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SESAR: Future-proofing Europe’s Airports
Journal of Airport Management,
9
(3),
277-283
(2015)
Abstract
A well-functioning and efficient Air Traffic Management (ATM) system is a vital element for the sustainability of global aviation. That is why SESAR (Single European Sky Air Traffic Management Research) was founded in 2007 in order to modernise and harmonise ATM systems through the definition, development and deployment of innovative technological and operational solutions. Today, SESAR consists of two pillars: The SESAR Joint Undertaking (SJU), a public–private partnership, which pools together the knowledge and resources of the entire ATM community in order to research and validate new technological solutions. These solutions are then handed over to the SESAR Deployment Manager, comprised of a group of air navigation service providers, airports and airlines, whose role is to deliver them into everyday operations across Europe.
Keywords: Air Traffic Management; ATM; ATM modernisation; deployment; Single European Sky
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Author's Biography
Florian Guillermet is an engineering graduate from Ecole Polytechnique and the Civil Aviation Engineering School in France and holds a Masters degree in aeronautics and airport management. Mr Guillermet has worked in the field of civil aviation for 15 years, starting in the flight planning department of Air France before going on to the French Air Navigation Service Provider and then the European Central Flow Management Unit at Eurocontrol. In June 2008, Mr Guillermet joined the SESAR Joint Undertaking, first as chief programme officer to manage the SESAR Programme, and then as deputy executive director operations and programme in 2012. Since 1st April, 2014 he has led the SESAR Joint Undertaking as executive director.
Massimo Garbini is managing director of the SESAR Deployment Manager Alliance. Mr Garbini stepped down in Summer 2014 as CEO and COO of ENAV, Italy’s ANSP, where he worked for more than 20 years, joining as an air traffic controller in 1991. He was also chairman and CEO of the subsidiary company, Techno Sky. Mr Garbini is widely recognised across the aviation industry, acting at a political level to steer and shape the future of civil aviation in Europe. He is a permanent member of the EC’s Aviation Platform, and retiring chairman of the Network Management Board.
