Norwegian airport operator, Avinor, which operates eight airport towers remotely from its digital Remote Towers Centre in Bodø is to add three more airport towers during Q1, 2023, following approval from the Norwegian Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) for advanced sequential operations at the world’s largest digital Remote Towers Centre.
The ability to carry out advanced sequential operations means that an AFIS operator can oversee two airport towers during one shift, from the same working position during times when there are no simultaneous aircraft movements. The move has been made possible through close collaboration with Avinor’s technology partner, Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace and Indra, as well as through its relationship with the Norwegian CAA.
Commenting on the milestone, Gunnar Pedersen, Executive Vice President at Avinor Air Navigation Services, said: “We aim at introducing multiple towers operations in 2024. While Avinor will be the first company in the world to introduce this, the real motivation lies within the fact that we can run our tower operations in a substantially more efficient manner, both economically and operationally.”
