Irish Aviation Authority Joins Nordic ATM Service Concept

The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) has joined the ANSPs (air navigation service providers) of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Finland and Estonia in a cooperative undertaking known as the Nordic Air Traffic Management Service Concept (MoC).

The six Nordic ANSPs formed the MoC last year as the first step toward a more user friendly service, said Knut Skaar, the chief executive of Avinor, the ANSP of Norway, who welcomed the IAA's participation, and noted the group's intentions are aligned with the Single European Sky (SES) initiative.  Eamonn Brennan, IAA's CEO, indicated that his organization's joining is the catalyst through which the Nordic alliance is being transformed into a North European alliance.  "We are very committed to the process and see it as another positive step towards co-operation between ANSPs," Mr. Brennan said.

The purpose and overall objective of the MoC is to provide harmonized and cost efficient services to the customers, with a constant focus on safety, cost and quality of the service, according to a press release announcing the IAA's action, and should be seen as contributing to the SES, the Common ATM Service Concept and the European ATM Master Plan to be developed within Europe's SESAR project.  02-16-2007.

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