Mangalore: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has accorded approval to Airports Authority of India (AAI) to commission the state-of-the-art technology-based automated air traffic management system Aircon 2100 at Mangalore International Airport (MIA) at Kenjar here. Aircon 2100 installed around a year back at an estimated cost of Rs 10 crore has undergone extensive field trials before DGCA issued licence to it.
J T Radhakrishna, director, MIA said Aircon 2100 is one of the most advanced automated air traffic control system which meets International Civil Aviation Organisation's standard and recommended practices in air traffic management. Procured from Indra, Spain, the system has undergone vigorous safety assessment with field trials in shadow mode before its commissioning, he said, adding the trials were carried out for one year.
The system enhances safety of lights by providing air traffic controllers with information of air movements from radar, flight plans, direction finders and air-ground data link messages.
05/09/13 Jaideep Shenoy/Times of India
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J T Radhakrishna, director, MIA said Aircon 2100 is one of the most advanced automated air traffic control system which meets International Civil Aviation Organisation's standard and recommended practices in air traffic management. Procured from Indra, Spain, the system has undergone vigorous safety assessment with field trials in shadow mode before its commissioning, he said, adding the trials were carried out for one year.
The system enhances safety of lights by providing air traffic controllers with information of air movements from radar, flight plans, direction finders and air-ground data link messages.
05/09/13 Jaideep Shenoy/Times of India
