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Simon Maurer joined skyguide as Head of Safety, Security, Quality and a Member of the Executive
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Now ranked 80th in the field of Natural Sciences, skyguide kept climbing the ladder in the Engineering category, reaching the 65th place. We also made our first...
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Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) were also improved, with the CHF 33.6 million for the year a tangible increase on the CHF 28.1 million of 2015. In addition...
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In the 1990s, Urs worked as an air traffic controller and process expert at the Swiss air navigation s
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Punctuality further improved Skyguide again achieved very high punctuality levels for the year. Some 97.2% of all flights were handled without delays, a...
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Daniel Weder took on the role of CEO of skyguide on 1 October 2007. At the time, the company was going through a difficult phase. “Daniel Weder has succeeded in...
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Mit den erfolgreichen Vertragsabschlüssen ist eine wichtige Voraussetzung für die Umsetzung des beabsichtigten Massnahmenplans zur Reduktion der Flugsicherungskosten...
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They were honoured for the level of cooperation they demonstrated in IntACT — an international, cross-border auditing team. IntACT beat numerous top-quality...
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The focus at this year’s event, which attracted over 200 attendees, was on dealing with the expectations of the public and airspace users. The drone...
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The aim of the iStream test financed within the frame of the EU's SESAR project is to optimize the arrivals in busy times. By using arrival time targets, the approach...
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Today the military examining magistrate issued an interim report with information about the course of events that led up to the accident. This is the first reliable,...
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Skyguide, the Swiss air navigation service provider, can neither confirm nor deny this speculation because it has no data relating to the accident in its possession....
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They agreed to refine the planning work already completed, with the goal of continuing to optimise – during the next few months and years – the operations and...
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The further rise in first-half air traffic volumes was accompanied by an improved operating performance: average delays for the period were some 20% below their...
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Solar Impulse just finished its pioneering mission, flying around the world in a solar plane. Skyguide, the Swiss Air Navigation Service Provider, is proud to have...
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Geneva, 11th May 2016. The hijacking of an Ethiopian Airlines flight in February 2014 by the co-pilot of the aircraft made headlines in the media around the world. On...
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Geneva, 22 March 2016. Skyguide continued its encouraging performance of the past few years in 2015, reporting an operating result that was broadly in line with its...
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Genf, 12. Februar 2016. Am 12. Februar konnte skyguide mit ihrer Sozialpartnerin syndicom einen neuen Gesamtarbeitsvertrag für das AOT-Personal unterschreiben. Der...
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Geneva, 11 February 2016. Skyguide, Switzerland’s air navigation services provider, saw a 1.8% rise last year in its annual air traffic volumes. En-route traffic...
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Skyguide, Switzerland’s air navigation services provider, is to make a further reduction in the approach charges it levies for Geneva and Zurich airports, to the...
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Genf, 19. November 2015 Am 3. skyguide business day im Stade de Suisse in Bern sind heute Kunden und Partner der Flugsicherung, Luftwaffe, Behörden sowie weitere...
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Geneva, 28 October 2015. Skyguide reports, on behalf of the Swiss Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA), that a Lufthansa Cargo MD11 aircraft had to abort its flight...
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Geneva, 7 September 2015. Skyguide reports, on behalf of the Swiss Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA), that an Air France Boeing 777 aircraft had to abort its...
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Geneva, 24 August 2015 Flight trials have been taking place at Zurich airport since 15 June 2015, involving all incoming flights in the first early morning arrival...
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Skyguide, Switzerland’s air navigation service provider (ANSP), managed and monitored 564,377 civil IFR flights in the first six months of 2015, a 1.8% increase on...
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A recently established consortium of European air navigation service providers and airlines will work out optimized descent procedures . The aim is to...
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Skyguide developed with its partners, the Swiss Air Force, the Les Eplatures aerodrome and the Federal Office for Civil Aviation (FOCA), a new satellite-based...
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Skyguide continued its favourable results trends of the past few years in 2014, and delivered a further outstanding operational performance. The company’s safety...
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Skyguide, Switzerland’s air navigation services provider, saw a slight 1.3% rise last year in its annual air traffic volumes. The very high punctuality levels...
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Skyguide, Switzerland’s air navigation service provider (ANSP), managed and monitored 554,593 civil IFR flights in the first six months of 2014, a 0.3% increase on...
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Geneva, 3 July 2014. The Air Navigation Pro application is now enhanced by skyguide’s Aeronautical Information Services. skyguide, the swiss air navigation service...
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Geneva, 3 June 2014. Skyguide, Switzerland’s air navigation services provider, has appointed Klaus Meier as its new Chief Information Officer and Head of Engineering...
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Geneva, 2 June 2014. Skyguide reports, on behalf of the Swiss Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA), that a Boeing 777 aircraft of Saudi Arabian Airlines had to make...
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EBACE 2014 – Skyguide solutions, the newly launched skyguide's commercial services will be present at EBACE 2014 offering the 5 lines of business: Technology,...
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The Skyguide Board of Directors will be proposing Anne Bobillier for election to its ranks to the company’s 26th Annual General Meeting, which will be held on...
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Skyguide delivered a further outstanding operational performance in 2013. The Swiss air navigation services provider’s safety management system saw another...
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The Swiss air navigation services provider skyguide and its air traffic controllers have negotiated a new collective labour agreement. It covers a period of three...
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The increase in efficiency of European air navigation services should be based so far, among other things, on the reduction in the number of air traffic control...
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Skyguide again achieved very high punctuality levels last year. Switzerland’s air navigation services provider handled 96.5% of all the year’s flights without...
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With the World Economic Forum in Davos, the international peace conference on Syria in Montreux and the 2014 Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie watch fair in...
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Skyguide reports, on behalf of the Swiss Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA), that a Boeing 747 aircraft of Delta Airlines had to make an unscheduled landing at...
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Skyguide will be introducing skybriefing, its new integrated online briefing solution for pilots, in the night of 18-19 November. This new facility will offer both...
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Skyguide is to introduce “electronic coordination” at its two area control centres in the next few weeks. The new procedure will be adopted at the Area Control...
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Skyguide handled a total of 552,988 civil air traffic flights in the first six months of 2013, a 3.7% decline on the comparable volume for the same period last year....
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From October this year, skyguide will train aspiring Swedish air traffic controllers in its training centre in Wangen bei Dübendorf. The Initial Training starts on 7...
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Together with Geneva Airport, Easyjet Switzerland and Swiss International Airlines skyguide is holding a small booth to respond to all your questions about the...
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The "FABEC Performance 2012" brochure provides a comprehensive overview of the performance achieved by the air navigation services of FABEC. It combines and analyses...
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Geneva, 3 April 2013. Once again, skyguide delivered in 2012 a strong operating performance for the year as a whole. Punctuality levels in the most complex airspace in...
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In 2012, skyguide once again produced very good punctuality figures. Overall, the Swiss air navigation service provider handled 96.7% of its flights without delays....
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Swiss ANS solutions – a joint cooperation with skyguide (ANS solutions), SkySoft-ATM and Wey Technology – will be exhibiting at the first World ATM Congress in...
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On 1 February 2013, Vladi Barrosa will take over responsibility for media relations at skyguide. As spokesperson and head of the media service, he will strengthen...
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Skyguide has been responsible for providing safe and efficient air traffic control services at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos for the last 10 years. Each year...
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Skyguide has commissioned a new electronic communication tool intended to be used between the aircraft cockpit and its Geneva and Dübendorf area control centres...
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Heute Vormittag um 0830 Uhr wurde im Flugsicherungszentrum in Dübendorf ein technischer Alarm ausgelöst. Das Gebäude wurde geordnet evakuiert und der Flugverkehr...
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Skyguide reports, on behalf of the Swiss Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA), that an Airbus 340 aircraft of Air Mauritius had to turn around and abort its flight...
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Skyguide has a high level of demand for air traffic controllers to staff its control towers. The new tower simulator which was formally opened yesterday in Dübendorf...
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The last of three classes planned for 2012 commenced their two-and-a-half-year training to become skyguide air traffic controllers on Monday 10 September. Having...
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Pilots have awarded a good mark to Swiss air navigation services: according to the results of the customer satisfaction survey 2012, 89% of the pilots questioned in...
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Skyguide handled a total of 574,481 civil air traffic movements in the first six months of 2012, a 2.1% decline on the comparable volume for the same period last year....
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Sunday 1 July 2012 marks the tenth anniversary of the mid-air collision in the skies above Überlingen. These days, the personnel of skyguide is in thoughts with the...
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Hans Bracher will be the new Head of Human Resource Management in skyguide. This new appointment forms part of the further development of the corporate organisation....
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Skyguide reports, on behalf of the Swiss Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA), that a Boeing 747-200 aircraft of Air Atlanta Icelandic had to abort its flight on 27...
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The Swiss Federal Office of Professional Education and Technology (OPET) has officially recognised skyguide’s training programme for air navigation services...
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Jean-Yves Bonvin, an attorney-at-law and a partner in a legal practice, was elected to the Skyguide Board of Directors by the company’s 2012 Annual General Meeting...
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Skyguide reports an operating surplus of CHF 27.97 million for 2011 (compared to an operating deficit of CHF 11.69 million for the previous year). The favourable...
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Geneva, 8 March 2012. Skyguide, Switzerland’s air navigation service provider, is introducing ten more-direct transit routes through its airspace today. The new...
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Geneva, 6 March 2012. Skyguide has been awarded a distinction for its introduction of new approach procedures based on data provided by EGNOS, the European Satellite...
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Geneva, 24 February 2012. Skyguide adopted two new functions at its control centre in Dübendorf near Zurich on 23 February to support its controllers in their radar...
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Skyguide adopted two new functions at its Geneva control centre on 9 February to support its controllers in their radar work.
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Skyguide, Switzerland’s air navigation services provider, saw a 3.1% increase in the volume of flights it handled last year: 1.19 million, compared to 1.16 million...
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Skyguide, Switzerland’s air navigation services provider, has newly assumed responsibility for technical maintenance activities at the weather radar facilities of...
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Skyguide has modified its brand identity, in response to the sizeable changes that both it and the air navigation services sector have undergone in the past few years...
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Skyguide, Switzerland’s air navigation service provider, has adopted its first approach procedures using data from Europe’s EGNOS satellite system.
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Skyguide, Switzerland’s air navigation service provider, is to reduce the approach charges it levies for Geneva and Zurich airports with effect from 1 October. The...
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The last of the three classes which comprise skyguide’s annual intake of would-be air traffic controllers began their training today. The 19 trainees, who are drawn...
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Next year’s biennial gathering for the flight inspection world. The 17th International Flight Inspection Symposium (IFIS) will be held in Braunschweig,...
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Skyguide managed 587,030 flights in the first half of 2011, a 5.7 percent increase on the same period last year. The steps taken to increase system capacity also...
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Skyguide reports, on behalf of the Swiss Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA), that a Galaxy aircraft of TAG Aviation had to abort its flight on 1 June owing to...
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Skyguide and the two staff associations representing the company’s administrative, operational and technical (AOT) personnel formally signed a new Collective Labour...
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Skyguide continues to make progress in digitising the workstations of its air traffic controllers to the extent that all the information on the various flights under...
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Exactly 25 years ago, during the night of 28 to 29 April 1986, the current control tower at Zurich airport came into operation for the first time. It is the...
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Skyguide, Switzerland’s air navigation service provider, has named Alex Bristol as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO). He will assume his duties in...
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Skyguide reports an overall net surplus of CHF 6.1 million for 2010, an increase on the CHF 2.59 million of 2009. The operating result for 2010 amounted to CHF -11.69...
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Skyguide saw only a small 0.8% increase in the total number of flights it handled last year, which rose from the 1.15 million of 2009 to 1.16 million. On the...
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The pilots who use skyguide’s services have given the company good marks. In the company’s latest Client Satisfaction Survey, 88% of respondents in the...
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Skyguide is to raise the unit rate for its route charges by 4.9% with effect from 1 January 2011. The increase has been prompted by a decline in...
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Urs Ryf, Chief Operating Officer (COO) and member of the Board of Management at skyguide, is taking a sabbatical for several months and will therefore be...
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More environmentally friendly and more cost savings As part of the harmonisation of European airspace, shorter night routes are now being offered on 115...
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At the request of the European Commission, Daniel Weder, CEO of the Swiss air navigation service provider skyguide, is joining the newly created expert committee...
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Skyguide reports, on behalf of the Swiss Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA), that a Boeing B763 aircraft of Air Seychelles had to abort its flight on 1 October...
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Skyguide managed and monitored 555 603 civil flights in its airspace in the first six months of 2010, some 1.0% fewer than in the same period last year....
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Skyguide and Flughafen Zürich AG are adopting a new ground collision warning system for Zurich Airport. The new system, which came into operation on 31 May and whose...
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Skyguide, Switzerland’s air navigation service provider, has restructured the upper airspace over the eastern part of the country. The new structure, which was...
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Skyguide strengthened its position in 2009 in what proved a difficult year in economic terms. The general recession prompted a decline of around 7.2 per cent in total...
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Switzerland’s air navigation service provider skyguide and the company’s air traffic controllers have reached agreement on a modified collective...
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Skyguide managed and monitored 1.15 million flights in 2009, some 7.2% fewer than the 1.24 million of the previous year. The decline in traffic volumes and the actions...
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On behalf of the Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA), skyguide informs that a Airbus A330-200 of Livingston was obliged to abort its flight on 27 December for...
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On behalf of the Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA), skyguide informs that a Boeing 747-400 of Martinair Cargo was obliged to abort its flight on 23 December for...
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On behalf of the Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA), skyguide informs that a Boeing 767-300 of United Airlines was obliged to abort its flight on 23 December for...
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The Swiss air navigation service provider, skyguide, has reorganised the airspace controlled from Geneva. The transition took place during the night from 16 to17...
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The Federal Office of Professional Education and Technology OPET has accredited the Skyguide Training Center, the only institution for the training of air...
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Friday 4 December marks the 25th anniversary of the entry-into-service of the present control tower at Geneva Airport. Today’s tower controllers manage and monitor...
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On behalf of the Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA), skyguide informs that a A343 of SWISS was obliged to abort its flight on 27 November for technical reasons,...
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The national aviation authorities of France, Germany and Switzerland have commissioned their respective air navigation service providers – skyguide, DFS and DSNA –...
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Skyguide managed 561 385 flights in the first half of 2009, a sizeable 9.5% fewer than for the same period last year. Switzerland’s air navigation service provider...
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The members of the unions for skyguide's administrative, operational and technical (AOT) personnel approved end of June a proposed salary package and...
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In the evening of Thursday 18 June 2009 at 18:40 the flight plan data system (SYCO) of skyguide shut down for approximately two hours in the control centre of Geneva....
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On behalf of the Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA), skyguide informs that a GALX of TAG Aviation was obliged to abort its flight on 10 May for technical reasons,...
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The shareholders of skyguide (swiss air navigation services ltd) attending the company’s Ordinary Annual General Meeting yesterday evening approved the annual report...
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Skyguide, Switzerland’s air navigation service provider, can look back on a successful 2008. All corporate goals were met or exceeded in the safety, capacity and...
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Skyguide has concluded a cooperation agreement with Austro Control, Austria’s air navigation service provider. The accord should lay a sound foundation for the...
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Skyguide, Switzerland’s air navigation service provider, has successfully put its new control centre in Wangen (near Dübendorf) into operation. The move from the...
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With approximately 3 380 flights a day, the volumes of air traffic managed and monitored by skyguide in 2008 remained nearly unchanged from its prior-year level....
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On behalf of the Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA), skyguide informs that a B772 of Air France was obliged to abort its flight on December 5 for technical...
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International Stakeholder Forum in Brussels Six European States and seven air navigation service providers have convened the first International Stakeholder...
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The air navigation service providers (ANSPs) and the civil aviation and military authorities of the six States, Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, the...
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A MD 11 of Lufthansa was obliged to abort its flight on Sunday, July 20 for technical reasons, and was forced to jettison fuel to bring its weight down to the maximum...
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In the first six months of 2008 skyguide controlled 620 406 flights. Despite a growth in traffic of + 3.7% over the same period last year, skyguide reduced the number...
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Maude Rivière will assume responsibility for Media Services at the air navigation service provider, skyguide on 1 July. As the new media spokeswoman, the 30-year old...
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EURO 2008 can kick off: air traffic to, from and over co-host country Switzerland will be safely and efficiently handled throughout the upcoming European Football...
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Skyguide, Switzerland’s air navigation service provider and the Direction des Services de la Navigation Aérienne (DSNA), its counterpart in France, are to both...
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Skyguide has appointed a new head of its Safety, Security & Quality organisation: Simon Maurer (40) will become the company’s Chief Safety Officer, and a member...
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Skyguide has appointed Robert Stadler as the new head of its Engineering & Technical Services division. Stadler also becomes a member of Executive Management at...
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Skyguide, Switzerland’s civil and military air navigation services company, generated total operating revenue of CHF 369.38 million for 2007 and net earnings (after...
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Skyguide has named François Mouchet as its new Head of Human Resources. Mouchet, who is 45, has been holding the position in an interim capacity since the departure...
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Patrick Herr, the head of the Media Service and skyguide’s media spokesman, is leaving skyguide at the end of May. His new position will take him back to his home...
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Skyguide managed and monitored 1.23 million flights in 2007. Despite the further steep increase in traffic volumes, 91% of all the flights handled were punctual. At...
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Skyguide, Switzerland’s air navigation service provider, is fleshing out its overall corporate strategy and adopting a new four-point plan in preparation...
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A Boeing 777 of Air France was obliged to abort its flight on January 11 for technical reasons, and was forced to jettison fuel to bring its weight down to...
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For the first time in Europe, an air navigation service provider and an airline, skyguide and SWISS, have held joint comprehensive training programmes for...
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The feasibility study of the FAB Europe Central (FAB EC) for a functional airspace block (FAB) in the core area of Europe is making good progress. At the...
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A Boeing 747-200 of MK Airline was obliged to abort its flight on December 10, 2007 for technical reasons, and was forced to jettison fuel to bring its weight down to...
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Skyguide and Frédéric Sudan, the company’s Head of Human Resources and a Member of Executive Management, have mutually agreed to put an end to their collaboration...
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The skyguide employees involved in the Bülach District Court judgments of September 4 in the criminal proceedings over the Überlingen air disaster have elected not...
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Geneva, July 6, 2007. Skyguide’s shareholders voted at an extraordinary general meeting held on Wednesday, July 4 to increase the company’s...
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Geneva, September 4, 2007. Skyguide has noted the judgments of the Bülach District Court in the criminal proceedings over the Überlingen air disaster. "It...
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A Boeing 763 of Alitalia was obliged to abort its flight on August 18, 2007 for technical reasons, and was forced to jettison fuel to bring its weight down...
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Geneva, July 27, 2007. Swiss airspace is one of the most complex in all Europe, and the air traffic controllers of skyguide are among the most productive....
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Geneva, July 9, 2007. An Airbus 340 of Air France was obliged to abort its flight on July 8, 2007 for technical reasons, and was forced to jettison fuel to...
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Geneva, June 18, 2007. The Board of Directors of skyguide has chosen Daniel Weder, 50, as the new Chairman of the Air Navigation Service Provider. Daniel Weder...
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Skyguide will be introducing Switzerland’s first-ever integrated home briefing service in mid-May. The new “Homebriefing” facility allows pilots to make all...
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Skyguide is steadily introducing Mode S, the latestgeneration radar technology, for its radar system needs. Mode S permits the selective interrogation of...
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On Thursday February 8, at 7.30 pm, there was a critical incident between two aircraft in the region of Annecy, France, just south of Geneva. The distance between the...
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A new cross-border airspace structure in Europe – which airlines have been demanding for years – could soon become a reality. Six European States, their...
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The negotiations of the revisions to the appendices to the collective labour agreement for air traffic controllers have come to a successful conclusion after several...
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