Issue 1’s In-Depth Focus on ATC/ATM

In this issue’s In-Depth Focus on ATC/ATM, the U.S. National Aerospace System; the relationship between an Airport Operations Centre and air traffic; and airspace design and defragmentation come under the spotlight.

• ATM: From crisis to crisis
  Duncan Auld, President and CEO of the International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers’ Associations (IFATCA), argues that the aviation industry needs to look at airspace design, defragmentation and procedures, and make substantial improvements to air traffic management, if it wishes to avoid a slow post-crisis recovery.
• Shaping ATM for the future NAS
  Peter F. Dumont, President and CEO of the Air Traffic Control Association (ATCA), discusses the changes to the National Aerospace System and the role of the air traffic controller that are already taking place in the American aviation sector.
• The APOC: The ultra-booster of operational performance
  Franck Goldnadel, Chairman of the Board of Aéroports de la Côte d’Azur, speaks to International Airport Review about the new Airport Operations Centre at Nice Côte d’Azur Airport, which is helping them to optimise resources and make air traffic more fluid.