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Langen, 5 May 2004 Single European Sky – ready for take-off: DFS exhibition at the ILA 2004 Berlin Air Show “In ten years from now, we want to have expanded our business considerably”, states Dieter Kaden, Chairman of the Board of Managing Directors and CEO of DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH. For this reason, DFS has already begun to test the waters in other business areas and is optimising the structures of its currently six business units. For instance, the number of staff managing the business unit Tower at the 17 international airports in Germany has been reduced from 17 to 12, while the aeronautical information service is now carried out in only one centre as opposed to in the previous 17 field units. Amid all of these changes “safety remains our top priority”, reassures Mr Kaden. Initiated by the European Commission, the Single European Sky aims to optimise traffic flows, standardise air traffic controller licences, and harmonise technological systems. This should help to maintain the levels of safety, capacity and punctuality in the face of growing traffic volumes – right in line with passengers’ needs. Customers from Italy, Latvia, Croatia and China are already availing of the services of the business unit Academy, which uses state-of-the-art simulators to conduct basic and emergency training. From 2007 on, an air traffic control system which DFS helped to develop will operate not only in Germany, but also in the EUROCONTROL radar centre in Maastricht. Developed by DFS, the new radar display system “Phoenix” is also attracting attention in other countries. The aim is to introduce Phoenix – which is already in use at six German control towers – throughout Germany by 2006. Implementing this system in foreign air navigation services organisations is currently under discussion. The first monitoring station of the European satellite system EGNOS is already in operation at the DFS control centre in Langen, near Frankfurt. EGNOS improves the position accuracy of GPS and constitutes a key component of the future European satellite navigation system Galileo. Europe is growing closer together and offers excellent business opportunities for an expanding company such as DFS. The DFS stand at the ILA 2004 is in Hall 8, no. 8202 (10-16 May, 10:00-18:00). Highlights include a tower simulator on a six-metre-wide panorama screen and products such as Phoenix. 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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