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Warsaw, 21 January 2004 Cooperation between German and Polish air navigation services PATA, the Polish Air Traffic Agency, and DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH have agreed to work together on the production and sale of visual approach charts. The product called “Airfield Guide Poland” will contain visual approach and aerodrome charts of Polish aerodromes with a harmonised layout. The Airfield Guide Poland will be available from June 2004 for VFR flights to and within Poland and will cost €29.90. Apart from charts of 20 tourist locations, it contains a general part depicting the new airspace structure effective from March 2004 as well as the new visual flight rules. Poland will become a member of the European Union in May this year. From then on, the directives of the European Union will also apply to Poland. “PATA and DFS intend to act on the idea of the Single European Sky initiative of the European Commission”, commented Rafal Marczewski, Managing Director of PATA, at a conference of AOPA Germany, DAeC (German Aero Club) and the Polish Aero Club in Warsaw. “The new Airfield Guide Poland is in line with our customers' requests to provide aeronautical charts in a harmonised layout and which go beyond national boundaries”, explained Frank Brenner, Director Aeronautical Data Management at DFS. He continued by stating that they were “taking into account the requests of pilots which were revealed in customer surveys”. At the conference, Dr Michael Erb, Director of AOPA Germany, commended the way that PATA and DFS were also able to make the new charts of the Airfield Guide Poland available to manufacturers of electronic displays, such as GPS handhelds. Blazej Krupa of AOPA Poland welcomed the new product as an important step towards promoting tourism and air transport in Poland. Hermann Kleber, vice president of the DAeC, described the new product as a “helpful and practical guide in the usual format which pilots can use in general and sport aviation”. The Airfield Guide Poland can be ordered from the DFS Aeronautical Information Services Centre (AIS-C), tel. +49 69 78072-550, at a cost of €29.90 starting in June 2004. “Polish Airports” State Enterprise (PPL) was established pursuant to a statutory law of 23 October 1987 as the successor and pursuer of the activities formerly performed by Air Traffic and Airports Administration created in 1959. The company constructs and operates commercial airports, renders services to Polish and foreign carriers, provides services to airline passengers, develops air navigation facilities, and also provides and manages air traffic control in the Polish airspace. PPL operates Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport, Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport and Zielona Góra-Babimost Airport. In addition, it owns shares in commercial law companies, such as the airports in: Bydgoszcz, Gdańsk, Katowice, Kraków, Poznań, Szczecin, Szczytno-Szymany and Wrocław. The Polish Air Traffic Agency, as a part of PPL, deals with air traffic control in the Polish airspace. The new Air Traffic Management Centre, meeting the 21st century requirements, has been its headquarters since 1998. Polish airports provide full scope of aircraft, passenger and air mail handling. Such activities are performed by highly specialised companies, in the majority of which PPL owns shares. The present requirements for the level of airline and passenger service necessitate the use of modern engineering resources. PPL’s equipment and systems allow a high standard of services to be provided. The growing popularity of air transport calls for an intensification of efforts towards maximum safety in air traffic. To this end, PPL provides regular training for airport services personnel and installs modern navigational and radar systems. PPL aims at a steady improvement in the quality of the services rendered to passengers, airlines and all airport customers. To achieve this, Warsaw Airport and Polish regional airports have been implementing a number of infrastructure projects. In line with air traffic forecasts, Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport will handle approximately 10 million passengers in 2010. The new passenger terminal – to be constructed soon – will ensure convenience to passengers, airlines and tourists visiting Warsaw. 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.
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