Skyguide raises capacity 20% by restructuring upper airspace
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Geneva, 3 June 2010. Skyguide, Switzerland's air navigation service provider,
has restructured the upper airspace over the eastern part of the country. The
new structure, which was adopted last night, will enable skyguide to handle
around 20 per cent more traffic in the upper airspace concerned.
"This additional capacity will allow us to handle all flights at peak times
without having to make concessions in punctuality terms," explains Franz-Xaver
Heinzer, Head of Air Traffic Management Zurich. Instead of the present capacity
of around 100 flights, the new structure will permit some 120 flights an hour to
be guided through these upper airspace areas.
As is customary with any major innovation in the air navigation services sector,
the capacity of the airspace concerned has initially been reduced for safety
reasons, but will gradually be increased again over the next few days. Skyguide
has taken various actions to cushion the impact of this temporary capacity
reduction. "We'll be deploying more personnel and keeping all airspace sectors
open all day over the next few days," Heinzer adds. "And this should help us
avoid perceptible delays."
The upper airspace above Eastern Switzerland, which is managed by skyguide's
area control centre in Wangen near Dübendorf, extends from 24 500 feet (about
7 500 metres) to 66 000 feet (about 20 000 metres) above sea level. It is
primarily used by en-route traffic overflying the country. The airspace is
divided into sectors; and the number of these has now been increased from four
to six. These sectors can be opened or closed in response to traffic volumes.
"Each sector will have two air traffic controllers assigned," Heinzer explains.
"And creating the two new sectors has meant recruiting and training twelve
additional controllers."
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Skyguide is responsible for providing air navigation services within Swiss
airspace and in the airspace of certain adjoining regions in neighbouring
countries. The company guides the civil and military aircraft entrusted to its
care - around 3 150 flights a day or 1.15 million a year - through some of the
busiest and most complex airspace in Europe. Skyguide is a non-profit limited
company which has its head office in Geneva. The majority of its shares are held
by the Swiss Confederation. The company generated annual operating revenue of
over CHF 362 million for 2009 and employs some 1 400 people at 14 locations in
Switzerland. Skyguide is also a member, together with its sister organisations
in Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, of the FABEC
initiative to create a common functional airspace block that will bring greater
efficiency to Central Europe's air traffic management services and activities.
The media release can be downloaded from the following link:
[HUG#1421460]
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