DFS - Air Traffic Control

DFS is responsible for air traffic control in Germany. It is a company organised under private law and 100% owned by the Federal Republic of Germany.

Founded in 1993, DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH is the successor to the Federal Administration of Air Navigation Services, a government authority which had existed for 39 years. To do this, the German Bundestag had to change the German Constitution and the German Aviation Act. Since January 1993, DFS has been controlling air traffic in Germany.

In Germany, military and civil air traffic controllers work side by side. Since 1994, DFS has been responsible for the handling of both civil and military air traffic in peacetime. Only military aerodromes are exempted from this integration.

The company's Headquarters are located in Langen, near Frankfurt. Throughout Germany DFS is represented at 16 international airports and at nine regional airports by its subsidiary The Tower Company.

DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH will be Exhibiting at ATC Global 2012 in Amsterdam at Stand: H208

ATC Global 2012: 6th March – 8th March 2012, Amsterdam RAI

Connecting the World's ATM community at the definitive ATM event…

ATC Global Exhibition and Conference is the largest ATM exhibition in the international marketplace, bringing together stakeholders from across the entire air traffic control industry.

In 2011, the event was attended by 5,430 industry professionals from 109 countries, including 200 leading suppliers across three exhibition halls and 438 CEOs and DGCAs at the conference. The event also featured 32 free seminars and six high-level industry forums and workshops, co-organised by leading institutions such as SESAR JU, ICAO and EUROCONTROL.

Now in its 22nd year, ATC Global Exhibition and Conference will feature 200 exhibitors, 40+ free educational sessions and the prestigious two-day conference, providing the definitive meeting place for ATM professionals from every sector and every continent.

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