Air Traffic Communicators to examine strategies on AFTN/AMHS, AI integration

LAGOS - The National Air traffic Communicators Association of Nigeria (NACAN) says it was strategising a sustainable Aeronautical Fixed Telecommunication Network (AFTN)/Aeronautical Message Handling System (AMHS) through integrating Artificial Intelligence.

The President of NACAN, Alhaji Rabiu Sani made the assertion in statement dated November 25, in Abuja and made available to newsmen on Tuesday.

Sani said that plans have been concluded to hold the association's Annual General Meeting on December 4 in Abuja, where aviation stakeholders would deliberate on critical matters regarding AFTN/AMHS and AI collaboration in the ecosystem.

According to Sani, the event has as its theme: 'Building a Smarter, More Sustainable AFTN/AMHS through AI Collaboration.'

He disclosed that Mr Umar Farouk, Managing Director of the Nigeria Airspace Management Agency would feature as the chief host while all the captains of aviation parastatals would be Special Guests.

Sani stated that a seasoned aviator Mr Tom Oteyo from Nairobi, Kenya would present a paper among other discussants from the international scene.

He added that the Akwa Ibom, Kano, Yobe and Rivers state governors would be special guests at the event.

According to Sani, AFTN is a low speed network providing majority of ground-ground data communication within the ICAO realm as defined in Annex 10.

While AMHS is a standard for Air Traffic Services Message Handling System, which is based on ground-ground communications for the exchange of messages such as NOTAMs, Flight plans, meteorological data, among others.

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