Who is ANSA?
From ANSE to ANSA
ANSA was founded in 1967 by air traffic controllers of the german air navigation services under the name of „Evaluation Group - Air Navigation Services - Europe“, ANSE for short. In the following years among its then 45 members in 22 countries belonged civil and military air traffic controllers, pilots, dispatchers, telecommunication operators, engineers, lawyers, instructors, ATS experts and flight safety investigators. Like then and until today ANSA is not dependent on any governmental or industrial influence.
The group’s original objective was the improvment of flight safety in general, the reduction of risks for accidents within the air navigation services system and the promulgation on the knowledge of its functioning and weaknesses. Today, the focus is on the historic development of air navigation with the air traffic services in operations over the many years of its existence.
ANSA is knowledgeable on the peculiarities of the ATS systems in Europe and elsewhere. The know-how of its members reaches back into the first years on the system’s evolvement after WW II. Some of them had even participated in its re-development then. Since the problems of the ATS system were not only of national kind, international cooperation evolved, which then also expressed itself in its logo with the flag of Europe.
As of 1972 the group’s influence grew under the amended name of „International Advisory Group - Air Navigation Services - ANSA“ with its members of the English speaking aviation community. 13 languages were spoken. And in 1985 the seat of the group was moved from Germany to Switzerland.
ANSA has gained an in-depth knowledge of the peculiarities of European and non-European air traffic control systems and is still independent of government influence from authorities or industry. In addition to providing advice, networking and developing solutions for air navigation services, ANSA publishes specialised reports and self-published books, antiquarian aviation literature and charts and has provided free information on air navigation services and their operation since the very beginning.
Download the history of ANSA
The history of ANSA has been self-published and is available free of charge via the online repository of the Specialised Information Service for Mobility and Transport Research (FID move) at the following link:
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