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PRESS RELEASE 08.03.2017 WORLD ATM CONGRESS Thales and Météo-France form partnership to provide ECOsystem customers with global weather services Group – Civil Aerospace – Defence - Aerospace–Space – Transportation - Defence-Security ©Thales At World ATM Congress 2017, Thales, world leader in Air Traffic Management, announces an agreement with Météo-France, international supplier of meteorological information systems, to integrate global weather services into Thales’s ECOsystem1 decision support platform for improved aviation operations. In many areas around the world, air traffic control is performed without the ability to account for the impact of severe weather phenomena like thunderstorms, leaving the pilots managing weather avoidance, and leaving Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs) developing reactive measures based on pilots’ requests. By embedding Météo-France weather data into ECOsystem and leveraging the platform’s Air Traffic Flow Management (ATFM) application, ANSPs receive high accuracy prediction of severe weather Key Points Thales and Météo-France signed an agreement to integrate global weather services into ECOsystem. With the ability to anticipate severe weather, ECOsystem users experience reduced traffic disruption, increased passenger comfort, and more predictable air traffic controller and pilot peak work load. At World ATM Congress 2016, Thales launched ECOsystem’s first application, Advanced Traffic Flow GROUP COMMUNICATIONS– Thales - Tour Carpe Diem - 31 Place des Corolles - 92098 Paris La Défense Cedex France – Tel.: +33(0)1 57 77 86 26 - www.thalesgroup.com PRESS RELEASE 08.03.2017 WORLD ATM CONGRESS activity en route and at airports, enabling severe weather mitigation to move from being reactive to proactive. The result is shorter avoidance routes; reduced fuel consumption and CO2 emissions; better adaptation of ATC sectorization plans and ATCO workload to actual airspace capacity; and better tuning of weather-induced regulations, resulting in reduced ground delays. Analysis performed during the SESAR TOPLINK Large Scale Demonstration estimated 1 million minutes of ground delay holding could be eliminated in Europe, delivering a potential cost benefit of up to 50 M€. In addition to ANSP benefits, Airport operators will benefit from better anticipation of airport runway capacity reduction, as well as improved support to weather-dependent decisions, such as runway configuration changes or deicing needs. Lastly, Airlines will benefit on the ground (flight dispatchers) and in the cockpit (pilots) as a result of anticipated flight management decisions in regard to severe weather avoidance. This commercial partnership is an extension of joint Thales and MétéoFrance research activities conducted since 2011 for the TOPMET and TOPLINK SESAR projects. “This partnership with THALES allows Météo-France to propose its forecasts on the globe to users of the whole world. Indeed with ECOsystem, all the aeronautical actors can benefit from meteorological information integrated into their tools.” Emmanuel Cloppet, Head of the sales management, Météo -France Management, and in 2017, is launching the second application, Unmanned Aerial System Traffic management. “Thales is committed to partnering with customers and industry leaders to propel our innovation from concept to reality. ECOsystem, augmented by Météo-France weather data, is one example. With the infusion of high-quality weather observations and predictions, ECOsystem ATFM can provide the aviation community with superior flow management, optimizing airspace capacity and efficiency,” Jean-Marc Alias, Thales Vice President in Charge of ATM business Please visit Thales Group Civil Aerospace Thales Press Contacts Notes to editors 1. Leveraging more than 10 years of research and technology innovation, ECOsystem moved from concept to reality to enable ANSPs, airlines and airport operators to plan, monitor, manage and assess aviation operations for better decisions and better results. Through a suite of tools and predictive analytics, stakeholders optimize their operations, as well as contribute to global optimization through data sharing and collaborative applications. Further, ECOsystem is configurable to the customers’ operational requirements, from a global cloud-hosted service, to a local singlefacility deployment. Media Relations Civil Aerospace Giaime Porcu Tel +33 688 238 479 [email protected] Air Traffic Management Communications Beth Larson Tel +1 315 459 1896 [email protected] GROUP COMMUNICATIONS– Thales - Tour Carpe Diem - 31 Place des Corolles - 92098 Paris La Défense Cedex France – Tel.: +33(0)1 57 77 86 26 - www.thalesgroup.com PRESS RELEASE 08.03.2017 WORLD ATM CONGRESS About Thales ATM The world’s largest footprint: Météo-France Press Contact 340 TopSky ATM solutions, 7,000 Navaids, 680 radars, 1,800 ADSB/MLAT stations, and over 16,000 controllers utilising Thales solutions. Sarah Bardis / Nora Hissem Tel + 331 77 94 71 32 / 36 [email protected] Two out of three aircraft take off, reach their destination and land thanks to Thales’s systems. Participating in all 3 major initiatives for the restructuring of global ATM: Number 1 industrial partner to SESAR, involved in NextGen and ICAO Block Upgrades, Thales fully integrates all of these evolutions in its product roadmap. About Thales Thales is a global technology leader for the Aerospace, Transport, Defence and Security markets. With 62,000 employees in 56 countries, Thales reported sales of €14 billion in 2015. With over 25,000 engineers and researchers, Thales has a unique capability to design and deploy equipment, systems and services to meet the most complex security requirements. Its exceptional international footprint allows it to work closely with its customers all over the world. About Météo-France As the national meteorological and climate service, Météo-France is in charge of the meteorological safety of people and property in France. Météo-France has several major missions: the development and maintenance of an observation network, the collection and processing of climatological data, weather forecasting, elaborating climate projections and lastly research and training in the different areas of meteorology and climate. On the international stage, Météo-France is one of the world's references in Meteorological Services and plays a significant role within leading organisations involved in meteorological cooperation including the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts. GROUP COMMUNICATIONS– Thales - Tour Carpe Diem - 31 Place des Corolles - 92098 Paris La Défense Cedex France – Tel.: +33(0)1 57 77 86 26 - www.thalesgroup.com