Raquel Sánchez announces that ENAIRE is seeking to fill 137 new air traffic controller positions
- The World Air Traffic Management Congress was in Madrid from 21 to 23 June- The trend in air traffic confirms the recovery of movements in ENAIRE's network, which in May recovered 95.1% of flights compared to 2019- The staffing is being expanded in every region: South (+9.6%), Canary Islands (+9.0%), East (+8.2%), Balearic Islands Read More
ENAIRE enhances safety with a new voice communications system in Seville
- ENAIRE has implemented a new Last Resort Voice (LRV) system in the contingency room of its Seville Air Control Centre- This system will be installed in the five control centres and respective contingency centres, and in three terminal approach areas ENAIRE has implemented a new Last Resort Voice (LRV) Response System at its Seville Read More
ENAIRE – centre stage at the World ATM Congress, the largest air navigation trade show
It showcases the rollout of the most advanced air traffic control post, iFOCUCS- ENAIRE is leading the development of the U-space concept in Spain to facilitate the growth of the drone sector and Urban Air Mobility- Its CEO, Ángel Luis Arias, noted that "ENAIRE's new services will allow all types of aircraft to coexist safely Read More
ESA – Po River dries up
The Po River, the longest river in Italy, is hitting record low water levels after months without heavy rainfall. This Copernicus Sentinel-2 animation shows a part of the Po Valley, near Piacenza, and reveals how the river has significantly shrunk between June 2020 and June 2022. Stretching from the Alps in the northwest to the Read More
The National Action Plan for the Deployment of U-space, which will integrate drones into airspace, is published
The Civil Aviation General Directorate adopts the 2022-2025 Uspace Roadmap, which it jointly authored with the National Aviation Safety Agency and ENAIRE, and with the notable collaboration of the Ministry of Defence As part of the Plan, ENAIRE aims to be certified as the sole common information services provider (CISP) to disseminate static and dynamic Read More
ENAIRE finalist in the Delta Awards for industrial design with the new iFOCUCS air traffic control post
ENAIRE's new air traffic control post will enable air traffic controllers to manage flights more efficiently.ENAIRE will have 132 new iFOCUCS control stations for 2025, which will be distributed in the control centres of Barcelona, the Canary Islands, Madrid, Valencia and subsequently, Seville and the Balearic Islands. ENAIRE was named a finalist at the Delta Read More
BepiColombo lines up for second Mercury flyby
The ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission is gearing up for its second close flyby of Mercury on 23 June. ESA’s spacecraft operation team is guiding BepiColombo through six gravity assists of the planet before entering orbit around it in 2025. Like its first encounter last year, this week’s flyby will also bring the spacecraft to within about Read More
easyJet signs up for space-enabled digital skies
Passengers on board commercial airline easyJet will speed to their destinations faster and greener, thanks to an ESA-backed initiative to digitalise the skies. The Iris system uses satellites to connect pilots digitally to air traffic controllers, so that flight routes can be optimised. Pilots will be able to fly the most efficient routes, saving time Read More
Earth from Space: Glacier Bay, Alaska, with video
Part of the Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, which lies along the coast of southeast Alaska, is featured in this image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission. Covering over 13 000 sq km of rugged, snow-capped mountains, freshwater lakes, glaciers and deep fjords, Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve is one of the highlights Read More
ENAIRE recovered 95.1% of flights in May compared to the record levels of 2019
Domestic traffic reaches 97.8% ENAIRE managed over 180,000 flights in the fifth month of the yearThe recovery of air traffic in Spain exceeds the European average by 8.7 percentage pointsThe flights managed in Seville rose by 9.1%Third consecutive month of traffic growth in the Balearic Islands Air traffic is gradually continuing to recover to pre-pandemic Read More