Air Traffic Management Consultancy and Solutions

In a Letter of Intent signed at the end of June 2012, the German air navigation service provider DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung and the Air Traffic Management Bureau (ATMB) of Civil Aviation Administration of China agreed to intensify their cooperation. In future, DFS will support the ATMB by providing consultancy services, operational and technical concepts as well as training services. The core issues include new technologies, airspace utilisation and quality and safety management.

Wang Liya, Director General of the ATMB, and Dieter Kaden, Chairman and CEO of DFS, signed the Letter of Intent in Langen, Germany. DFS and ATMB have already been cooperating for several years in the training of Chinese specialists in air traffic management as well as safety management.

"We are very happy about this Letter of Intent because it is a clear confirmation of our successful cooperation of the past years", said Dieter Kaden. "Since Germany has the highest air traffic volume in Europe, we have the necessary know-how to support our Chinese colleagues in managing considerable air traffic growth," he continued.

This cooperation is to enhance capacity, efficiency and the safety of civil aviation in China.

DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH, the German air navigation service provider, is a State-owned company under private law and has 6,000 employees. DFS ensures the safe and punctual flow of air traffic over Germany. Staff coordinate up to 10,000 aircraft movements in German airspace every day, and about three million movements every year. This makes Germany the country with the highest traffic volume in Europe. DFS operates control centres in Langen, Bremen, Karlsruhe and Munich. In addition, DFS is represented in the Eurocontrol Centre in Maastricht, the Netherlands, and in the control towers of the 16 international German airports. DFS provides training and consultancy services around the world and develops and sells air traffic management systems. The company's portfolio also comprises flight-relevant data, aeronautical publications and aeronautical information services. DFS has the following business units: Control Centre, Tower, Aeronautical Solutions and Aeronautical Information Management.