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ANS Division certifiedDuring 2006, the Air Navigation Services(ANS) Division of LFV was certifiedaccording to the standards of theSingle European Sky. Early in 2007, LFValso received an ISO 9001:2000 qualitymanagement certificate. During theyear a certification audit was conducted,with a successful outcome. A combinedISO 9001 and ISO 14001 (environmentalmanagement) certificate was issuedearly in 2008.Aviation safetyAviation safety enjoys top priority inthe work of the ANS Division. Extensiveresources and energy are devotedto maintaining a high level of aviationsafety. No accidents were caused by theoperations of ANS during 2007.LFV on the offensiveDevelopments in the air navigationfield as a consequence of the EU’s SingleEuropean Sky initiative are continuing,and 2007 was another very eventful year.However, there is criticism from variousquarters that progress is occurringtoo slowly. During the second quarterof 2008 the European Commission willunveil what it calls “a second package” ofSES legislation. The intensified focus onenvironmental issues during 2007 madeclear that major emission reductions arepossible with a common European airspace.LFV has assumed an active role inadvancing the Single European Sky process.Previously established Nordic cooperationin this field has continued andmoved forward. A major, highly publicisedstep took place early in 2007when the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA)joined this effort, transforming what hadbeen Nordic air navigation cooperationinto Northern European cooperation.Work is currently focusing on devisinga common “master plan” together withcustomers, aimed at offering them theservices they need at the lowest possiblecosts. For some time, air navigationcooperation has included a number ofconcrete activities in which various partnersparticipate. Examples worth mentioninginclude:• The Nordic Upper Area Control Centre(NUAC), a collaborative effortbetween LFV and Denmark’s Naviairaimed at establishing a joint air navigationorganisation in Danish andSwedish airspace. The first report onthe project has been completed andcurrent work includes an analysisof what effects implementation willhave.• COOPANS, a cooperative effortbetween LFV, Naviair and IAA aimedat cost-effectively improving theEurocat 2000E air traffic managementsystem − the backbone of LFV’s controlcentres − together with the system’ssupplier, Thales. Other organisationsthat use the same air trafficmanagement system have also shownan interest in joining COOPANS.Negotiations are under way for thispurpose.Development of Air NavigationServicesLFV uses data linksData links are a vital element in developingair navigation services, for a numberof reasons. One important reason isthat such links make it possible to avoidthe sources of misunderstandings thattoday’s radio communication may entail.Another reason is they facilitate communicationbetween often highly advancedaviation systems and ground-based airtraffic management systems and canresult in significant optimisation of flightpaths. This, in turn, has a positive impacton the environment, since aircraft fuelconsumption can be greatly lowered.Data links also enable pilots to obtain asignificantly better picture of other aircraftin their vicinity.During 2007 LFV continued itsacquisition of equipment which, in theinitial stage, will operate concurrentlywith existing radar-based systems. Anumber of airlines have also obtainedsuch equipment for their aircraft, whichmeans that operational usable applicationscan soon begin to be implemented.18 > LFV 2007 < LFV’s Air Navigation Services