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COMSOFT’s PRISMA Ready for ICAO’s New Flight Plan Format
Published: 05/10/2010
COMSOFT’s ATC automation system PRISMA has proven its capability
to process new and present flight plan contents in accordance with
ICAO’s amendment to the PANS-ATM for 2012.
ABU DHABI/UAE, September 2010 – COMSOFT’s modular ATC automation
solution PRISMA has evidenced its capability in flawless site acceptance tests
to be compliant to the amendment of ICAO’s 15th edition of the Procedures for
Air Navigation Services – Air Traffic Management (PANS-ATM, Doc 4444).
Hence, the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) of Abu Dhabi has become
the first air navigation service provider in the Middle East and Asia to be
capable of accepting both flight plan formats with their COMSOFT system. This
supports GCAA’s effort to prepare the transition to the new format and to
continue an early integration programme with users in 2011.
ICAO’s prior adopted resolution to restructure and refine the contents of flight
plans was based on a proposal of the Flight Plan Study Group (FPLSG) and its
mandatory application is determined for November 15th, 2012. The decisive
factor for initiating the update of the ICAO flight plan form was the intention to
portray the means of aircraft with advanced capabilities. In addition, contents
of a flight plan will be improved in such a way that e. g. modern navigation and
communication capabilities can be indicated and various fields and indicators
declared in more detail.
By passing this noteworthy milestone PRISMA is now prepared to master both
flight plan variants and is thus fully settled for this worldwide transition.
