New ATC Controller Training Study Highlights Market Peaks and Troughs

London (ots/PRNewswire) -

The growth of air traffic in developing regions, along with an
ageing population of controllers in North America and Europe, is
creating new competition for resources. New simulator technologies
and greater consolidation of training centres can help to bring down
controller training costs dramatically, according to this report.

The 4th ATC Global Insight Market Intelligence Report is now
available online free of charge at
http://www.atcglobalhub.com/marketreports* and reviews the market
from both a high-end level and a bottom up approach, looking at state
by state training system applications.

The global air traffic control (ATC) controller training market
for new entrant controllers is worth annually around $437.5 million,
according to the latest report produced by ATC Global Insight, with
follow-on training and new equipment training probably adding a
further $150 million to the overall market value.

Annual sales of ATC simulators - outside longstanding FAA
contractual arrangements - are running at between $30-$35 million a
year, according to the report. There has been a marked slow-down in
simulator sales within Europe over the last 18 months or so and the
market in the Middle East, Latin America and Asia is relatively
buoyant. The market in Africa is still largely dictated by the
availability of development funding, with the exception of South
Arica.

Paula Milburn, ATC Global Director, said, "At ATC Global we focus
on delivering valuable research for the industry throughout the year
and this report raises issues that need to be addressed when we bring
everyone together in Amsterdam, March 12 - 14, 2013. Improving
controller training is a key priority for the industry and the 2013
event will feature important new training technologies now becoming
available to the global ATM community."

This report is sponsored by Micro Nav Ltd
[http://www.micronav.co.uk ], a leading developer and supplier of ATC
simulation and training systems; the digital KVM specialist
Guntermann & Drunck [http://atc.gdsys.de ] and UFA
[http://www.ufainc.com ], a principal supplier of ATC simulation
technology.

The next report in the series will be En-route surveillance
radars.

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Notes to Editors:

*The ATC Global Market Intelligence Report Series are
independently researched by the ATC Global Insight team and edited by
Philip Butterworth-Hayes

This report is available free of charge as part of the ATC Global
Market Intelligence Report Series at
http://www.atcglobalhub.com/marketreports
[http://atcglobal.ubm-info.com/c/14wnlkuKwqnnOc5BRlGm0wLAOi ] along
with the first two reports released earlier this year: The market for
wide-angle/beyond airport surface ADS-B surveillance and the market
for advanced-surface movement guidance and control systems (A-SMGCS).

The first three reports released earlier this year are:

The market for wide-angle/beyond airport surface ADS-B
surveillance

The market for advanced-surface movement guidance and control
systems (A-SMGCS).

The market for ground-based and space-based augmentation systems

The next three reports will cover:

En-route surveillance radars Airport surveillance radars Radar
displays

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