Reducing costs of air traffic control

March 26, 2019

Air traffic control is a concentrated industry with high costs. There is a strong political focus on bringing down the costs of air traffic control to preserve the competitiveness of smaller airports. In the political debate, the two most prominent tools to reduce costs are the further expansion of competition between providers of air traffic control and the potential future usage of advanced technologies as remote tower concepts. 

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