Weekly Review #208 - London Stansted Airport proposes terminal extension

First up, London Stansted Airport has announced its proposal for a terminal extension involving a three-bay extension to the back of its existing terminal building. The project would create a larger departure lounge, upgraded facilities and more amenities for passengers. Construction will begin next summer pending approval and take around three years to complete.

Next, the Engage 2 project has officially kicked off and launched its social networks. Building on its predecessor, the Engage Knowledge Transfer Network, Engage 2 aims to support the SESAR 3 Joint Undertaking in preparing and inspiring the next generation of aviation professionals for the digital economy.

In more news from Europe, two new SESAR Solutions recently got the green light. These solutions will improve collaborative decision-making between airspace users, local flow managers, and the Network Manager, enhancing coordination and increasing the predictability of air traffic in Europe’s airspace.

Last but not least, Frequentis has purchased 100% of the Norwegian software company GuardREC ATC, which develops recorder solutions for the air traffic control market. The company has many years of knowledge and experience in safety- and operation-critical applications.

ANSP news

• ENAIRE and DSNA meet with EUROCONTROL at the Marseille Control Centre to follow up on airspace management projects - Enrique Maurer and Florian Guillermet met at the Marseille Air Traffic Control Centre, together with the Director of the EUROCONTROL Network Management Iacopo Prissinotti, to consolidate the progress made in coordinaing and improving the operating procedures at cross-border airspace.
• FABEC States User Consultation - Representatives of Airspace Users, FABEC States, FABEC States bureau and FABEC ASB Chair 2023 (ANA Luxembourg), met on June 30th in Brussels for the annual Airspace User Consultation with the aim of having an open and structured dialogue about current and future challenges faced by the Air navigation industry.

Airports news

• London Stansted Airport Unveils Plans For Terminal Extension - British Aviation Group - London Stansted Airport has announced its proposal for a terminal extension involving a three-bay extension to the back of its existing terminal building. The project would create a larger departure lounge, upgraded facilities and more amenities for passengers.

Market news

• FREQUENTIS acquires Norwegian software company GuardREC ATC - Frequentis purchased 100% of the Norwegian software company GuardREC ATC, which develops recorder solutions for the air traffic control market. The company has many years of knowledge and experience in safety- and operation-critical applications. The seller was the Norwegian EMBRON Group.
• Seychelles MEP VCCS main system - Seychelles, an archipelagic state located off the East Coast of Africa in the Indian Ocean, currently provides air navigation service in its Flight Information Region which covers an area of approximately 2.63 million square kilometers.
• Peruvian airspace is operated by Jotron ATC radio and recording systems - Jotron AS has supplied and successfully installed VHF radio systems in 21 Peruvian airports and remote sites.
• Indra modernizes Morocco’s air traffic management with the latest technology to make it more sustainable and efficient - The company has put into operation its ManagAir air traffic automation system for facilitating air traffic management. Thanks to Indra’s technology, ONDA will be able to manage air traffic more seamlessly and efficiently while increasing its capacity and reducing CO2 emissions.

Context information

• Engage 2 project: Empowering the Future of Aviation Workforce - In a groundbreaking announcement for the aviation industry, the highly anticipated Engage 2 project has officially kicked off and launched its social networks. Drawing from the valuable experience of its predecessor, the Engage Knowledge Transfer Network, Engage 2 is aimed to support the SESAR 3 Joint Undertaking in preparing and inspiring the next generation of aviation professionals for the digital economy.
• Egis to provide Project Management Consultancy Services for The New Kuwait Airways TowerEgis - Egis has been selected to provide Project Management Consultancy services for the execution of the new Kuwait Airways Tower project in Qibla, Kuwait. Kuwait Airways Company aims to construct a state-of-the-art, LEED certified, multi-purpose tower that adheres to the latest technical and professional standards, optimizing functionality and sustainability.
• The interdependency between the environment and capacity KPIs of the performance and charging scheme of the SES - The Performance Review Body published the paper - "The interdependency between the environment and capacity KPIs of the performance and charging scheme of the SES"
• No additional radiation at cruising altitude off the coast of Brazil - Earth's atmosphere protects aircraft passengers and crew from the effects of the South Atlantic Anomaly. At cruising altitude, there is no additional exposure to cosmic radiation off the coast of Brazil. This was confirmed by a DLR research team during measurement flights.

Research and innovation

• New EUROCONTROL contrail observatory at our Innovation Hub will support contrail avoidance research - EUROCONTROL’s new contrail observatory on the roof of our Innovation Hub in Brétigny, France is designed to monitor and help analyse the formation and evolution of condensation trails.
• European ECHO project delivers ConOps for higher airspace ready for validation - Unmanned airspace - ECHO is a two-year project led by EUROCONTROL to deliver a comprehensive demand analysis and the concept of operations for higher airspace to allow safe, efficient and scalable operations.
• SESAR 3 JU Annual Conference 2023 - The event will gather the EU aviation community - including representatives from the European Commission, the European Parliament, Member States, as well as industry leaders, research centres, SMEs and universities - to discuss and reflect on the successes of the SESAR 2020 programme and future priorities for delivering the Digital European Sky.
• A green light for two new collaborative solutions - SESAR JU - Two new SESAR Solutions recently got the green light that will improve collaborative decision making between airspace users, local flow managers, and the Network Manager. Delivered by the Optimised Airspace Users Operations (OAUO- PJ.07-W2) project, the solutions will help improve coordination and increase the predictability of air traffic in Europe’s airspace.