIM). The MoU seeks to establish practical cooperation on use cases to strengthen the aeronautical data digitization processes with the emphasis on the digital datasets in accordance with the new ICAO Annex 15 Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs) and to strengthen …
Brazil implements South America’s first remote air traffic control tower with FREQUENTIS
Frequentis installs remote tower technology for Santa Cruz Airbase in Brazil - On October 18th Brazil successfully installed the Frequentis smartVISION solution at Santa Cruz airbase in order to enhance the way air traffic is monitored and managed. The project carried out by Brazilian Airspace Control Department – DECEA, via the Commission for Implementation of the Brazilian Air Space Control System – CISCEA, was completed in 6 months and is the first of its kind in South America to provide actual remote air traffic control services using digital tower technology.
FABEC Training Seminar: ATM Training for the digital generation
The biennial FABEC Training Seminar will take place at the DFS Academy in Langen, Germany on 29-30 October 2019. The meeting sets out to explore opportunities provided by digital technology in the training environment. The agenda covers the recruitment of digital generation trainees, the introduction of and experience with e-learning practices by trainees and instructors, both from an ATCO and ATSEP perspective.. Present day challenges including insight into e-learning at universities and gamification are looked at in detail in dedicated sessions.
inter airport Europe 2019: The world’s leading airport exhibition presents digitalisation seminar for the first time
inter airport Europe, the International Exhibition for Airport Equipment, Technology, Design and Services, takes place from 8 – 11 October 2019. A total of 658 exhibitors from 39 countries will present their latest developments and solutions for aircraft, passenger and cargo handling, security and airport IT, architectural components as well as ground support equipment at the Munich Trade Fair Centre in Germany. The most important exhibitor countries, besides Germany, are France, the USA, Great Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, China, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Denmark and Austria.
- Jersey Airport becomes the first British airport to manage air traffic using digital Remote Tower technology
- New technologies and a network approach are keys to achieving seamless airspace
- ISAVIA and FREQUENTIS explore extreme weather remote tower solutions
- FREQUENTIS supports PANSA in its goal for data driven airports
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