In the take-off or landing, multiple factors come into play to achieve a successful operation. One of these is the trajectory of the aircraft, which must be safely defined. Ineco is a leader in this area known as flight procedure design. 20 professionals and 20 years of experience are an equation of success for this important team within the company, which has managed to become the only Spanish company recognised by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO).
Andrés Redondo heads the Airspace Management, where the work of these professionals makes Ineco "recognised worldwide for our experience, training and rigour as a provider of flight procedure design".
In order to ensure the safety of flight paths to and from airports, a set of areas and surfaces associated with the flight paths that aircraft will follow are defined. To this end, existing obstacles and terrain are assessed with an adequate obstacle clearance margin, as well as any operational requirements. In all this work, software tools play a fundamental role in complying with the quality and requirements of the regulations.
In this regard, Eva Mª García, a member of the management team, points out how at Ineco "we have developed our own tool to support the design of instrument flight procedures known as EOS and we are currently developing other complementary software to assess the flyability of the trajectories designed".
National and international projects
Ineco has been designing the vast majority of flight procedures currently published in Spain for more than 20 years thanks to the services developed for Enaire and has been involved in its main projects such as the PBN Implementation Plan, AMBAR, BRAIN, MIDAS, NIVARIA, etc.
At the international level, Blanca López, who is also part of the Air Space Management at Ineco, highlights the development of flight procedures for three international airports in Oman, the designs for Cape Verde or Fujairah Airport in the United Arab Emirates.
A high-flying team that will continue to add experience, commitment and innovation to remain synonymous with safety and quality in the design of flight procedures.
