World ATM Congress Day One

World ATM Leaders Kick Off Day One

ATCA CANSO ENAIRE

Leaders  from  the  Air  Traffic Control Association (ATCA), Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation (CANSO), and ENAIRE joined Ana María Pastor Julián, Spain’s ministry of public works and transport, during the opening ceremony of World ATM Congress 2016.

“We are honored that Minister Pastor Julián is here to formally open this fourth World ATM Congress,” said Jeff Poole, CANSO director general. “It is truly an accomplishment for a minister to be with us for four years.”

Spanish aviation

After discussing how Spanish aviation is growing—a 14.3 percent increase in passengers so far this year compared to last year—Pastor Julián focused on global air  traffic management (ATM).

“The world air traffic system is a very complex clockwork of systems that will become more and more

precise as we move toward a single European sky,”

she said.Poole and ATCA President and CEO Peter F. Dumont focused on the theme of this year’s World ATM: Leadership, Change, and Implementation.

“We’re taking a fresh look at changes being created at airports by remote towers and airport collaborative decision making »

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