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Munich, 19 April 2005 Digital departure clearance takes strain off radiotelephony communication at Munich Airport DFS operates a communications system developed together with Thales Air traffic controllers and pilots at Munich Airport are not only communicating via radiotelephony, but also via datalink. Apart from verbally issuing start-up approvals and en-route clearances, pilots and controllers in the tower will be able to transmit data via the new DCL system (Departure Clearance via Datalink). This digital transmission will reduce radiotelephony communication between pilots and controllers and the work involved in issuing departure clearances, thereby easing frequency congestion. Pilots also benefit from digital communications and receive their clearances via datalink. This relieves them from routine tasks, giving them more time to prepare for take-off. Furthermore, the DCL system ensures that verbal misunderstandings are avoided. DFS Deutsche Flugischerung GmbH developed the DCL system on the basis of the Thales TErminal COordination System (TECOS). For over three months now, the system has been in operation at Munich Airport – the fastest growing international airport in Germany (in 2004, aircraft movements increased by 8%). DFS is now planning to introduce the system at the busiest airport in Germany – Frankfurt/Main Airport. The DCL system installed in Munich is the first step towards implementing a comprehensive digital communications system for pilots and controllers, and it is a component of the Thales TECOS system. TECOS enables air traffic controllers to coordinate departing and landing traffic using electronic flight progress strips, allowing the coordination between approach control, tower and airport authority to be carried out electronically. TECOS is already part of the DFS flight data processing system (TFDPS) in operation at the international airports of Stuttgart, Hamburg, Hannover, Bremen and Saarbrücken. Press contact: DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH Anja Tomic Tel.: +49 6103 707-4161 Mail: anja.tomic@dfs.de Thales Birgitta Gastreich Tel.: +49 228 81 99-411 Mail: birgitta.gastreich@thalesgroup.de 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. Thales is an international electronics and systems group, serving defence, aerospace and security markets. The Thales Group employs 60,000 worldwide and generated revenues of €10.3 billion in 2004. It is represented at over 20 locations in Germany. In the field of air traffic management, Thales offers integrated product solutions for communications, navigation and surveillance (CNS). Both of the German sites dealing with air traffic management – Langen, near Frankfurt, and Korntal-Münchingen, near Stuttgart – develop, produce, install and maintain conventional navigation systems for approach, landing and en-route navigation systems as well as radar systems for air navigation services and airports. Thales also performs these services for airport and tower systems and satellite-based navigation systems (EGNOS, Galileo and GBAS). Thales is playing a decisive role in introducing EGNOS (European Geostationary Navigation Overlay System), which is the first step towards the European satellite navigation system, Galileo.
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