ATM ModernizationDFS Declares Global Debut of GBAS CAT II Operations at Frankfurt Airport Airlines that fly to Frankfurt Airport can now use the Ground Based Augmentation System (GBAS) deployed there for category II (CAT II) landings, making it the world's first airport to support GBAS…
ATM ModernizationSESAR Trial Validates Virtual Air Traffic Management of Flights in Three European Countries Air traffic controllers in Germany, Poland, and the U.K. recently validated the feasibility of the use of a virtual center to manage flights in the cross-border style that many Air Navigation Service…
ATM ModernizationGermany to Launch Remote Airport Operations in January Germany’s first landing and take off of airplanes monitored remotely by air traffic controllers occurred at Saarbrücken Airport on Dec. 4. Both aircraft, a Luxair Bombardier DHC 8400 arriving from Luxembourg and a…
ATM ModernizationControlling the World's Air Traffic with a Frequentis Tower Engineer Hannes Schrittwieser has traveled all over the world installing and customizing air traffic solutions for Frequentis. That travel is one of his favorite things about the company, which famously has flexible work hours…
ATM ModernizationEurocontrol and iTEC Pursuing European Interoperability Eurocontrol and iTEC have agreed to develop interoperability constituents to in pursuit of SESAR's goals for a free and open sky across Europe. The founding members of the iTEC collaboration, which includes…
ATM ModernizationDFS Takes ATM Remote with Frequentis Virtual Tower The new Frequentis AG remote virtual tower will use infrared and digital cameras to help digitize air traffic control at West Germany’s Saarbrücken Airport. The Deutsche Flugsicherung (DFS), the company that runs…