It is the task of air traffic control to anticipate the effects of winter weather conditions and runway closures on the ground and in the air. If necessary, air traffic is controlled to provide realistic runway time for each arriving and departing flight.

Luxembourg Air Navigation Administration, which is responsible for air navigation services in Luxembourg, has simulated new air traffic control working methods in Finland.

A new working method concept will be validated for Luxembourg’s air traffic control in Fintraffic’s air navigation simulators. The aim will be to obtain data on new working methods on the basis of which their practical functionality and prerequisites for operational deployment can be verified.

Fintraffic’s Air Navigation Services has organised CISM activities as peer support activities in which volunteers in the work community are trained in the CISM method and on encountering a colleague who has encountered a sudden crisis.

Fintraffic’s Air Navigation Services Planning Manager and Technical Supervisor Gustav Juslin ensures that air traffic control equipment and systems work as they should.

Flight planning personnel working in the Air Navigation Services FPC are responsible for the distribution of information related to flights and for flight planning.

Finland already has an efficient, economical and environmentally-friendly airspace, which will be updated with the Airspace2027 project to meet new user needs that have emerged over the past decade. The aim is for the updated airspace to better support competitive air connections throughout Finland and from Finland abroad taking safety, fluency and the environment into consideration.

Avia College, a specialist vocational education institution owned by Fintraffic Air Navigation Services, won the bidding competition on basic training for Georgian air traffic controllers for the second time. The coming autumn will also include several other international training courses.

Under EU legislation, each EU country must draw up a performance plan setting out the objectives for services covered by the legislation. The first period (2012–2014) was three years, after which the planning periods were extended to five years. In Finland, the regulation covers the en-route service and the air navigation service of Helsinki Airport.

The Destia Winter Maintenance Management Centre utilises the road weather information provided by Fintraffic on a daily basis, all year round. Fintraffic road weather data makes it possible to carry out maintenance measures in the road network in a timely manner. This helps to save costs.

Once again, drones return to the spring skies of Finland. Operating a drone is a form of aviation and therefore, operators must be aware of the relevant rules and restrictions. Fintraffic instructions and common rules are there to help you operate drones safely.