DUBAI — Saudi Air Navigation Services (SANS) signed an agreement for provision of data link services to aircrafts during the 2019 Global Airport Leaders Forum event in Dubai with SITAONAIR — an industry leader in aircraft communications.

Under this agreement, SITAONAIR will provide SANS with country-wide state-of-the-art VHF and Digital Automatic Terminal Information Service (D-ATIS) solutions and establish stations that will improve coverage and communications between air traffic controllers and pilots, as well as optimize datalink coverage and services Kingdomwide.

SANS CEO, Eng. Ryyan Tarabzoni said, “Safety is one of the foremost & primary factors at the heart of our operations, and in order to ensure that we operate at the highest safety standards we always strive to implement the best global safety practices and latest technologies.”

“SANS selects various industry leaders — in this case SITAONAIR who will be providing enhanced datalink communications to support increasing air traffic in Saudi skies and enhance communications between air traffic controllers and pilots. We look forward to seeing this project develop, and cementing our place as a regional ANSP leader.”

This agreement will also support in increasing the availability of VHF/VDL networks at all main airports. — SG