Civil aviation in Monaco enters the digital era

On 3 June, the Civil Aviation Authority and Air Space Drone presented a preview of the FlySafe programme in Monaco. This unmanned traffic management (UTM) system will make it possible, from 17 June, to identify and monitor all flights of drones authorised to fly in the Principality, and to take civil aviation in Monaco into the digital era. The Principality will thus become one of the only nations to have an unmanned aircraft management system. In the presence of Samy Touati, Secretary-General of the Ministry of Public Works, the Environment and Urban Development, representing Minister Marie-Pierre Gramaglia, and Frédéric Genta, Country Chief Digital Officer, as well as representatives from the International Civil Aviation Organization, the French Civil Aviation Authority (DGAC), the European Aviation Safety Agency and Eurocontrol, members of the press witnessed this innovative tool in use at the Ministry of State. A live simulation of the delivery of a package by drone from Monaco Heliport to a ship located off the Port of Cap d’Ail, including a border crossing and a change in airspace, was conducted.