New air traffic system needs fine-tuning – CAAP

THE communication, navigation, surveillance- air traffic management ( CNS/ ATM) system may already be in operation but it still - tion Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) spokesman Eric Apolonio said on Wednesday.

- hoping that the system would be fully operational before the end of the year,” Apolonio said in an interview during the inauguration of the system on Tuesday.

Fine- tuning is the process in which parameters of a model must be adjusted to make it more effective.

Apolonio said through the CNS/ ATM, the aviation agency was assigned to the Philippines by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

The high-tech equipment, which was partly funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency, country, and will enable airlines to meet departure and arrival schedules.

The CNS/ ATM system, which was inaugurated by President aims to end air traffic congestion in Manila.

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO FOR SAFER AIR TRAVEL President Rodrigo Duterte gets a briefing about the capabilities of the new navigation and surveillance system at the Philippine Air Traffic Management Center in Pasay City.