Greece to Allocate More Funds for Air Traffic Management Upgrade

Photo Source: Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (HCAA)

Greece’s Deputy Transport Minister Christina Alexopoulou announced this week that the government would be channeling – once approved – a total of 87 million euros into the upgrade of the country’s air traffic management systems.

As part of efforts to upgrade technologies and services, Alexopoulou also announced that 35 air traffic controllers had been hired and added that funding would also go into enhancing security and assisting air traffic controllers at 12 regional airports in Greece.

In response to a question in parliament, Alexopoulou confirmed that contracts had been “concluded for the supply and installation of new communications and voice recording systems for Athens – Macedonia control towers, communication and voice recording systems for international and regional airports, airport navigation and runway demarcation systems, and that a surface surveillance radar had been delivered for Athens Airport.”

Deputy Transport Minister Christina Alexopoulou, Photo source: Transport Ministry

She went on to add that the modernization of air traffic management systems, communication systems, navigation, surveillance and air traffic management systems were budgeted at approximately 170 million euros. An additional 87 million euros, she said, have been requested for the creation of remote digital tower infrastructure.

Lastly, the minister said that a new competition for the recruitment of 141 employees in various departments was underway.