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News by year

2005 - 2011,   2012,   2013

December 2011

Design and charting of another  LOC/DME approach procedure to runway 32 at Mauritius airport.

November 2011

Design and charting of SIDs and STAR systems for Jersey and Guernsey airports in the Channel Islands.

Another special aeronautical study for a wind farm at Scarsta.

Malta international airport -  Determination of minimum radar vectoring altitudes and creation of an ICAO ATC surveillance minimum altitude chart.

 

October 2011

Design of instrument flight approach procedures (ILS/LOC only) for Mauritius.

Special aeronautical study for a wind farm in Scatsta.

Design of Point in Space helicopter operations to Drammen, Tonsberg and Skien.

Design of a helicopter instrument approach procedure for Whitianga in New Zealand

September 2011

Belgocontrol  has purchased 2 versions of the  ASAP PHX instrument procedure Design Software version 11

August 2011

Helicopter PinS procedures

ASAP New Zealand Ltd. has completed two helicopter Point in Space (PinS) procedures in New Zealand. These PinS procedures were commissioned by the New Zealand air ambulance and should increase their all weather operations. Also departure procedures have been designed to enable rescue helicopters to depart from three hospitals (Taumarunui, Tokoroa and Te Kuiti) in the North Island. These new instrument procedures will be incorporated into the New Zealand AIP.

July 2011

Procedure design software PHX now in Russian

Translation of the entire PHX into Russian was done in cooperation with the Russian State Scientific/Research Institute “Aeronavigatsia”

Совместно с ФГУП ГосНИИ «Аэронавигация» сделан перевод на русский язык полной версии программы PHX.

June 2011

More new procedure design software users

The Irish CAA has purchased three ASAP PHX instrument flight procedure design software licences.

May 2011
New procedure design software user

The Hungarian military has signed a contract with ASAP to supply them with the ASAP PHX instrument flight procedure design software.

April 2011
Helicopter PinS procedures

ASAP New Zealand Ltd. is in the process of completing their first helicopter Point in Space (PinS) procedures in New Zealand. These PinS procedures have been commissioned by the New Zealand air ambulance and should increase their all weather operations.

March 2011
ILS approaches for Malta

ASAP is designing instrument flight procedures for the islands of Malta. These procedures will include new ILS procedures, GPS approaches and new PBN (RNAV) SIDs / STARs. The introduction of these new flight procedures should cut down on radar vectoring by ATC and reduce track miles flown.

February 2011
Channel Islands airspace modernisation

ASAP is working with the United Kingdom aviation consultancy firm Cyrrus and the French firm Egis Avia. ASAP will be optimising the SIDs and STARs around the Channel Islands of Jersey, Guernsey and Alderney which lie between France and England. This is a complex portion of European airspace and ASAP is excited to be part of this ambitious modernisation project. ASAP will design P-RNAV SIDs and STARs and these will go a long way to relieving the congestion that some times occurs in this portion of airspace. As a further part of this project ASAP will be carrying out a full safety review of all the instrument flight procedures at Jersey and designing a Baro VNAV approach at Guernsey. This modernisation project will benefit all users of the airspace, ATC and airlines alike.

February 2011
More PinS found in Norway

Through the Norwegian firm Aurinko AS, ASAP has continued to design helicopter PinS procedures for the Norwegian air ambulance with a further three designs being completed and charted. The Norwegian air ambulance so appreciated the clarity and format of the charts that ASAP created that they have asked us to convert some of their existing charts into our cockpit ready format.

January 2011

PHX instrument procedure design software

ASAP will be holding a 3 week basic PHX procedure design software course from the 23rd of May to the 10th of June 2011.

This years software Users group meeting will be held at the ASAP offices on the 13^th and 14^th of June

The ASAP PHX procedure design software Update/advanced course will be held on the 15th of June.

IF you are interested in attending any of these events send an email to asap@asap.sk

October 2010
IFR procedures at Sliac airport – Slovakia

ASAP has won a contract to design the following IFR procedures at sliac airport in Slovakia

- An ILS approach to runway 36 including circling
- A VOR/DME approach to runway 36
- A SID system
- A STARs system
- Determination of minimum radar vectoring sectors
- Determination of minimum sector altitudes
- An instrument approach to runway 18
- Creation of flight check ready aeronautical charts

September 2010
Scatsta airport

ASAP is designing a variety of instrument flight procedures at Scatsta airport in the Shetland Islands.

September 2010
Specimen aeronautical charts

ASAP is helping Avitech Ag to produce specimen aeronautical charts for ICAO. It is expected that the final versions of these aeronautical charts will be included in the ICAO charting manual as examples.

August 2010
PHX software course

ASAP has completed a PHX software course for procedure design and charting. The course was attended by our existing users NAMA and our new users ASECNA. The procedure designers from ASECNA will use our PHX software to provide a procedure design service for 17 countries in the African region.

July 2010
United Kingdom Certification

Once again ASAP has gone through the certification process and is now certified to design instrument flight procedures throughout the United Kingdom.
The ASAP local representative in the United Kingdom is Cyrrus Ltd., +44 (0)1845 522585. To see the UK certification click here.

July 2010
New procedures in Scotland

ASAP has been contracted to design new instrument flight procedures at Scatsta airport in Scotland.

July 2010
PinS procedures designed

ASAP has designed over 15 helicopter Point in Space (PinS) procedures for the Norwegian Air Ambulance. These new GPS approach procedures are expected to be in use in the coming months and be ready for the coming winter weather. This will dramatically increase the arrivals of critically ill patients to hospitals throughout Norway. This is ground-breaking aviation for helicopters and ASAP is pleased to be working with the Norwegian firm Aurinko and the Norwegian Air Ambulance on this project. To see an example of a PinS chart created by ASAP click here

July 2010
Al Bateen airport in the United Arab Emirates

ASAP is busy finalising the aeronautical approach and departure charts for the business airport, Al Bateen, in the United Arab Emirates.

July 2010
New procedure design software released

The latest version (V10) of the ASAP procedure design software PHX has been released this week.

July 2010
Contract award in Albania

ASAP has won a new contract with the airport authority of Tirana airport in Albania to survey the airport and surroundings to WGS-84 standards. An integral part of the contract is to prepare new aerodrome and type A obstacle charts for entry into the Albanian AIP.

June

An ASAP sister company has opened in New Zealand

The company “ASAP New Zealand Ltd” will be the sole representative of Aeronautical Services And Procedures (ASAP) throughout the entire Pacific region.

Mr. Whitworth the managing director of ASAP said “This was a logical step after we were certified by the New Zealand CAA to design instrument flight procedures in the New Zealand FIR”

ASAP is certified to design all types of instrument flight procedures, conventional and PBN defined.
If you are interested or want more information about our services please contact us by email.
Company email: info@asap.sk
On-site Pacific representative, Sue Dinkelacker, email: sue.d@asap.sk

May 2010

PHX users group meeting

ASAP has held its first users group meeting for our procedure design software PHX. The meeting was well attended with users from Slovakia, Switzerland, Russia and Slovenia. At the same time we had a live feed to our website which was continuously watched by, on average, 10 people over the two days. Using this virtual medium users from as far away as New Zealand could attend.

May 2010

ICAO APV procedures design workshop

ASAP attended the ICAO APV procedures design workshop in Paris. This meeting was very interesting and relevant for ASAP as we have designed Baro VNAV approaches and expect to design many more. It is an ICAO/Eurocontrol incentive that every instrument runway has a GNSS approach utilising vertical guidance.

May 2010

Rega helicopter symposium

ASAP attended the Rega helicopter symposium which was held in Grindelwald, high up in the Swiss Alps. This was a fascinating symposium especially as ASAP in conjunction with Aurinko has now designed almost 20 PinS helicopter procedures to hospitals in Norway. Rega the Swiss air ambulance gave a demonstration of alpine rescuse high in the mountains.

                

May 2010

ASAP certified by the CAA of Ireland to design instrument flight procedures

After a successful three day audit by the Irish CAA ASAP is now certified to:

Design Instrument Flight Procedures
Create Aeronautical Charts

And

Provision of aeronautical information relating to instrument/visual flight procedures, charting and positional data for publication in the Ireland AIP.

And

Is recognised to operate as an approved training organisation for Ireland.

To see the actual certificate click here

April 2010

Aurinko and Aeronautical Services And Procedures (ASAP) cooperate on new Point in Space (PinS) helicopter flight procedures for the Norwegian Air Ambulance.

ASAP and the Norwegian firm Aurinko have teamed together to provide the Norwegian Air Ambulance with PinS instrument flight procedures into many of the hospitals throughout Norway. These new GPS flight procedures will enable the Norwegian Air Ambulance to carry out life saving helicopter operations even in bad weather conditions.

Previously in such bad weather conditions the ambulance helicopters had to remain grounded. Now with these new instrument flight procedures using GPS navigation there is a much greater chance that patients will be carried by air ambulance to the nearest hospital without delay.

Mr. Ian Whitworth the Managing Director of ASAP said:

It is an amazing thought, that the work that we do here in Slovakia can save lives in Norway.

Mr. Jens Gjerlev the Managing Director of Aurinko said:

It is a great professional pleasure to see safety-enhancing innovative operational concepts ‘go live’, says Jens. For a helicopter emergency mission, the critical patient has a better chance of getting to the emergency ward, and on top of that the flight will be safer.

Mr. Erik Normann, Chief Pilot, Norwegian Air Ambulance said:

Our goal is always to provide patients with quick and qualified medical help. By using GNSS based IFR flight procedures (PinS) we can help more patients during adverse weather conditions. We already have several examples of patients who have benefited from this technological innovation.

March 2010

Sudan CAA purchase PHX

The Sudanese CAA have purchased our PHX procedure design and charting software.  Ahmed Eisa  and  Bushara Nasr  have started the three week training course at our training facility in Pezinok.

November 2009

ASAP preferred Skyguide procedure design software supplier

ASAP has entered into a contract with Skyguide, the Air Traffic Service Provider of Switzerland, to provide them with 6 licences of the ASAP PHX instrument flight procedure design software. Skyguide has had an internal dedicated procedure design section for the last fifteen years and ASAP is pleased to welcome this experienced group as our latest users.

The ASAP PHX procedure design software is a selection of tools that can be used by a professional procedure designer to design any type of procedure in any environment. Mr. Whitworth, the managing director of ASAP, stressed that the PHX procedure design software is not an automated program but a set of specialised software tools that can enable a qualified procedure designer to design safe, economical and flyable instrument flight procedures.

These are the types of instrument procedures in use in Switzerland at the moment and both ASAP and Skyguide recognise that the ASAP PHX procedure design software is unique in its ability to provide procedure design support for such procedures. Both the staff and management at ASAP realise that this is a long term commitment on both sides and we are all very confident of the outcome of this ongoing relationship.

Mr. Whitworth said “ASAP has been providing quality services to the aviation community for the last eleven years and we do not expect this to change any time in the future.”

Even though the Skyguide procedure designers are new users of the software they have already made a suggestion for its improvement. This suggestion was for the introduction of yearly user group meetings. This idea was greeted with enthusiasm by the ASAP management and a free PHX users group meeting will be held on the 27th and 28th of May 2010 at the ASAP conference room in Pezinok Slovakia.


To see the ASAP preferred supplier certificate click here

November 2009

The first ASAP PHX procedure design software User group meeting
(6 positions already reserved)

ASAP will be holding the first User group meeting for our procedure design software PHX on the 27th and the 28th of May 2010. These two dates are just before the start of the ASAP/ANI “Advanced Pans-Ops” course which will start on the 31st of May and continues for three weeks. Why not come to both events?

Reserve the dates Now!

This will be an excellent chance to talk to other Users of PHX about how they use the software in their daily work.

A detailed description of the items to be covered will be published closer to the date. However as a broad outline we expect to cover the following:

Initial discussion
Specific items covering the current software version
Response to User feedback
How to......
Tips and tricks
ASAP planned enhancements to the next software version
Development of a “User” defined wish list for future versions

ASAP will be hosting this meeting free of charge.
The venue for the meeting will be the ASAP conference room on the second floor of the ASAP company offices

To register send an email to asap@asap.sk

October 2009

Dubai CAA and Aeronautical Services And Procedures (ASAP) cooperate

The Dubai Civil Aviation Authority is committed to increasing capacity at Dubai international airport by fully utilising the parallel runway configuration at the airport. In this regard Dubai CAA need to implement efficient independent arrival and departure flight procedures for the two runways as opposed to the present situation where operations on one runway are dependent on the operations on the other runway. Such a situation when implemented will greatly increase capacity and reduce controller workload without compromising Dubai’s exemplary safety record.

A combined team of representatives comprising the most senior procedure designers from the Dubai CAA has visited the ASAP offices in Slovakia for two weeks. The team worked closely with  ASAP staff to develop instrument flight procedures that will facilitate independent parallel runway operations.

Mr. Whitworth the Managing Director of ASAP said “This shows great forethought on behalf of the Dubai CAA by putting together two experienced procedure design teams from Dubai and ASAP in one room with one goal”

A Representative from the Dubai CAA team said “To develop safe instrument procedures in such an obstacle rich environment as the Dubai TMA has been a challenge to the entire combined team. However I am confident of a successful outcome especially with the wealth of experience provided by the ASAP procedure designers”.

September 2009

ASAP is proud to announce that it is now CERTIFIED to design the following types of instrument flight procedures in the New Zealand and the Auckland Oceanic FIRs.

Conventional instrument procedures
RNAV and satellite-based procedures
Helicopter procedures

Not only are all aerodromes in New Zealand covered by this certificate but also the entire New Zealand FIR which covers a large amount of the Pacific and even part of Antarctica. Included in this area is:

The Cook Islands
Samoa
Tonga
Chatham Islands
Niue
McMurdo sound

At the moment, ASAP is one of only two entities entitled to design instrument flight procedures in the New Zealand FIR.

To view the certificate click here

July 2009

ASAP has started construction of its second expansion. The new building will have three stories and is directly adjacent to the present company owned offices. .To see daily updates on the building progress go to here.

June 2009

The first part of the ANI / ASAP instrument procedure design course finishes. Course attendees included people from Portugal, Italy, Finland, Slovakia, Hungary and the United Kingdom.

May 2009

Weston airport in Ireland continues to require the specialised expertise of ASAP to design instrument departures. These new SIDs required complex integration with the existing instrument procedures at busy Dublin airport.

The General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) and the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority (DCAA) of the United Arab Emirates have both purchased the ASAP PHX Version 9 software for instrument procedure design.

April 2009

A modernisation of the instrument arrival procedures Kerry airport in Ireland is being conducted by a specialised team which includes ASAP.


Al Ain airport in the United Arab Emirates is starting to become an import destination and so ASAP was contracted to do the following work:

• A full instrument procedure design check of eight approaches including subsequent changes to the aeronautical charts for inclusion into the AIP.
• The instrument procedure design of two SIDs.
• Updating of the aerodrome chart to meet ICAO standards

March 2009

The building boom in the United Arab Emirates continues with ASAP completing a further ten special aeronautical studies for high-rise buildings.

February 2009

ASAP was involved in the feasibility study for a new airport in the Faeroe Islands.

January 2009

Special category 1 (SCAT-1) approaches completed for Orsta Volda airport in Norway.

A further feasibility study for an ILS approach was done for Biggin Hill airport in the United Kingdom.

December 2008

A successful result for the Lugano project!

“Your support in the achievement of this target so far has been very decisive and I wish to thank you for this.”

Patrick Montalbetti
Managing Director - CEO
Lugarno Airport

November 2008

ASAP completed eight special aeronautical studies for high-rise buildings in the United Arab Emirates and one in Sofia, Bulgaria.

October 2008

The Airways Corporation of New Zealand have upgraded all their procedure design software licences to the latest version of the ASAP PHX software

September 2008

The procedure design work for Al Bateen airport in the United Arab Emirates is successfully completed and flight checked.

August 2008

ASAP has won a contract to provide procedure design and aeronautical charting work in the in the Turks / Caicos Islands (Caribbean).

July 2008

Lockheed Martin contracted ASAP to determine the in-flight feasibility of a new ILS installation at Tirana airport in Albania. Lockheed Martin showed great foresight in commissioning this work prior to installation to ensure customer satisfaction.

June 2008

ASAP has completed a significant amount of work in the Falkland Islands. This work comprised:

Design of 2 NDB/DME approaches
Creation of an en-route chart
A landing chart of the entire aerodrome
2 instrument approach charts
Creation of 2 obstacle type A charts

May 2008

ASAP has once again gone through the procedure design certification process. We are now certified by Air Safety Support International (a subsidiary of the UK CAA) to design procedures in the United Kingdom overseas territories.

April 2008

ASAP is in the process of completing a major project for Al Bateen airport in the United Arab Emirates. This project comprises procedure design and aeronautical charting.

Procedures:

2 ILS approaches
2 VOR/DME approaches
2 GPS/GNSS approaches
3 Standard Instrument Departures (SIDs)

AIP ready aeronautical Charts:

6 approach charts
1 SID chart
2 obstacle limitation charts type “A”
Aerodrome chart
Parking docking chart

See 2009 article

March 2008

Lugarno airport authority has contracted ASAP to help simplify the complex Instrument Guidance System (IGS) and visual circling procedures at the airport. This work will result in safer and less complex flight procedures

February 2008

Once again ASAP personnel are gaining operational experience flying flight deck on Wideroe aircraft prior to designing another 10 approaches to difficult airports, above the Arctic Circle, in northern Norway. it is unusual and pleasing to see such dedicated cooperation between an operator (Wideroe), an ATSP (Avinor), industry (Cyrrus / ASAP) and a CAA on a single project.

 

February 2008

ASAP is pleased to announce that we are part of a specialised consortium that will assess the future flight operations at the new proposed airport, Ajman in the United Arab Emirates.

January 2008

The United Arab Emirates General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) is one of the few CAAs in the world that require IFR procedure designers to be licensed. This is a significant step forward to ensure that IFR procedures in the United Arab Emirates are safe and designed in accordance with ICAO recommended practices. As soon as a procedure design license became a requirement to design procedures in the United Arab Emirates ASAP immediately put forward a candidate to go through the exhaustive certification process. This process was successfully completed and enables ASAP to continue providing the United Arab Emirates with quality procedure design services.

September 2007

 

Avinor, the air traffic service provider of

 

Avinor, the air traffic service provider of , is continuing with the modernisation project for Special Category I GBAS approaches at a further four airports. ASAP has been tasked to design these IFR procedures and further new IFR procedures for the four airports that were successfully completed in the early half of this year.

 

 

 

August/2007

 

                                                            ASAP has moved

ASAP has now moved into its own offices. Over the last year the company has built an entirely new office which will be our permanent residence.

The new building includes 224 square meters of floor space and has the infrastructure to accommodate a working position every meter. This will accommodate the expected expansion of the company in the years to come. The entire building has an internal high speed LAN system installed which allows data to be efficiently transmitted between personnel.

The second floor of the building contains 2 large training rooms and a fully equipped break room. These rooms will be used for a variety of courses including procedure design, charting and AIS.

  
                                    
 

April/2007

The Dubai Department of Civil Aviation (DDCA) has contracted ASAP to design new IFR procedures (SIDs, STARs, ILS, VOR/DME) for the new runway 12R and 30L. These procedures are also to take into account the new position of the on aerodrome VOR/DME.

January/2007

The Abu Dhabi Airports company (ADAC) has engaged ASAP to take part in the modernisation of Abu Dhabi International Airport. ASAP is designing new IFR procedures to take into account the movement of the VOR and the staggering of the 2 runways.

December/2006

The aeronautical service provider of , Avinor, has embarked on an innovative project to develop IFR Special Category I (SCAT-I) GBAS approaches throughout the country. These approaches into aerodromes within the fjords are being designed by ASAP. It is expected that these stabilised SCAT-I approaches will bring significant benefits and greatly enhance safety at these difficult but essential airports.

December/2006

Aeronautical Services And Procedures (ASAP) from has teamed with the Air Navigation Institute (ANI) of to provide a basic IFR procedure design course.

ASAP is the leading IFR procedure design company in the world and has designed over 300 IFR procedures world wide. While ANI is one of the primary training institutions in IFR procedure design and provides such training all over the World. This combination of training and practical expertise will result in a course that will give the attendees a unique possibility to assimilate this complex subject. More information Here

JULY/2006

We have a cooperation agreement with Avitech Ag of and have converted, for them, over 100 hard copy Greek AIP aeronautical charts into an electronic format. These charts are now database driven and are automatically linked through a common database with the AIP text data. The aeronautical charts can now be generated with a single click of the mouse. This is a significant advancement in the way that the Civil Aviation Authority of Greece manage their AIP.

2005

ASAP s.r.o. signed a cooperation agreement with European Aeronautical Group (EAG) of. ASAP will in addition to EAG´s in house production, yearly produce up to 2200 additional aeronautical airport charts. The Charts are produced in EAG´s well proven format and included in the cockpit Route Manual.