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Victoria González Otón, ATM Operations Technician at ENAIRE, receives award in Valladolid

Startical achieves first-ever VHF voice communication between pilot and air traffic controller via satellite

IDI acquires majority stake in Intersoft Electronics Group to support continued global growth

ENAIRE receives award for improving the safety of general aviation

Altitude Angel awarded U.S. Patent for groundbreaking ARROW technology

Enrique Maurer, CEO of ENAIRE, receives the ‘Engineer of the Year 2025’ award from the Spanish Association of Aeronautical Engineers

Jotron supplies full VHF coverage for Angola’s Luanda FIR

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Strengthening Global Airspace Resilience

Guidelines for Implementing a Minimum Operational Network (MON) using Conventional Navigation Aids (NAVAID) for Contingency During Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Outages In an era where Performance-Based Navigation (PBN) and GNSS have transformed ATM, their vulnerabilities, from radio frequency interference (…

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Soaring Ambition Above São Paulo: Drones, eVTOLs, and the Next Phase of Brazil’s Airspace

Attending the recent Expo eVTOL 2025 in São Paulo was a revelation. The event was a vivid showcase of Brazil’s booming Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) and drone ecosystem. More than just a trade fair, it featured lively panel tracks …

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How ENAIRE managed airspace when the lights went out

On 28 April, a nationwide power outage affected Spain, Portugal and parts of southern France, massively disrupting public services, businesses and homes. This immediately posed an enormous challenge to ENAIRE, whose mandate is to keep Spanish airspace open to traffic at …

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The growing integration of UAS/UTM into national airspace: A collaborative approach to safety and efficiency

CANSO Operations Programme Operations System Integration Workgroup (OSIWG) looks at the findings of a recent survey into the integration of unmanned aircraft. As Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) and Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) systems continue to evolve, the integration of these …

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Shaping Future Skies: CATS highlights from Airspace World 2025

The recent Airspace World 2025 in Lisbon, Portugal, provided a powerful platform for advancing the Complete Air Traffic System (CATS) Global Council’s Concept of Operations (CONOPS) for Future Skies. With over 7,000 industry professionals from more than 145 countries, 200 exhibitors, and 300 expert …

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Judging ATM performance – parable of the three brothers

Father Apan Skeye was a successful farmer with a lush plantation. He was a skilful builder of an irrigation system that brought water from the eastern river and greened a large swath of farmland. As a result, his harvest was …

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Strengthening Global Airspace Resilience

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Soaring Ambition Above São Paulo: Drones, eVTOLs, and the Next Phase of Brazil’s Airspace

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How ENAIRE managed airspace when the lights went out

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The growing integration of UAS/UTM into national airspace: A collaborative approach to safety and efficiency

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Shaping Future Skies: CATS highlights from Airspace World 2025

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Judging ATM performance – parable of the three brothers

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Navigating COVID-19Show all

CANSO and Cirium partner to detail global impact of pandemic on commercial airline fleets

CANSO and Cirium have produced a detailed report looking at the global impact of COVID-19 on airline fleet utilisation. The data shows the percentages of different …

02/12/2021

CANSO calls for greater unity to tackle industry-wide financial crisis

Amsterdam, 5 October 2021 – CANSO (Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation) the global and regional voice of ATM, has called for greater industry unity in the face of a …

05/10/2021

Passenger enthusiasm to return to the skies dampened by quarantine rules, new research reveals

New research has revealed the extent to which the UK public is keen to return to international travel, but also that their enthusiasm is being undermined …

14/07/2021

What does the data say about ANSPs’ resilience through the pandemic?

Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic caused a collapse of traffic volumes due to state-imposed travel restrictions. Air traffic reached a low point in some regions of as …

26/04/2022

ICAO and Singapore to jointly deliver global programme on aviation recovery and resilience

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and Singapore have signed an agreement to jointly develop and deliver a global training programme on aviation recovery and resilience …

07/04/2022

Normal is overrated

Lea-Sophie Vink leads Human Performance at Austro Control GmbH in Vienna, Austria. Here she discusses the impact of COVID-19 on the performance of those returning to …

24/02/2022

CANSO and Cirium partner to detail global impact of pandemic on commercial airline fleets

CANSO and Cirium have produced a detailed report looking at the global impact of COVID-19 on airline fleet utilisation. The data shows the percentages of different …

02/12/2021

CANSO calls for greater unity to tackle industry-wide financial crisis

Amsterdam, 5 October 2021 – CANSO (Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation) the global and regional voice of ATM, has called for greater industry unity in the face of a …

05/10/2021

Passenger enthusiasm to return to the skies dampened by quarantine rules, new research reveals

New research has revealed the extent to which the UK public is keen to return to international travel, but also that their enthusiasm is being undermined …

14/07/2021

What does the data say about ANSPs’ resilience through the pandemic?

Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic caused a collapse of traffic volumes due to state-imposed travel restrictions. Air traffic reached a low point in some regions of as …

26/04/2022

ICAO and Singapore to jointly deliver global programme on aviation recovery and resilience

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and Singapore have signed an agreement to jointly develop and deliver a global training programme on aviation recovery and resilience …

07/04/2022

Normal is overrated

Lea-Sophie Vink leads Human Performance at Austro Control GmbH in Vienna, Austria. Here she discusses the impact of COVID-19 on the performance of those returning to …

24/02/2022

CANSO and Cirium partner to detail global impact of pandemic on commercial airline fleets

CANSO and Cirium have produced a detailed report looking at the global impact of COVID-19 on airline fleet utilisation. The data shows the percentages of different …

02/12/2021

CANSO calls for greater unity to tackle industry-wide financial crisis

Amsterdam, 5 October 2021 – CANSO (Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation) the global and regional voice of ATM, has called for greater industry unity in the face of a …

05/10/2021

Passenger enthusiasm to return to the skies dampened by quarantine rules, new research reveals

New research has revealed the extent to which the UK public is keen to return to international travel, but also that their enthusiasm is being undermined …

14/07/2021

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Judging ATM performance – parable of the three brothers

Father Apan Skeye was a successful farmer with a lush plantation. He was a skilful builder of an irrigation system that brought water from the eastern …

Strengthening Global Airspace Resilience

Soaring Ambition Above São Paulo: Drones, eVTOLs, and the Next Phase of Brazil’s Airspace

Attending the recent Expo eVTOL 2025 in São Paulo was a revelation. The event was a vivid showcase of Brazil’s booming Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) …

How ENAIRE managed airspace when the lights went out

On 28 April, a nationwide power outage affected Spain, Portugal and parts of southern France, massively disrupting public services, businesses and homes. This immediately posed an enormous …

The growing integration of UAS/UTM into national airspace: A collaborative approach to safety and efficiency

CANSO Operations Programme Operations System Integration Workgroup (OSIWG) looks at the findings of a recent survey into the integration of unmanned aircraft. As Unmanned Aircraft Systems (…

Shaping Future Skies: CATS highlights from Airspace World 2025

The recent Airspace World 2025 in Lisbon, Portugal, provided a powerful platform for advancing the Complete Air Traffic System (CATS) Global Council’s Concept of Operations (CONOPS) …

Judging ATM performance – parable of the three brothers

Father Apan Skeye was a successful farmer with a lush plantation. He was a skilful builder of an irrigation system that brought water from the eastern …

Strengthening Global Airspace Resilience

Soaring Ambition Above São Paulo: Drones, eVTOLs, and the Next Phase of Brazil’s Airspace

Attending the recent Expo eVTOL 2025 in São Paulo was a revelation. The event was a vivid showcase of Brazil’s booming Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) …

How ENAIRE managed airspace when the lights went out

On 28 April, a nationwide power outage affected Spain, Portugal and parts of southern France, massively disrupting public services, businesses and homes. This immediately posed an enormous …

The growing integration of UAS/UTM into national airspace: A collaborative approach to safety and efficiency

CANSO Operations Programme Operations System Integration Workgroup (OSIWG) looks at the findings of a recent survey into the integration of unmanned aircraft. As Unmanned Aircraft Systems (…

Shaping Future Skies: CATS highlights from Airspace World 2025

The recent Airspace World 2025 in Lisbon, Portugal, provided a powerful platform for advancing the Complete Air Traffic System (CATS) Global Council’s Concept of Operations (CONOPS) …

Judging ATM performance – parable of the three brothers

Father Apan Skeye was a successful farmer with a lush plantation. He was a skilful builder of an irrigation system that brought water from the eastern …

Strengthening Global Airspace Resilience

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Ensuring gender diversity in air traffic management

Prior to his retirement, CANSO interviewed Melvin Cintron, Former ICAO Regional Director, North America, to discuss the latest diversity initiatives. Why should the industry pursue diversity? To …

ICAO Assembly forges a path forward

Some major decisions were reached during the 41st ICAO General Assembly, the result of meticulous planning and hard work. In total, the 41st ICAO Assembly featured 2,573 …

Why the Long-Term Aspirational Goal for aviation is so important

An ICAO agreement on the Long-Term Aspirational Goal aligns governments with the industry’s Fly Net Zero by 2050 goal. The agreement on the Long-Term Aspirational Goal (LTAG) …

A message from Simon – Marching confidently into a bright future

Last year was an incredible year for aviation! In most countries, the industry restart has exceeded expectations. Demand for safe, efficient air travel is as strong as …

A social license to grow

Michiel van Dorst, CEO of Dutch ANSP, LVNL, and Chair, CANSO Europe (EC3), tells Graham Newton that aviation must always ensure that it is accepted by society. …

Mark Airspace World on your calendar

Airspace World 2023 will be taking place 8-10 March, 2023 at Palexpo, Geneva. Air Traffic Management’s new global exhibition and conference – Airspace World – is already shaping up to …

Ensuring gender diversity in air traffic management

Prior to his retirement, CANSO interviewed Melvin Cintron, Former ICAO Regional Director, North America, to discuss the latest diversity initiatives. Why should the industry pursue diversity? To …

ICAO Assembly forges a path forward

Some major decisions were reached during the 41st ICAO General Assembly, the result of meticulous planning and hard work. In total, the 41st ICAO Assembly featured 2,573 …

Why the Long-Term Aspirational Goal for aviation is so important

An ICAO agreement on the Long-Term Aspirational Goal aligns governments with the industry’s Fly Net Zero by 2050 goal. The agreement on the Long-Term Aspirational Goal (LTAG) …

A message from Simon – Marching confidently into a bright future

Last year was an incredible year for aviation! In most countries, the industry restart has exceeded expectations. Demand for safe, efficient air travel is as strong as …

A social license to grow

Michiel van Dorst, CEO of Dutch ANSP, LVNL, and Chair, CANSO Europe (EC3), tells Graham Newton that aviation must always ensure that it is accepted by society. …

Mark Airspace World on your calendar

Airspace World 2023 will be taking place 8-10 March, 2023 at Palexpo, Geneva. Air Traffic Management’s new global exhibition and conference – Airspace World – is already shaping up to …

Ensuring gender diversity in air traffic management

Prior to his retirement, CANSO interviewed Melvin Cintron, Former ICAO Regional Director, North America, to discuss the latest diversity initiatives. Why should the industry pursue diversity? To …

ICAO Assembly forges a path forward

Some major decisions were reached during the 41st ICAO General Assembly, the result of meticulous planning and hard work. In total, the 41st ICAO Assembly featured 2,573 …

Why the Long-Term Aspirational Goal for aviation is so important

An ICAO agreement on the Long-Term Aspirational Goal aligns governments with the industry’s Fly Net Zero by 2050 goal. The agreement on the Long-Term Aspirational Goal (LTAG) …