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New functions to assist skyguide's radar controllers

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Geneva, 10 February 2012. Skyguide adopted two new functions at its Geneva
control centre on 9 February to support its controllers in their radar work. In
a second step, Switzerland's air navigation service provider will be extending
the innovations to its further control centre in Wangen near Dübendorf.

The first of the new functions adopted is the Cleared Level Adherence Monitoring
tool, or CLAM. This tool constantly monitors whether a flight actually keeps to
the flight level it has been assigned by air traffic control. If the flight
leaves this altitude, the controller responsible for it will be alerted to this
immediately by a visual alarm. The second innovation is a tool which
automatically calculates the precise separation between two aircraft that are on
converging flight tracks. The tool thus shows the controller immediately whether
they will need to issue any instructions to either flight - such as corrections
to their speed or heading - to ensure that the requisite minimum separation is
maintained.

In adopting the new tools, skyguide is taking a second major step towards
digitising and standardising its controller workstations throughout Switzerland.
The first such step was taken with the switch to electronically processing
cleared flight levels, which was made in May 2011.

As is customary with operational changes of this kind, the capacity of the
airspace concerned (i.e. above Western Switzerland) has been reduced as a safety
precaution, and will gradually be restored over the next days. Skyguide has also
taken steps to alleviate the impact of this short-term capacity reduction,
including temporarily assigning more controllers than usual to the Geneva
control centre to minimise any delays.

Skyguide
swiss air navigation services ltd.
media relations
CH-1215 Geneva 15

Contact:

phone: +41 22 417 4008

e-mail: presse@skyguide.ch

internet: www.skyguide.ch



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 3,270 flights a day or 1.2 million a year - through 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 total operating revenue of over CHF
365 million in 2010, and employs some 1,400 people at 14 locations in
Switzerland. Skyguide is also a member, together with its partner organizations
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:


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Media release (PDF):
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