“ SOWAER is proud to build the first Belgian digital control tower centre in Namur. Nicolas Thisquen, Chairman of SOWAER Executive committee: The estimated budget for this building is around €8,5 million. It will also vouch for the granting of surface rights on airports in order to set up masts and cameras, on which the digital tower system is based.
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It will be responsible for and owner of the building and will grant a long lease to skeyes free of charge for a period of 20 years (renewable). SOWAER is committed to constructing a building – the Remote Tower Centre – in the Ecolys business park in Namur. Our two airports are at a crossroads and this new infrastructure reinforces the positive outlook and the new dynamics initiated at both sites. The arrival of the digital control towers in Namur will allow us to ensure increased security of our two airports and to remedy the lack of contingency towers which could not be solved in the past. “ I am delighted with this step forward which will allow Wallonia to be a pioneer in Belgium with the development of this new technology. Jean-Luc Crucke, Walloon Minister for Airports: This new technology provides air traffic controllers with much more information than they can get thanks to the naked eye, especially in bad weather conditions.įinally, this solution enables to improve cost and operational efficiency through the centralisation of air navigation services for Liege and Charleroi Airports. Thanks to new augmented reality technologies with state-of-the-art cameras installed at airports, air traffic controllers will be able to remotely manage aircraft movements on the apron and approaching traffic. The objective is threefold: increasing air safety, strengthening the continuity of airport operations at Walloon airports and improving the efficiency of air navigation services. Feasibility studies showed that building a digital tower centre is the best long-term solution.įollowing these studies, skeyes and SOWAER agreed to partner for building a digital tower centre in Namur.
Such a renovation will disable the physical towers for a period of time.Īs Liege and Charleroi Airports currently do not have a contingency control tower, skeyes and SOWAER analysed the different scenarios to guarantee the safety of air traffic and the continuity of airport activities when the physical towers are not available.
The control towers at Liege and Charleroi Airports must be thoroughly renovated by SOWAER ( Société Wallonne des aéroports). It will guide air traffic at Liege and Charleroi airports while increasing safety thanks to augmented reality. Skeyes and SOWAER have signed a historic agreement that confirms the setting up of the first digital tower centre in Namur.
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