Press release Langen, 21 December 2023 DFS completes modernisation of radio stations DFS, the German air navigation service provider, has successfully completed the RASUM 8.33 project (Radio Site Upgrade and Modernisation). Since 2010, the Germany-wide modernisation of radio technology has been carried out with around 4,000 radios at almost 100 radio sites. These stations are connected to the four DFS control centres and ...
Press Release 14 March 2023, Geneva, Switzerland / Langen, Germany World’s first satellite-based precision landings under low visibility conditions receive ATM Award The world’s first ground-based augmentation system (GBAS) for satellite-based precision landings with increased glideslope under low visibility ...
2,200 flights under remote tower control prove the concept Last December, the German air navigation service provider, DFS Deutsche Flugischerung, was the first worldwide to introduce remote tower control (RTC) at an airport that has more than 15,000 flight movements per year. The introductory weeks proved successful and the RTC ...
Since the early hours of 4 December, traffic at Saarbrücken Airport is no longer controlled from the tower on site but from hundreds of kilometres away in Leipzig. DFS, the German air navigation service provider, has set up ...
On 4 December, air traffic controllers from DFS, the German air navigation service provider, began controlling traffic at Saarbrücken Airport from a site 450 kilometres away to the east in Leipzig. This is the location of the new DFS Remote Tower Control Centre, which began operations today. Using high-definition video and infrared ...
