Air traffic control/management (ATC/ATM)

News & articles from International Airport Review covering Air Traffic Control and Air Traffic management (ATC/ATM)

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New headwinds: ACI EUROPE’s head addresses annual congress

19 June 2018 | By International Airport Review

International Airport Review will be bringing you more news from joint ACI EUROPE & WORLD Annual Congress & General Assemblies in Brussels as it happens.

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Total airport management: Uniting the airport with APOC

19 June 2018 | By Arnaud Feist | CEO | Brussels Airport Company

In an effort to optimise overall operational efficiency, Brussels Airport embarked on a project to centralise their services to the benefit of both passengers and staff. Arnaud Feist, CEO of Brussels Airport Company, outlines the project.

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A world-first for the air traffic control industry based in Sweden

19 June 2018 | By Brett Weihart

December 2019 will see the opening of Scandinavian Mountains Airport – the world’s first new airport to be built without a traditional tower. The airport will instead use remote tower services based at Sundsvall Timrå Airport, approximately 350km to the east. Brett Weihart, CEO of Scandinavian Mountains Airport AB, reveals…

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Changing the face of air traffic management for the better

19 June 2018 | By Florian Guillermet - Executive Director of SESAR

In a matter of years, remote tower technology has re-written the rulebook on air traffic control. Initially conceived as a smart, safe and sustainable solution for airports with very low traffic density, remote towers are now becoming a reality at airports with significantly higher traffic movements, says Florian Guillermet, Executive…

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London City Airport: A new era of air traffic control

19 June 2018 | By Alison FitzGerald

Following a multi-million pound investment, London City is on the verge of replacing its air traffic control tower with a remotely-operated digital alternative, blazing the trail for UK airports by implementing the cutting-edge technology under Europe’s busiest sky. Chief Operating Officer, Alison FitzGerald, reveals the plans and how the deployment…

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Big data: Unlocking the value of data in air transport

19 June 2018 | By Jim Peters

The right data, harnessed in the right way, can deliver actionable insights that are truly transformative for decision-making, efficiency and smooth passenger-focused delivery of services. Jim Peters, Chief Technology Officer at SITA, reveals how big data is beginning to deliver real value in the air transport industry.

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European Commission removes all airlines from Indonesia from EU Air Safety List

18 June 2018 | By International Airport Review

The European Commission has cleared all air carriers from Indonesia from the EU Air Safety list after improvements to the aviation safety situation in the country.

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Real value for customers: a Q&A about Hungary’s free-route airspace

14 June 2018 | By Attila Simon | Director of Business Development | HungaroControl

Fresh from scooping up the Sustainability Category Innovation Award at the Airport Show 2018 in Dubai, Attila Simon, Director of Business Development at HungaroControl, speaks about how Hungary’s free-route airspace is a showcase of delivering real customer value.

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Guide to… Remote Digital Towers

13 June 2018 | By International Airport Review

With air traffic set to double over the next 20 years, airport operations are becoming stretched and airports are turning to technology to ensure efficiency isn’t affected. Drawing upon the knowledge of regulators, airports and ANSPs, International Airport Review’s Guide To… Remote Digital Towers will reveal the benefits of one…

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International Airport Review – Issue 3, 2018

8 June 2018 | By International Airport Review

In this issue: discovering the benefits of remote digital towers, the rise of automation in passenger processing, and unlocking the value of data to improve operational efficiencies.

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IATA and the African Airline Association sign MoU to ‘deepen cooperation’

4 June 2018 | By International Airport Review

According to IATA, the MoU paves the way for further development in African aviation, an industry which supports 6.8 million jobs and generates $72.5 billion of economic activity on the continent.

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Edinburgh Airport launches consultation into aerospace changes

31 May 2018 | By International Airport Review

Scotland's main airport has launched a public consultation to gauge what local communities think of a proposed flight path in its Airspace Change Programme (ACP) application.

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Drones will soon be banned from flying within 1km of airports in the UK

30 May 2018 | By International Airport Review

Another amendment to the Air Navigation Order 2016, through which the new rules are being carried, will require the pilots of drones weighing more than 250 grams to register and take a test - or face a £1,000 fine.

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Lyon-Saint Exupéry becomes France’s first regional A-CDM airport

29 May 2018 | By International Airport Review

Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) has become the first regional airport in France to adopt EUROCONTROL's airport collaborative decision making (A-CDM) system. 

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Challenging our digital tower assumptions

29 May 2018 | By NATS

Digital control towers: what was once a concept, confined to a niche of the industry, is now an operational reality for a growing number of airports around the world...