Implementation of a Multiple Remote Tower

Abstract

The number of passengers carried by air transport has been growing every year in the world during the last decade. The average annual growth rate of air passengers has been 8.4% since 2008 [1]. Such an increasing demand for air traffic services has posed plenty of challenges, such as larger airports or increased network congestion, to the management of air traffic.

“Oro navigacija” manages air traffic in all four Lithuanian international airports.

The Lithuanian State Enterprise “Oro navigacija” needs to take acute decisions to substantially upgrade its competitive advantage in today’s extremely challenging environment for the management of air traffic. A multiple remote tower could be a right way forward. Its main merit is cost-efficiency: it has a potential to bring about sizeable cost savings. It would also allow for the more even distribution of the workload of air traffic controllers among all the airports in Lithuania. In addition, a multiple remote tower would turn “Oro navigacija” to a modern R&D knowledge centre.

The preliminary cost benefit analysis indicates that it would be beneficial financially to establish a multiple remote tower for providing air traffic services to three national airports in Lithuania.