ENAIRE recognises an innovation project to improve safety, sustainability and capacity in scenarios of uncertainty

18/12/2025

ENAIRE, Spain’s national air navigation service provider, has presented the awards for the fourth edition of the technological challenges competition managed through the Open Innovation programme run by CRIDA, its Research, Development and Innovation (R&D&I) subsidiary. The prize consists of an 18-month research agreement and a financial award of 60,000 euros.

In this fourth edition of the technological challenges competition, the winner was the group Tecnalia Research & Innovation with the solution ‘RO4ATFM: Robust Optimisation for Air Traffic Flow Management under Uncertainty in System Capacity’, which addresses the multi-objective optimisation challenge: achieving a dynamic balance in flights between safety, capacity and sustainability in ATM (air traffic management).

Tecnalia Research & Innovation wins the fourth edition of the Technological Challenges Competition under the Open Innovation programme of the subsidiary CRIDA

This proposal sets out the development of a multi-objective robust optimisation model, meaning one that enables effective management of air traffic flow under various uncertainty scenarios, while also minimising multiple variables such as delays and operating costs, and ensuring the operational viability of the system.

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