Austro Control
Austrian Society for Civil Aviation Ltd. (ACG) Agenturp1
The Austro Control Austrian Society for Civil Aviation with limited liability (ACG ) is a public, privately -organized Austrian company, which is responsible for the safe and economical flow of air traffic in the Austrian airspace.
- 3.1 institutions
- 3.2 investments
- 4.1 Costs & Fees
- 4.2 Discussion for rescue helicopter
General
The ACG has emerged in 1993 from the Federal Office of Civil Aviation and has its statutory tasks taken over on 1 January 1994.
The air traffic controllers of overflight control center in the 3rd district of Vienna and in the air traffic control centers at all Austrian airports ensure safe management of air traffic. In 2012, a total of around 1.1 million flight movements were controlled. The air traffic control systems were sold for the use of U.S. tax savings by means of cross -border leasing to a U.S. investor and hire.
Tasks
The responsibilities of Austro Control is divided into two divisions: in charge of the Air Navigation Services (ANS ) with predominantly operational tasks and the provision of official duties as an Aviation Agency.
Air Navigation Services
The Air Traffic Management is responsible for both the operational traffic control as well as for the planning of processes and capacities. The 300 air traffic controllers Austro Control ensure the safe flow of air traffic over Austria and at all Austrian airports. The other one in this area department Austro Control Engineering Services ( AES) operates and maintains approximately 200 air traffic control engineers and technicians also all air traffic control facilities in Austria, such as radio and navigation systems, data transmitting and processing systems or radar stations such as the medium-range radar stations Buschberg, Feichtberg and Koralpe.
The Aeronautical Information Management (Aeronautical Information Service) provides pilots with all information necessary for flight operations, the meteorological service warns of dangerous weather phenomena such as thunderstorms, turbulence or icing zones.
Aviation Agency
As part of the Aviation Agency provided administrative services for the aviation industry on behalf of the Republic of Austria. These include the monitoring of compliance with air regulations, the approval of aircraft and the test whose air and serviceability, supervision of maintenance and aviation companies, the implementation of so-called Rampchecks for foreign aircraft, the issue of Civil Aviation identity cards (pilot certificates) and supervision of civil aviation schools. The search and rescue service ensures that lacking in aircraft located and appropriate emergency measures are initiated.
The Company
The Austro Control Austrian Society for Civil Aviation limited liability company agreement was 15 December 1993 and first registered in the Company Register under company registration number 71000m on December 30, founded in 1993 and became operational on 1 January 1994.
Sole shareholder is the Republic of Austria, represented with a paid up share capital of EUR 25,000,000 through the BMVIT. With the General Assembly 's decision of 20 April 2006, a capital increase from company funds by EUR 17,732,716.58 and a new version of the social contract has been adopted and implemented. Former co-partner is Wolfgang Nikolaus with an insert of 1,000 shillings.
The corporate headquarters and the overflight Control Centre (ACC - Area Control Centre) is located in the Schnirchgasse in the 3rd district of Vienna. In addition, Austro Control operates at all Austrian airports air traffic control centers. The tallest tower stands at a height of 109 meters at Vienna -Schwechat Airport.
Organs
- Collective investment, eligible directors are Heinz Sommer Bauer, (CEO / President) and Thomas Hoffmann, (COO )
- Authorized signatory with collective signing authority are Christoph Gottstein, Andreas Schallgruber and Hubert Walter.
- The Supervisory Board consists of Christoph Matznetter Leopold Specht (Lawyer), Ursula Zechner (BMVIT ), Ulian Hunter, Karin Vorauer mixer ( Ministry of Finance ), Alexander Rovina (employee representative ), Helmut Harucksteiner (employee representative ), Christian Höglinger (employee representative).
Investments
The MeteoServe GmbH, as well as the ACG International, are 100% subsidiaries of the Austro Control. At Flight Calibration Services (FCS ) Austro Control has a 20 %.
Criticism
Austro Control has faced in the past with allegations of costs and fees as well as a discussion on the admission of rescue helicopters.
Costs & Fees
The fee increase was in 2010 by 14.3% to 68.91 euros caused massive criticism from the AEA and IATA, and the Austrian Airlines NIKI and AUA, which saw a significant competitive disadvantage.
(2010)
(2009-2010)
Austro Control has to fund to cover costs of air navigation service charges. Data are collected en route charges of the recovery by the Euro Control for participating in the Euro Control system of fees Member States. However, have extremely high cost - with average incomes of around 100,000 euros mainly in the area of personnel - a major point of criticism dar.
Austro Control has the fee for 2011 stated they kept stable ( slight increase to 69.38 euros ).
Debate about the rescue helicopter
Beginning of 2010 saw the inkraftgetretene regulation of the Ministry of Transport ( AOCV 2008) for discussions, whereby only those helicopters may be used for the ambulance and rescue flights that meet the requirements of this Regulation ( air ambulance in Austria: Safety standards since 2010). Were affected five helicopters of the Salzburg entrepreneur Roy Knaus. The criticism concerned the new security regulations and their interpretation. Therefore, a display on suspicion of abuse of office and corruption against unknown perpetrators in the circle of Austro Control Society to the prosecutor Salzburg was incorporated on January 18, 2010, which was designated by Austro Control as " insubstantial ".
To make matters worse, one of the responsible for the Knaus Helicopter inspectors Austro Control said to have been working for the rival company SHS by the way, what was denied by Austro Control. However, in principle, the principle is that flight operations oversight activities and ancillary activities are strictly separated.
The prosecutor has made it clear after examining the case, that Austro Control has acted correctly in connection with the implementation of the Regulation AOCV 2008 ( " The decisions conform to international standards. " ), The investigation was therefore set. Even before the setting of the investigation by the prosecutor, the Constitutional Court had rejected a complaint brought in in terms of authorization of individual rescue helicopter types from formal legal reasons. It was also confirmed the approach of Austro Control in the Ministry of Transport by the decision of the Supreme Civil Aviation Authority.
Thus, since 1 January 2010, those helicopters were used in the ambulance and rescue flight in Austria only, which corresponded with the requirements of this Regulation. This Regulation was again repealed in October 2011 by the Constitutional Court, since the regulation was not in accordance with the EU. This Regulation should therefore be amended to March 2012.
Austro Control in the EU
The Single European Sky initiative of the European Commission provides a unification of European airspace. The aim is to create a common European airspace regardless of national borders, which is based solely on operational requirements, thus contributing to a safe, efficient and economical flow of air traffic. Main goal is the formation of five to ten cross-border airspace blocks (Functional Airspace Blocks). Austro Control is here involved in the formation of a central European airspace block ( FAB CE - Functional Airspaceblock Central Europe).
Together with the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia - Herzegovina, this block was established in late 2012 in Europe.