After M-NAV GOJSC had joined CANSO in June, 2018, ANS Executive Director and President of Management Board, Mr. Nikolche Taseski and ANS Deputy Director, Ms. Irena Кalichanin took part at EC3 no. 65 meeting held in CANSO Europe Office in Brussels, on October 29, 2018. During the meeting attended by CEOs from significant number of Air Navigation Services Providers, Mr. Taseski delivered a greeting speech presenting the Company and outlining that besides the fact that M-NAV GOJSC is a small ANSP it notices one of the greatest upward trends regarding the increase of air traffic volume in Europe, i.e. it was noticed an increase of air traffic growth of more than 17% in overflying traffic and 7% in approach traffic in the previous year, while this year the growth by now has been around 12% both in overflights and approach traffic.
Further, he expressed his expectations regarding the benefits that M-NAV GOJSC would acquire by its membership in CANSO Europe.
“My country is striving to become a EU member state somewhere in the near future, but nevertheless, we are a signatory part of the ECAA agreement, particularly we expect from CANSO Europe to act as the voice of the ATM industry in Europe and represent the interests of air navigation services providers in front of the European institutions and steer the development and implementation of European legislation. Additionally we expect them to coordinate and promote the implementation of ANSP best practice in the region”, said Mr. Taseski.
The meeting saw a presentation of internal matters such as CANSO EUR Strategic Objectives and Priorities, airspace capacity, 2019 proposed budget and future scenarios were discussed, also the outcome of the CANSO-Eurocontrol/NM high level meeting was presented. Particularly, it was considered CANSO EUR contributions to the vision of the European Airspace, such as Architecture Airspace Study, SES Wise Person Group. The meeting ended with consideration of CANSO global activities.