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CEOs and representatives of 13 ANSPs from Central and Eastern Europe, members of the Gate One Coordination Platform, met in Sofia, Bulgaria to discuss their strategic objectives and working programme in the context of the changing environment of the Single European Sky. During the meeting CEOs agreed on the importance of strengthening the strategic position of Gate One at European level and its cooperation techniques, bringing operational benefits towards the fulfilment of SES and emphasising its pivotal role as a key player in the decision-making processes in European ATM.
Chair of Gate One and CEO of HungaroControl, Kornél Szepessy stated: “This regional ANSP cooperation platform is the foundation of our common success. As we are getting ready for future challenges, collaboration has never been more important when working out emerging concepts in ATM or creating the ANSP business model of the next decade. The Gate One Work Programme for 2020 will enable us to tackle the capacity crisis and strengthen our strategic positions in coordination with CANSO Europe.”
The meeting in Sofia made for a fruitful discussion on Gate One’s action plan for 2020, stressing on the pertinence of voicing common positions on prevailing topics such as emerging concepts in ATM, new business models for Air Traffic Data Service Providers, the future economic regulation on the ANSPs and the future of the Single European Sky.

BULATSA participated in a Visitors’ Day for flight tests on GRADE Project, which took place in the Italian Aerospace Research Center CIRA, in Capua, Italy.
The president of CIRA Mr. Paolo Anunciato opened the event and welcomed the participants, and the project manager Mr. Antonio Vitale presented the results achieved so far and the next activities.
The purpose of the simulations was to demonstrate the applicability of SESAR solutions #51, #55 and #103 for the general aviation light aircraft conducting flights under Visual Flight Rules (VFR). The tests included real-time joint flights of a small P92 Echo Super airplane, used by CIRA as a so-called “Flying Laboratory” for Aeronautical Research (FLARE), and the tests were conducted as planned.
The “Flying Laboratory” was equipped with a tablet type mobile device, which demonstrated the possibility for safe conduction of this type of flights, whereby the used program was specifically designed by the NAIS company.
GRADE is a pan-European project designed to demonstrate the ability of the general aviation light aircraft, conducting flights under Visual Flight Rules, to use the SESAR concepts to integrate into the airspace and into the airports designated for commercial aviation.
BULATSA participates in the project together with the Italian Aerospace Research Center and coordinator of the project – CIRA, the German Center for Air Navigation and Space Research – DLR (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V.), the ANSP of Malta – MATS (Malta Air Traffic Services), the Italian technology company NAIS (Nextant Applications & Innovative Solution S.r.l.), the Technical University in Braunschweig – TUBS (Technische Universitaet Braunschweig) and the Parthenope University in Naples UPTH (Università degli Studi di Napoli Parthenope).
More information about GRADE project you can find here: www.gradeproject.eu and here: https://www.bulatsa.com/deynosti/proekti/mezhdunarodni-proekti/grade-gnss-solutions-increased-ga-and-rotorcraft-airport.

The Chief Executive Officers of Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSP), members of the Coordination Platform for Regional Cooperation in Central and Eastern Europe – Gate One, held a meeting in Hungary, hosted by HungaroControl.

At the meeting were discussed the future work of the platform and the need to formulate Gate One strategic ideas and goals in relation to the development of the Single European Sky.

“The future of the Single European Sky requires a proactive attitude and development of concrete proposals” – said Georgi Peev, Director General of BULATSA.

BULATSA participated in a Visitors’ Day for GRADE Project flight tests, which took place in the Headquarters of the German Aerospace Center (DLR), in Brunswick, Germany.
The purpose of the simulations was to prove the applicability of SESAR solutions #51, #55, #103 and #113 for General Aviation and Rotorcraft. The tests included joint flights of a small Cessna airplane and an EC135 helicopter on different routes with approaching trajectories below the safe minimum.
The aircraft were equipped with specially developed technologies by DLR and the Technical University of Brunswick (TUBS) to enable the safe conduct of such flights. Both types of interfaces were shown as well as records of tests already performed.
According to the GRADE project plan, another series of flight tests will be held in October 2019 at the Italian Aerospace Research Center (CIRA) in Capua, Italy.
GRADE is a pan-European project that aims to demonstrate the ability of General Aviation and Rotorcraft to use SESAR concepts to integrate into airspace and airports.
BULATSA participates in the project together with the Italian Aerospace Research Center CIRA – project coordinator, the German Center for Aeronautical and Space Research DLR (German Aerospace Center), the ANSP of Malta – MATS (Malta Air Traffic Services), the Italian technology company NAIS (Nextant Applications & Innovative Solution Srl), the Technical University of Brunswick – TUBS and UPTH University (Parthenope University of Naples) in Naples.
More information about GRADE project you can find here: www.gradeproject.eu and https://www.bulatsa.com/deynosti/proekti/mezhdunarodni-proekti-2/sesar-2020-2/grade-gnss-solutions-for-increased-ga-and-rotorcraft-airport-accessibility-demonstration/

Mr. Georgi PEEV, BULATSA Director General, took part in a series of high-level events on 3^rd and 4^th June 2019 in Bucharest, Romania.
On the 3^rd of June 2019 CEOs of 13 ANSPs, members of the Gate One Coordination Platform, convened in Bucharest for the eighth time to discuss the most pressing topics of European ATM. They agreed on common positions on the Airspace Architecture Study and the Report of Wise Persons Group. Both documents will play a crucial role in shaping the future Single European Sky legislation package to be proposed by the European Commission.
Afternoon part of the meeting was devoted to panel discussion with prominent guests representing key actors of European ATM – Ms. Regula DETTLING-OTT, Chairperson of the Performance Review Body of the Single European Sky, Mr. Razvan BUCUROIU, Head of Network Strategy and Development Division at the Network Manager, and Ms. Tanja GROBOTEK, Director of European Affairs at CANSO. Discussions focused on the future of European ATM, changes necessary to enable further development of the sector and their impact on the existing regulatory framework.
SESAR, Delivering the Future of Aviation Together conference was organized on 4 June by SDM, CANSO and ROMATSA in the framework of the Romanian presidency in the Council of the European Union. BULATSA management representatives debated on how aviation stakeholders can work together to accommodate future growth in air traffic and the capacity crunch alongside with senior representatives of the European Commission, European Parliament, SESAR Deployment Manager, SESAR Joint Undertaking, PANSA, ROMATSA, CANSO, airports, EDA and the Network Manager.