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Langen, 22 May 2006 DFS is preparing for the FIFA World Cup Several thousand additional flights expected German airports are expecting several thousand additional flights for the 2006 World Cup. This will be a great challenge for all partners in air transport – airports, airlines and air navigation services. DFS has established a Coordination Team for the World Cup which is in permanent contact with airports and airlines, the Ministries of Transport, the Interior and Defence as well as the federal and regional security authorities. Thirty-two teams comprising players, trainers and support staff, 12,000 journalists, thousands of VIPs and several million fans have to be transported safely and punctually during the FIFA World Cup – at the busiest time of the year in terms of tourist travel in Germany. Despite the available data, it is difficult quantify the effects which the World Cup 2006 will have on air transport and the air traffic volume in Germany. Experience gained during the 2002 World Cup in Japan and Korea and the Euro 2004 in Portugal has been used in the planning but the results of these analyses cannot be simply transferred to the situation in Germany. DFS will in any case provide additional personnel during these four weeks. More air traffic controllers will be working in the control towers and the radar control centres, especially during early morning and late in the evening since many of the additional flights will have to be handled at these times of the day. Private airplanes, sports and hobby pilots as well as other air traffic under visual flight rules (VFR) which can only be conducted in appropriate weather conditions will have to observe restricted areas around the stadiums. Three hours before and three hours after a match, VFR pilots will not be allowed to fly within a radius of 5.5 kilometres (3 NM) around the stadiums, up to a level of 1,500 metres. This prohibition can be extended to a radius of up to 55 kilometres (30 NM) and a level of 3,000 metres, depending on the threat level. Scheduled, charter and cargo flights, however, will not be affected by these restrictions. 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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