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How Europe’s ANSPs are preparing for summer traffic
Altitude Angel’s Approval Services platform to be deployed at Marina de Lagos, Portugal
ENAIRE commissions a new state-of-the-art voice communications system at the Balearic Air Traffic Control Centre
FREQUENTIS upgrades voice communication system at DFS upper airspace control centre
Singapore and France elevate cooperation in civil aviation
Navarre tests the integration of drones with manned aviation in a European demonstration
CAAS and Thales to jointly set up avionics lab in Singapore to test and develop air traffic management and airport operations solutions
VIVES University of Applied Sciences and skeyes are launching a professional training programme to become an air traffic controller
One year of Point Merge System: Delays in Lisbon TMA down by over 30 per cent
Singapore and Japan collaborate to meet rising demand for air travel
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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
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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The convergence of cyber threats in the aviation enterprise
At the CANSO Global Safety Conference 2025, Pete Clay, Chief Information Security Officer at Aireon LLC, will be speaking in two sessions on cyber security—tackling the evolving threats facing the aviation industry. In this interview, Peter highlights ‘Compliance Complacency’ as …
