The greatest volume of air traffic in Southeast Europe

The greatest volume of air traffic in Southeast Europe in the last two years was recorded on Saturday, August 17, 2013 making it the second busiest day so far, in view of the number of operations.

The greatest volume of air traffic in Southeast Europe

18.08.2013

Serbia and Montenegro Air Traffic Services

SMATSA LLC

 

Press Release

SMATSA LLC: The record number of overflights in Southeast Europe in one day

 

The greatest volume of air traffic in Southeast Europe in the last two years was recorded on Saturday, August 17, 2013 making it the second busiest day so far, in view of the number of operations. Air Traffic Control Center (ATCC) Belgrade, as a part of SMATSA LLC, has proven its leadership in the region, being absolutely the busiest ATCC in this part of Europe when it comes to the volume of operations. This achievement is even more significant taking into account that Air Traffic Control Center Belgrade provided air traffic control services to the record number of aircraft, constantly keeping high level of safety and preventing commercial aircraft from being delayed even for a second.

Two large Air Traffic Control Centers stand out in the region of the former Yugoslavia: Belgrade (SMATSA LLC), being the largest and responsible for the airspace of Serbia, Montenegro, 55% of the upper airspace of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the part of the airspace above the Adriatic Sea, and Zagreb (Croatia Control Limited), the second largest as per its operational capacities, and being responsible for the airspace of Croatia, lower, and the remaining part of the upper, airspace of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Beside these two ATCCs there are also two significantly smaller centers, one in Ljubljana and the other in Skopje, responsible for the provision of air traffic control services solely within their own states.

Besides providing air traffic control services to the aircraft en-route, SMATSA LLC provides approach and aerodrome air traffic control services at the following airports: Belgrade, Batajnica, Kraljevo, Nis, Vrsac, Ponikve, Podgorica and Tivat. Moreover, SMATSA LLC provides services to the aircraft departing and landing at the airports in the area adjacent to the area under its jurisdiction such as: Skopje, Thessaloniki, Tirana, Dubrovnik, Split, Sarajevo, Mostar, Tuzla, Zagreb, Osijek, Budapest, Vienna, Bratislava, Timisoara and Sofia.

Services offered by SMATSA LLC are regulated according to the internationally agreed rules. SMATSA LLC provides services to about 550,000 commercial aircraft on an annual basis. This number should be increased by a great number of sports, military, training and other flights within the area of its jurisdiction.

According to the operational capacities and safety level, SMATSA LLC, i.e. Air Traffic Control Center Belgrade is the leader not only in Southeast Europe. As per its level of safety, SMATSA LLC has, for several years now, been ranked second among around fifty similar centers in Europe by EUROCONTROL – the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation.