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The Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority, JCAA, which regulates the country’s airways, plans to ease congestion in the skies by implementing new software and systems to assist air traffic controllers.
The regulator intends to procure an ATFM or Air Traffic Flow Management system that is fully integrated and automated to generate and monitor all the elements of flights. It aims to enhance safety, efficiency and cost-effectiveness, prevent airspace congestion, and optimise flight movements, particularly as air traffic volumes continue to grow.
“The ATFM service shall be implemented for airspace where traffic demand occasionally exceeds the defined ATC capacity, within a region or defined area,” JCAA said in its tender for a provider of the ATFM.
The system will be overseen by a specialised organisation.
“This service should be managed by a dedicated ATFM organisation, supported by flow management positions established at each relevant control centre,” said the regulator.