On 25^th of July, in Skopje Mr. Nikolche Taseski, the Executive Director of ANS and Mr. Aleksandar Palcevski, the Executive Director of CNS had an official meeting with Mr. Patrick Ky,  the Executive Director of the European Aviation Safety Agency – EASA.  Due to having been invited by PhD Tomislav Tuntev, CAA Director, the meeting was held in CAA`s premises, also  Mrs. Annika Haug, Head of EASA Executive Director`s Office,  Mr. Alper Ersoy and Mr. Nejat Kurt, the Managers of TAV Macedonia attended the meeting. The visit of High-Level EASA delegation is of crucial importance for all aviation stakeholders in the country.

EASA Director has shown a special interest for both the targets and the challenges posed by the aviation Authorities in collaboration  with the Government and with the other aviation stakeholders in the country.

Putting the light on the position and the role of EASA in providing safe and secure European air transport, Ky emphasised that the EASA model proved to be an extremely successful and unique model within the European framework, because as he said, in the past, there was no other model, except for the FAA model of the United States of America.

Today, every new model that is being developed worldwide takes over the essentials of EASA. Countries of Asia and Middle East are an example for this and they have decided to follow the model of EASA, Ky underlined.

At the meeting, the direct EASA involvement in the process of putting into operation the new ATM system  was of special importance for M-NAV and through CAA it will assist in ensuring more safe and more expeditious implementation of the system. Further,  it was discussed about the current development in the area of regulating the unmanned aircrafts and about the need of establishing a training centre for air traffic controllers, for pilots of both aircraft and unmanned aircraft  and for other aviation personnel.

EASA will be ultimately committed to make conditions for establishing such a centre by following the example of Poland where such an academy successfully operates.

The importance of cyber security and passing a regulation related to it was also discussed during the meeting.

At the beginning of the summer season, for the second time M-NAV has broken the record for the number of flights over Macedonian sky! For the first time, a record-breaking number of a total of 1042 flights over Macedonian sky was recorded on 29th of the June of the year and again yesterday, on 06th of July a total of 1091 flights were recorded!

Just like the last year, also in the last Saturday of the month of June, the traffic exceeded the record number of flights set in the previous year. Тhe record so far set last year on August 11th, 2018 was a total of 1028 flights, so first the record was exceeded for 14 flights while yesterday on 6th of July, the record was exceeded for 63 flights!

It shall be taken into account that achievement of these records did not produce a minute of delay for the users of the Airspace.

The trend of continuous air traffic growth continued in the first half of the year of 2019 as well when an air traffic increase of 18.5% of the total traffic was recorded. During the first six months of 2019, M-NAV handled a total of 97 883 operations while in the year of 2018 it handled 82 619 operations.

When compared to 2017 a growth of 34% was recorded but when compared to 2016 there was substantial growth of even 59.3%.

Regarding the total traffic, the peak month is the month of February when it was recorded a total air traffic increase of 25.7% monthly when compared to previous year.

It is expected the air traffic increase trend to continue in the rest of the year, i.e. it is expected the already set record to be broken.

Maintaining a high level of professional competence and the devotion of all employees of M-NAV enabled the air traffic growth and it adds to the fact that the increasing number of air traffic has been handled with the same number of Air Traffic Controllers in the recent 10 years, but for the purpose of maintaining continuous performance we impatiently await for the new colleagues who currently undergo training.

M-NAV expresses thanks and congratulations to Air Traffic Controllers and to all professionals in the Company who continuously contribute to company progress and development besides the pressure arising of the ceaseless attempts to worsen the image of M-NAV.

Mr. Nikolche Taseski, ANS Executive Director and President of Management Board of M-NAV alongside with CEOs of 13 ANSPs, members of the Gate One Coordination Platform, attended the eighth Gate One Meeting held in Bucharest on 3rd of June 2019.
At one of the most crucial meetings in the aviation industry, the most sensitive topics of European ATM for the time being were discussed while agreeing on common positions on the Airspace Architecture Study and the Report of Wise Persons Group which are documents that play prominent role in the forthcoming shaping of Single European Sky legislation. All Gate One partners had an open discussion about the taken position regarding the above-mentioned documents and also the part of the discussion was devoted to the method and effects of their implementation.
Further, the discussions were oriented towards promoting the Gate One platform and recognizing this group as an equal partner in the future policy-making and regulations that would be based on Airspace Architecture Study. M-NAV GOJSC alongside with the other ANSPs from the region have been facing a rapid air traffic growth in comparison with the past period, but they successfully accommodate it thanks to adaptability of the demand. At the meeting, the light was also on clear definition of the target capacity and how it will be achieved through the proposed solutions. Being a partner of Gate One Coordination Platform, M-NAV GOJSC equally is committed to promoting and achieving system interoperability, enhanced safety and implementation of new technologies.
Further during the visit, the next day on 4th of June Mr. Nikolche Taseski, the ANS Executive Director, alongside with other attendees from M-NAV GOJSC attended SESAR Delivering the Future in Aviation Conference that brought them an unique opportunity to take part in debates on how Europe copes with the challenge of air traffic growth and deployment of new and developmental projects that aim to achieve ATM modernization.
SESAR Deployment Manager, SESAR Joint Undertaking, representatives of various EU institutions, European Defence Agency, ANSPs and representatives of a great number of airlines, through an open panel discussion, had an opportunity to debate about SESAR benefits and the aim was to bring more closely to the involved ATM stakeholders all projects that enable European ATM to accommodate the rapid air traffic growth at affordable cost while increasing safety and environmental protection. Also, during the debate SESAR DM presented its achievements in measuring performance in 6 key areas: capacity, operational efficiency, service cost, environment, safety and security.

In a perpetual manner, the team of M-NAV was a part of the biggest team building event with an athletic character, the said team took part in the third sports event „Охрид Трчат”(“Ohrid is Running”) that featured a rich program and that was held on 1st and 2nd of June through the streets of the Macedonian pearl. This sporting event was organized by following the model of European metropolises, contributing the city of Ohrid to be perceived as unique and European Ohrid.
The following runners from M-NAV GOJSC competed in a team building race of 5K, achieving better finishing time than the last year: Svetlana Krstevska, Јovica Shurbanovski, Igor Isakoski, Filip Milkov, Goran Kochovski, Tome Andonovski and Dimitar Stojanovski. Also, the following runners from M-NAV GOJSC, Jasminka Karkinski, Nikolche Taseski and Igor Andreevski continuously compete in the longer race of 10 K.
Participating in this magnificent sporting event, the M-NAV team has conveyed the notion of affirming and promoting the running and the healthy sports habits in a modern everyday life in which stress is inevitable. The above-mentioned runners, as well as all competitors in „Охрид Трчат”(“Ohrid is Running”) who enjoyed the unique opportunity to- 2 run and to compete through the streets of Ohrid are a leading example of healthy life, socialization, entertainment and opportunity to demonstrate highly developed consciousness of the Company. The adverse weather conditions, the rain and thunderstorms, did not diminish the charm of this great sports event, but on contrary this was another indicator of the stamina of both the organizers and the competitors to defend firmly the concept of run, enjoy, socialise.
It`s worth mentioning that with its participation M-NAV GOJSC has assisted the organizer „Охрид Трчат”(“Ohrid is Running”) to realize another important aim, which is raising the public awareness, timely and free diagnosis and availability of medications for patients with rare diseases.

Employees from M-NAV GOJSC ran at the 15th sports event of the Republic of North Macedonia, Wizz Air Skopje Marathon held on 4th of May across the streets of the capital of RNM under the auspices of the City of Skopje, EU Delegation and the Agency of Youth and Sport.
Аround 12000 competitors from 58 States participated in the 15th jubilee marathon that consisted of the following four races: marathon, half marathon, relay marathon and race of 5 km.
Igor Isakoski, Vasil Depinov, Vlatko Nakov, Emanuil Muratovski, Svetlana Krstevska and Filip Milkov ran at a distance of 5 km., while Nikolche Taseski, Igor Andreevski and Jasminka Karkinski ran at the half marathon at a distance of 21 km.