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Langen, 08 March 2004 DFS offers new charts for VFR flights Let's go to Denmark with the Airfield Guide Denmark With the Airfield Guide Denmark, DFS now offers a variety of VFR and aerodrome charts for tourist locations and other destinations of interest to VFR pilots. The loose-leaf collection comprises 15 charts and is in keeping with the German AIP VFR layout. It contains a general section about the airspace structure and the VFR rules in Denmark. Precise and comprehensive information for pre-flight planning and the flight is provided in the familiar conclusive manner. “With the Airfield Guide Denmark DFS is acting on the idea of the Single European Sky Initiative of the European Commission, as it did recently with the Airfield Guide Poland", commented Frank Brenner, Director Aeronautical Data Management at DFS. "The Airfield Guide series is in line with our customers' requests to provide aeronautical charts of European States in a harmonised layout.“ DFS also makes the new charts of the "Airfield Guide Denmark" available to manufacturers of electronic displays, such as GPS handhelds, to be integrated into their systems. The Airfield Guide Denmark can be ordered from the DFS Aeronautical Information Services Centre (AIS-C), tel. +49 69 78072-540, at a cost of €19.90. DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH is a State-owned company under private law and has 5,200 employees. DFS ensures the safe and punctual handling of flights. Staff coordinate around 10,000 aircraft movements in German airspace every day, and more than three million movements every year. With this large number of flights, Germany has the highest traffic volume in Europe. DFS operates control centres in Langen, Bremen, Karlsruhe and Munich. In addition, DFS is represented in the Eurocontrol Centre in Maastricht, the Netherlands, and in the control towers of the 16 international German airports. DFS provides training and consultancy services around the world and develops and sells air traffic control, surveillance and navigation systems. The company's portfolio also comprises flight-relevant data, aeronautical publications and aeronautical information services. DFS has the following business units: Control Centre, Tower, Aeronautical Solutions and Aeronautical Information Management. 16/01/2009 PRINT

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