Azerbaijan's air navigation service provider flies in Helios

Azerbaijan’s Azeraeronavigation, the country’s air navigation service provider, has selected aviation consultancy Helios to support it with the upgrade of its communication, navigation and surveillance systems infrastructure for air traffic management.

Bordering with Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Russia from the north and east, Iran from the south, and Georgia, Armenia and Turkey from the west, Azerbaijan’s airspace is used by dozens of international and national carriers. The country’s airspace, of which 86,600 sq. km is land and 78,000 sq. km is above the Caspian sea area, currently spans a route network of around 8,000 km. 

Azeraeronavigation, the organisation which control the country’s air traffic management (ATM) and communication navigation and surveillance systems (CNS), needs to prepare for a growing number of commercial flights passing through its airspace. The organisation has also developed a strategy to become one of the best performing and innovative air navigation service providers in the region. To support delivery of both objectives, the organisation has brought consultants from Helios on board.Helios will assess Azeraeronavigation’s current infrastructure with a particular focus on improving the efficiency and effectiveness of its components, and help to develop an implementation roadmap. This will include an action plan and development of options for evolution of the infrastructure, covering criteria such as capacity, new technology, safety, cost-efficiency and more.

“This project will enable us to fully prepare for the future, improve our efficiency and take advantage of innovative technologies, as well as to decide on the best way forward in order to meet the ultimate goal of providing high-value and excellent services to our users,” said Farhan Guliyev, director of Azeraeronavigation. 

Commenting on the project, Helios’s chief executive officer Claire Davies said, “We are delighted to be supporting Azeraeronavigation on this ambitious and important project. Helios has extensive experience and a deep understanding of air traffic management and communication, navigation and surveillance systems. I am confident we will be able to help them accelerate their exciting programme of improvement.” 

Last year, Ukraine's national air traffic service provider hired experts from Helios to oversee a systems upgrade project.