Air Navigation & Traffic Management
Air navigation and traffic management covers the services and facilities that control aircraft in flight, including area and approach control centres, oceanic control, en-route radar and surveillance networks, navigation aids and aeronautical communication systems.
- Indicators
- 3
- Leaders
- 10placeholder ratings
- Like it
- 8capabilities
- Developments
- 5
What Air Navigation & Traffic Management is, and how it is measured
Air navigation and traffic management covers the services and facilities that control aircraft in flight, including area and approach control centres, oceanic control, en-route radar and surveillance networks, navigation aids and aeronautical communication systems.
Indicators
- Area control centres in operation
- Airspace volume under positive control
- Air traffic flow delay per flight
The nations that lead in Air Navigation & Traffic Management
These ratings stand in until the capability is rated.
| # | Nation | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | France | AAA |
| 2 | South Korea | AA |
| 3 | India | AA |
| 4 | Italy | A |
| 5 | Germany | A |
| 6 | Singapore | A |
| 7 | Netherlands | BBB |
| 8 | Switzerland | BBB |
| 9 | Spain | BB |
| 10 | Israel | BB |
The capabilities most like Air Navigation & Traffic Management
- Sea Control0.11
Likeness, from 0 to 1, as the Atlas measures it.
How Air Navigation & Traffic Management came to be
- Geopolitical
- Governance
- Economy
Historical Developments
Oldest first1944
The Chicago Convention required each state to provide its own air navigation services
Signed by 52 states, the Chicago Convention placed responsibility on each signatory state to furnish air navigation services within its territory. This established the template under which early air navigation service providers emerged as state-controlled monopolies, a structure that still governs en-route navigation provision.
1997
Europe placed air navigation service providers under a performance review framework
From 1997 European state-run en-route navigation monopolies became subject to a performance review framework. This marked the beginning of supranational oversight of national service provision despite continued state ownership.
2009–13
Europe introduced performance and risk-sharing charging regulations for ANSPs
Regulations adopted in 2009 and again in 2013 subjected European air navigation service providers to performance targets and risk-sharing arrangements on route charges. These extended economic regulation over monopoly providers beyond the earlier review framework.
Recent Developments
Most recent first2021
The United Kingdom legislated ATM under the Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Act 2021
The Act provides the statutory basis for air traffic management in the UK. It also brings unmanned aircraft within the scope of national ATM legislation.
2020
The Single European Sky programme missed its 2020 delivery deadline for defragmenting European airspace
The programme sought to overcome the fragmentation of 37 European ANSPs operating 60 control centres, a fragmentation blamed for delays costing EUR 4 bn a year. Despite Functional Airspace Blocks transcending national borders and extensive research collaboration, the 2020 target was not met.