The CANSO Air Traffic Management Podcast

At Airspace World 2026, Micilia Albertus-Verboom, Director General DC-ANSP, was named CANSO's first Person of the Year at the Seamless Skies Awards. We talk to Micilia about her career at DC-ANSP, her approach to her work, and her advice for other women in ATM.

In this latest episode of the CANSO ATM Podcast we talk to Andrea Sack. Andrea joined CANSO on 1 June as its new Senior Vice President, Global Operations. As such she is responsible for the work of CANSO's Programmes' teams, and of its regions. She talks about her intitial thoughts on her new role, what drives her, and her immediate plans. If you would like to know more about CANSO's work programmes email [email protected].

How did French ANSP DSNA keep its operations running and airspace open when wildfires struck in South-West France at the end of July? Johnny Pring discusses with Guillaume Blandel, DSNA's COO, the threats to Bordeaux's main airport and the neighbouring Area Control Centre (ACC), DSNA's approach to crisis management, the dedication of the air traffic controllers (ATCOs) and air traffic safety engineers (ATSEPs) and the long-term lessons learned for resilience.

ICAO has set a hard deadline: by 2034, every country must retire its old paper-style flight plans for fully digital data exchange. In this episode, we sit down with Nguyen Manh Tung, Director of the CNS Department at VATM, Vietnam's air navigation service provider, to hear how Vietnam went from passive observer to regional leader on this transformation, and what it means for the future of air travel in the region.

In this episode of the CANSO Air Traffic Management Podcast we spoke to Kjartan Briem, CEO of Iceland's ANSP, AVIANS. Kjartan talks about the rebranding and restructuring of the company as it formed its own entity and brand while remaining part of Isavia.

In the face of geopolitical tensions in Eastern European, how do air navigation services providers cooperate with the military to manage national airspace and deal with identified risks and threats? To learn about this, Johnny Pring of CANSO Europe speaks with:

• Saulius Batavičius, CEO of Lithuanian ANSP Oro Navigacija, about unauthorised airspace entrants
• Adrian Florea, COO of Romanian ANSP ROMATSA, about GNSS interference
• Łukasz Godlewski, Airspace Management Office Director of Polish ANSP PANSA, about Flexible Use of Airspace

In this latest episode of The CANSO Air Traffic Management Podcast, First Fruits Consultants Josh Gilmore and Jacob Anderson take a look at Safety Culture, and introduce the new Safety Culture Dashboard.

Austro Control Managing Director Philipp Piber talks to Johnny Pring about how his company is managing summer traffic. He explains the context of Austrian airspace complexity and traffic growth and sets out his company's operational measures, such as sector optimisation and staffing organisation, as well as the importance of flight adherence and European network measures. Looking further ahead, he describes what Austro Control is doing to create more long-term capacity.

Every air navigation services provider needs new air traffic controllers, but how do they go about recruitment and training? The process can last over two years and requires significant resources. Johnny Pring spoke with Grzegorz Knast, Director of Training Office at Polish ANSP PANSA, to learn about their particular challenges in this area and their approach to producing the next generation of ATCOs.

On 28 May, Conor Mullan, Managing Director Think Research, ends his six plus years of service on CANSO's Board of Directors. Conor joined what was then known as the CANSO Executive Committee in 2019, just as the COVID-19 pandemic was beginning. In this podcast he reflects on his memories of that time, his highlights serving on the board, and the changes he has see within the ATM industry in that period. He also talks about the importance of CANSO's Associate Members having their voice heard, and the impact that can have.