Autumn 2007

And the winners are ...
Air Traffic Management's first international poll of the great and the good of the business highlighted both the quality of many of the firms doing business today — and also the great variety of companies that service the industry.

 

Kings of the high fliers

 

Have business model, will travel
NATS, winner of our survey as the most respected air navigation service provider in the world, has come along way since it was privatized by the UK government six years ago.

 

Frontiersman for the new ANSP model
The big philosophical debates about the nature of air traffic management in the 1990s all focused on one ANSP — NavCanada. Was the creation of a private commercial company a good thing for the business? Or would the private sector drive for profits, create safety holes and poor service?

 

The juggernaut rolls on
The US' Federal Aviation Administration has come a long, long way in the last few years. The creation of the Air Traffic Organization to look after the restructuring of its air traffic management network in 2003 has been crucial in the way the world's largest air navigation service provider rumbles ever forward. That said there are difficulties over user fees, staffing and more.

 

Down under but on top
Award winning Airservices Australia is seeking to stamp its impact on the Asian-Pacific region, notably through the deployment of ADSB northwards up through Indonesia but also through making its expertise commercially available across Asia.

 

Constitutional check
DFS under the leadership of Dieter Kaden has transformed itself from a plodding organ of the state to a dynamic, commercial organization waiting to sell its services in a liberalized European airspace. The final step on its road is a full scale privatization — already approved by the government — but it needs a change to the German constitution before it can happen.

 

Scandinavian leader
Highly commend: Denmark's Naviair

 

Ici on parle français

 

The problems of growth

 

Trials of tricky airspace

 

Braced for expansion

 

Dealing with the ebb and flow of tourism

 

Unprecedented growth

 

Continental footprint

 

Kiwis fly high in oceanic space

 

Little green giant

 

Collaborative planning

 

Set to be major force in Europe's SES

 

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