Air Traffic Control the Netherlands (LVNL) has once again achieved level 3 in CANSO’s GreenATM accreditation programme. The accreditation confirms that LVNL is still on its established course towards sustainability and has further improved its efforts. The announcement was made last Wednesday, date, following the GreenATM panel’s review.
The renewed accreditation follows an extensive assessment process in which LVNL demonstrated compliance with the specific requirements for 18 topics. Air traffic control organisations must repeat this process during the first two years after their initial accreditation, after which their accreditation remains valid for 3 years. LVNL has now completed this successfully for the second consecutive year.
The organisation was not only able to substantiate its current performance levels, but also demonstrated clear progress in several areas, including the following:
- Policy & plan: LVNL has demonstrated that senior management is actively engaged in sustainability, with clear governance arrangements, defined roles across departments and a structured internal control cycle embedded in the LVNL management system.
- Continuous Climb Operations (CCO): LVNL monitors CCO performance at Schiphol on a monthly basis and achieves almost 100% CCO up to FL245. This is possible because Dutch airspace is designed to structurally facilitate and prioritise CCO.
- Communication, Navigations & Surveillance (CNS) rationalisation: LVNL boasts a high level of maturity in the rationalisation of CNS infrastructure, due in part to its cooperation agreement with neighbouring countries Belgium, Germany and Luxembourg (SURNET).
What is the GreenATM programme?
CANSO’s GreenATM programme, launched in 2022, independently assesses air traffic control organisations on their commitment to sustainability and efficiency. The five levels, from 1 to 5, are linked to ambitious targets for both internal organisation and airspace management. More information can be found on CANSO’s website.