There's interesting news from Hungary as Budapest is set to become the first European airport (and largest in the world) to be managed by air traffic controllers remotely. That's all thanks to help from Indra.
Isavia ANS has expanded usage of their space-based ADS-B system by signing an agreement with Aireon LLC. If you weren't already aware, Isavia ANS delivers air navigation across a massive area. They cover 5.4 million square kilometers extending from the North Pole to Scotland and from the prime meridian to the west coast of Greenland! Here's the full story if you would like to learn more.
Unmanned air travel continues to make progress as German researchers announce a successful trial of air taxi flight integration with current airspace designs. Droniq GmbH and DFS Aviation Services partnered with SkyCab partner Monchengladbach Airport and Germandrones to achieve this. Read more about the story here.
Finally, there's further good news as the easing of lockdown in September has meant flight movement increased by 22 percent in Thailand. It's great to hear continued stories of air traffic rebounding!
ANSP news
ANSPs need KPIs - Air Traffic Management spoke with Saulius Batavicus - CEO of Oro Navigacija. Beginning with the topic of green flying, more specifically for ANSPs, the focus was on KPIs. What would be the most impactful ways to measure these goals and how to change ways of acting if they aren’t being met?
Isavia ANS Expands Usage of Space-Based ADS-B System - Isavia ANS announced today that it has signed an agreement with Aireon LLC to expand usage it’s space-based ADS-B data. Isavia ANS provides air navigation services across 5.4 million square kilometers of controlled airspace that extends from the North Pole to Scotland and from the prime meridian in Greenwich to west of Greenland.
EASA and ENAV signed a memorandum for internetional cooperation - Patrick Ky, Executive Director of EASA and Paolo Simioni, CEO of ENAV signed a Memorandum of Cooperation during the World ATM Congress in Madrid, agreeing to work together on various areas of common interest in international aviation.
Airports news
Indra will make Budapest the major international airport in Europe to manage landings and take offs remotely - Indra has been awarded a contract for delivering a complete and integrated solution that will allow HungaroControl to remotely manage Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport. This will make Budapest the first European airport and largest in the world to be managed by air traffic controllers located outside of the airport area.
Market news
Tanzania CAA and Thales working together - Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority and Thales have successfully completed the delivery of the Air Traffic Management system and radars, enhancing Tanzania’s air traffic safety and efficiency.
TactiCall VCS becomes part of Saab’s Remote Tower - TactiCall VCS will be integrated with the traffic management systems to provide air traffic controllers with a robust and user-friendly communication interface that delivers enhanced situational awareness, a collaborative working environment and resource sharing across networked and virtualised operation Remote Tower centres.
GANS and ATRiCS sign agreement to develop next generation air traffic controller training - Global Air Navigation Services and ATRiCS have today signed an agreement to jointly develop, promote and deliver an air traffic controller training course for the next generation of tower automation systems. Yahya Al Hammadi, CEO GANS and Wolfgang Hatzack, CEO ATRiCS signed the agreement today in Madrid at World ATM Congress.
FREQUENTIS installs 201st voice switch for the US Federal Aviation Administration - Frequentis and the FAA recently completed installation of the 201 st Air Traffic Control voice communication system in a replacement program that has been running since 2004 The latest system was installed and accepted by the FAA at the Monroe Regional Airport, in Monroe, Louisiana.
New Annual Monitoring Report 2020 assessing the performance of air navigation service providers released - The 2020 PRB Annual Monitoring Report, prepared by the Performance Review Body, offers an in-depth assessment of the performance of ANSPs in relation to their performance targets. The newly released 2020 Report looks at the year that the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in Europe, resulting in a massive drop in air traffic.
FAA Launches Nationwide ATC Architectural Solicitation - FAA is launching a nationwide solicitation to find a new design for control towers that can be built and operated sustainably at regional and municipal airports.
FREQUENTIS and Unmanned Experts join NASA air mobility project - NASA and its partners to increase maturity of Advanced Air Mobility ecosystem. Frequentis offers Unmanned Traffic Management solution for airspace management, flight approval, and operator and drone registry. Unmanned Experts are specialists in autonomous robotics, swarms, UTM, and mass data.
