Aireon Selected to Provide Space-Based Air Traffic Data in Azerbaijan

Aireon CEO Don Thoma, left, and Jahangir Asgarov, President of Azerbaijan Airlines, at a contract signing on Oct. 18 in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Aireon has won a new deal in the air traffic market. It will provide its space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) data for air traffic surveillance in Azerbaijan airspace, as a result of a new deal signed with Azeraeronavigation (AZANS), the air navigation service provider of the Azerbaijan Republic. The deal was announced Oct. 18.

The Aireon ADS-B data will complement ground surveillance to cover the complete BAKU FIR in Azerbaijan, at all altitudes. The airspace of the Azerbaijan Republic is 165,400 sq. km, 86,600 of which is over land and 78,800 sq. km is above the Caspian Sea. The length route network within the airspace of Azerbaijan Republic amounts to around 11,000 km.

“The Aireon satellite-based air traffic surveillance system offers a solution that will radically optimize flight safety and efficiency and provide global flight tracking of airlines in real time. The introduction and full use of the system will provide surveillance of aircraft equipped with ADS-B, as well as allow for the selection of more convenient routes and altitudes,” Jahangir Asgarov, President of Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL), said in a statement.