Avinor deploys Aireon to support air traffic operations in remote Bodo region

Avinor ANS, the Norwegian government’s air navigation service provider, has announced it is using Aireon’s “space-based automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) data” in support of air traffic operations in the Bodø Oceanic Flight Information Region Avinor started using the Aireon system in oceanic regions in April 2022. It said it eased safety concerns in traffic management, including the ability to reduce separation for helicopters, marking it out for wider use. “We were extremely pleased with the reliability and operational performance of the data in the lower-level airspace,” said Tormod Rangnes, director en-route Services, Avinor ANS. “Expanded use of the Aireon data