Saab joins ALTA as a new member

Panama, April 18, 2023 - Saab is a leading provider of air traffic management solutions worldwide, with an extensive portfolio that includes surface movement radars, multilateration and vehicle trackers, as well as airport decision support tools.

Saab´s surveillance-based situation awareness platforms are deployed at more than 100 locations around the world, helping air navigation service providers, airport operators, and airlines to operate in a safe, predictable, and efficient manner.

"A new ALTA member is always a reason for us to celebrate because with them we extend the scope of our work, directly benefit the growth and professionalization of our industry, as well as enrich ourselves with tools, strategies and knowledge to advance our goal of achieving operational excellence, greater competitiveness and better development for our countries. Welcome Saab team", says José Ricardo Botelho, ALTA's Executive Director & CEO.

“Saab is firmly committed to develop a wide range of solutions, fully tailored to Latin American needs and possibilities, all the way from simple, easy to use, web-based solutions to highly sophisticated platforms, as a means to serve airports, airlines and other stakeholders, at different levels of operations complexity and technologic maturity. It´s widely known that inefficient management in air transport environment, leads to operation restrictions to airlines and investment requirements to airport operator. That is where our worldwide proved solutions can make real difference in Latin America”, says Sergio Martins, Director of Air Traffic Management and Surveillance Radars at Saab Brasil.  

Saab to help shape operational safety and efficiency in the region

"2023 is a year of many challenges, with inflation and very challenging operating costs. ALTA is at the disposal of the industry and the authorities to face these challenges together, set strategies and look for partners to accompany us in this flight, as Saab is doing from now on, especially in priority areas such as safety and efficiency. This year we will be pleased to have Saab at the 12th ALTA Pan American Aviation Safety & Ops Summit, to be held from June 12 to 14 in Santiago de Chile", Botelho emphasizes.

This conference's agenda, which brings together safety and operations professionals from different industry sectors such as airlines, manufacturers, civil aviation authorities, airports, air traffic control organizations, flight schools and associations, includes the annual ALTA Safety Committee meeting, as well as eight panels and presentations on topics such as safety performance and sustainability in the Latin American and Caribbean region, safety performance and sustainability, human factors, mental health, PA-RAS advances, to name a few. Likewise, topics such as safety updates in Chilean commercial aviation, infrastructure challenges in the region and the close relationship between automation and safety, a topic that places special emphasis on the technological evolution of aircraft, will be addressed.