Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs) face a difficult challenge: dealing with growing traffic in ever more complex airspace whilst managing peak demands without restricting the flow of traffic or compromising safety.
In this challenging environment ANSPs need to consider some or all of these issues:
- Overcoming airspace capacity constraints
- Optimising civil and military airspace and operations
- Minimising the imposition of traffic flow restrictions
- Planning for new procedures and changes in airspace
- Implementing paperless systems
- Dealing with shortages of skilled staff
- Coping with peak demands and sector overloading
NATS is leading the world towards a more proactive system of air traffic management, identifying and resolving issues before they become a problem. NATS has developed tools, systems & technology that help ANSPs around the world to optimise the use of their airspace. For instance our real-time simulation facilities allow for successful design and extensive testing of new airspace models. Our flow management suite of tools is proven to reduce delays and optimise performance in an operational environment and our electronic flight data enables us wider sharing of real-time flight information.
Management of Airspace & Operations requires effective coordination of all stakeholders:
- ANSPs
- Regulators
- Airlines
- Military
- Government bodies
- Local authorities
NATS has extensive experience of managing these relationships creating flexible use of airspace.
Resources is a key consideration and having a strategy in place to ensure that you have enough trained air traffic controllers is a common challenge. Our approach optimises the whole training process, from initial selection and recruitment to customised training for specific operational environments.
