New ATC Controller Training Study Highlights Market Peaks and Troughs

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LONDON, July 26, 2012 /PRN=KYODO JBN/ --

    The growth of air traffic in developing regions, along with an ageing

population of controllers in North America and Europe, is creating new

competition for resources. New simulator technologies and greater consolidation

of training centres can help to bring down controller training costs

dramatically, according to this report.

    The 4th ATC Global Insight Market Intelligence Report is now available

online free of charge at http://www.atcglobalhub.com/marketreports * and

reviews the market from both a high-end level and a bottom up approach, looking

at state by state training system applications.

    The global air traffic control (ATC) controller training market for new

entrant controllers is worth annually around $437.5 million, according to the

latest report produced by ATC Global Insight, with follow-on training and new

equipment training probably adding a further $150 million to the overall market

value.

    Annual sales of ATC simulators - outside longstanding FAA contractual

arrangements - are running at between $30-$35 million a year, according to the

report. There has been a marked slow-down in simulator sales within Europe over

the last 18 months or so and the market in the Middle East, Latin America and

Asia is relatively buoyant. The market in Africa is still largely dictated by

the availability of development funding, with the exception of South Arica.

    Paula Milburn, ATC Global Director, said, "At ATC Global we focus on

delivering valuable research for the industry throughout the year and this

report raises issues that need to be addressed when we bring everyone together

in Amsterdam, March 12 - 14, 2013. Improving controller training is a key

priority for the industry and the 2013 event will feature important new

training technologies now becoming available to the global ATM community."

    This report is sponsored by Micro Nav Ltd [http://www.micronav.co.uk ], a

leading developer and supplier of ATC simulation and training systems; the

digital KVM specialist Guntermann & Drunck [http://atc.gdsys.de ] and UFA

[http://www.ufainc.com ], a principal supplier of ATC simulation technology.

    The next report in the series will be En-route surveillance radars.

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    Notes to Editors:

    *The ATC Global Market Intelligence Report Series are independently

researched by the ATC Global Insight team and edited by Philip Butterworth-Hayes

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[http://atcglobal.ubm-info.com/c/14wnlkuKwqnnOc5BRlGm0wLAOi ] along with the

first two reports released earlier this year: The market for wide-angle/beyond

airport surface ADS-B surveillance and the market for advanced-surface movement

guidance and control systems (A-SMGCS).

    The first three reports released earlier this year are:

    The market for wide-angle/beyond airport surface ADS-B surveillance

    The market for advanced-surface movement guidance and control systems

    (A-SMGCS).

    The market for ground-based and space-based augmentation systems

    The next three reports will cover:

    En-route surveillance radars

    Airport surveillance radars

    Radar displays

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