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Langen, 9 January 2007
Arbitration date set
The arbitration proceedings in the labour dispute at DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH are expected to last until the end of January. DFS and the air navigation services union (GdF) today agreed with the arbitrator, Professor Herta Däubler-Gmelin, to have the first tribunal hearing on 19 January in Berlin. Also agreed were the subsequent arbitration dates of 22, 25 and 26 January. Both parties and the arbitrator agreed to keep 27 January open as an option. It is too early to say when the arbitrator will give her award. Within the two weeks after the first session of negotiations, the arbitrator shall set a date for her ruling.
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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