Four years ago, on November 14, 2017, the Hungarian Air Traffic Service launched the so-called Remote Tower, which enables distant airport management. Budapest Liszt Ferenc is the first airport in the world to use this innovative solution. The progressive technology will be upgraded by HungaroControl in a new project, which will result in a integrated …

Zoltan Molnar – HungaroControl Automation is an important phenomenon in many fields of our life, and recently, it has been gaining a momentum in the ATM industry. Although automation is not restricted to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) solutions, promising performance of AI in numerous fields can significantly accelerate the process. ML has …

Zoltan Molnar – HungaroControl Although the implementation of remote tower technology represents a complex change, which significantly affects the ATM functional system, the safety assessment process does not require any specific methodology. In other words, it can be managed as a normal change process, despite it is still remaining a difficult task. Air Navigation Service …

THE CONTEXT Air traffic growth in the Asia-Pacific region is one of the fastest in the world and Singapore is strategically located at the heart of the region. In order to prepare for the future, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) embarked on the Smart Tower Prototype (STP) project to evaluate the feasibility of …

There are many examples of user interfaces that are difficult to understand, such as a complicated vending machine, an illogically working mobile application, or the classic counter sliding / pulling door. We may wonder what the designer was thinking about when creating these things this way. Human Factors analysis, or the so-called User Experience (UX) …

Amidst extremes At HungaroControl, we based our initial 2020 business plans on the premise of investing in developing ATC capacity. This principle was supported at the Digital European Sky event in 2019, organized by the European Commission, at which the aviation industry committed to embrace digitalization in order to increase capacity. As the epidemic hit …

It is unquestionable that drone technology is increasingly becoming part of our everyday life, and developing rapidly as artificial intelligence gains more and more significance. The commercial and industrial use of unmanned aerial vehicles – colloquially referred to as drones – will provide assistive solutions in many areas of life in the near future. Until …

Dr. Majid Foodeei, Global product management, mission critical communications, Hitachi ABB Gábor Bajkó, Head of technical operations and development, HungaroControl Just as air traffic moves in many directions around the globe, ANSPs face pressures from all directions at once. Operational challenges associated with continued air traffic growth are exacerbated by the expected increase in volume …

Neil Bowles – Searidge Technologies Csaba Gergely – HungaroControl Digital and remote tower technology has become an established technology solution for airports and ANSPs. Digital towers are now operational in several countries and ANSPs are developing applications beyond the remote control of small, low volume airports, and realizing business cases for medium and large airports …

The only constant is change, but change is getting larger and faster. Although the principles of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its core areas like Machine Learning (ML) and Deep Learning (DL) have been with us since the early 1960s, it is becoming easier than ever to harness them. Vast amounts of data can be gathered, …

The global pandemic has the aviation sector among others in a continuous mode of reaction. Amid all this uncertainty and the challenges it brings, how do we strengthen organisational resilience while mapping our road to recovery? Attila Simon, HungaroControl’s Director of Business Development represented European air navigation service providers (ANSP) in a recent webinar hosted …

Overview Recent travel restrictions and border closures amidst the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic have driven the aviation industry into paralysis. Currently, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) is projecting the impact on the global air transport industry to be in the order of a 48% loss in worldwide passenger demand; equating to approximately $314USD billion …