India gets new C-ATFM System

• India now has a state-of-the-art “air traffic flow management - central command centre” (C-ATFM) that will help balance capacity against demand for optimum utilisation of resources like airspace and aircraft at capacity-constrained Indian airports.

What is C-ATFM?

• It is primarily meant to address the balancing of capacity against the demand to achieve optimum utilization of the major resources viz., airport, airspace and aircraft at every Indian airport where there is a capacity constraint.
• It integrates flight data from various subsystems like ATC Automation System, flight updates and flight update messages.
• It also displays weather information along with static information about airports, ....