Worldwide ATM Community Gathers in Amsterdam for ATC Global 2013

London (ots/PRNewswire) -

Last week Air Traffic Management (ATM) professionals and
stakeholders from 107 countries descended upon Amsterdam for the 23rd
ATC Global event. Across the three days, ATC Global 2013 proved to be
the place for participants to conduct business and address the
universal issues affecting the ATM community.

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The truly global representation, with participants present from
each continent in attendance, allowed for frank discussions around
developing new safer, fuel-efficient and cost-effective aircraft
operations to take place whilst innovative solutions on tackling
global issues were shared.

At the ATC Global 2013 conference, speakers painted very different
views of the achievements and challenges facing air navigation
services providers around the world. Some of the highlights included
Mukesh Chand Dangi, General Manager (ATM) Airports Authority of
India, who gave details of the Indian Ocean Strategic Partnership to
Reduce Emissions (INSPIRE) programme where direct city-pair flights
have operated with an average fuel saving per flight (per sector) of
212 kg for the last year or so. Juan Ayon Alfonso, air navigation
sub-director at IACC (Instituto de Aeronautica Civil de Cuba), the
Cuban ANSP, spoke of plans to acquire new systems to satisfy the
implementation of CAR/SAM ANP and Mauricio Boekhoudt, Strategic
Advisor for Aruba Airport Authority, spoke of the work to introduce
ASBU Block 0 in the region - implementation of PBN and air traffic
services inter-facility data communication (AIDC).

The supplier community was also out in force with more than 150
exhibitors from 28 countries represented including Thales, NITA,
WIDE, Northrop Grumman, Intelcan, Azimut, Leosphere, Vaisala, Moog
Fernau, Barco, Guntermann & Drunck, Era A.S, Comsoft, Korea Airports
Corp., Tern Systems, Rohde & Schwarz, Nanjing LES Information
Technology, Nanjing NRIET, VNIIRA and many others.

One of the largest delegations to attend ATC Global this year was
from China, with over 70 senior ATM professionals from the CAAC ATMB,
the Hong Kong CAD and all regional Chinese ATM Bureaus present. Mr.
Zhao Fan, Director at the Technical Center CAAC ATMB, commented after
his second ATC Global visit, "It has been extremely important for us
to attend ATC Global to engage with other ATM professionals from
across the world, meet with technology suppliers and participate in
key discussions on the future of the industry and the part China will
play over the next few years."

In addition, for the 3rd year ATC Global ran its Hosted Buyer
Programme that proactively sources international buyers who are
actively procuring ATM technologies and solutions. Participants this
year hailed from ANSPs and Civil Aviation Authorities from more than
17 countries including Myanmar, Colombia, COCESNA, Afghanistan,
Lebanon, Vietnam, Peru, Argentina, Uruguay, Algeria, Morocco,
Zimbabwe, Nepal, Cuba, Bolivia, Egypt, Rwanda alongside a host of
European countries.

"I really appreciate the opportunity I was given to participate in
the ATC Global 2013, this was a unique chance for us to get closer to
the manufacturers and obtain information that is vital for the
development of our countries. The organization of the whole event was
impeccable and I would like to congratulate the team on a job well
done," Oscar Gutierrez Urresti from SABSA, who this year took part in
the ATC Global Hosted Buyer Programme, commented.

For 23 years ATC Global has been the premium meeting place for the
entire ATM community, bringing together the full supply chain and
helping to form new business partnerships between buyers and sellers.
ATC Global 2013 once again confirmed the annual event as the global
place to do business.

"The hosted buyer programme has excelled as always. UBM has gone
out of its way to make sure Adacel could meet with the Chinese
delegation which was very successful. So far Adacel's business
development team has been very pleased with the outcome, this has
probably been one of the busiest first days of the show we have had
in years," enthused James Adams from Adacel.

Tony Bown from Ultra Electronics Network Analytics, highlighted
the high-quality of visitors in attendance at ATC Global this year,
"Visitors to our stand have been of high quality with some good leads
generated. This is our primary exhibition for the ATC Market and so
it is extremely important for us, this year has been very
successful."

Notes to Editors:

About ATC Global:

ATC Global 2013 is the place for the international ATM community
to do business.

Founded in 1990, the event brings together buyers and sellers from
across the globe, accelerating the procurement process contributing
to the implementation and deployment of major ATM projects.

The ATC Global team proactively seeks out procurement personnel
from traditionally inaccessible markets who are actively sourcing ATM
products and services, and facilitate buyer-seller meetings for all
in attendance.

ATC Global is a three day event comprising a world-leading
exhibition, high-level conference programme, hosted buyer scheme,
networking receptions, extensive free educational content and the ATC
Global Excellence Awards and Gala Dinner.

UBM, the organisers of ATC Global, helps businesses make
connections, communicate their proposition and do business
effectively throughout the world.

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