Under the terms of the contract, ATC-NL Flight Service Centre* will be able to offer pilots a direct Internet access to Flight Plans and Briefing functionalities. This new system is designed specifically to ensure flight data integrity and availability. It will help Dutch operators provide pilots with critical information in a reliable way, while securing traffic safety through the Amsterdam Flight Information Region (FIR).

Note to the editor
*The Flight Service Centre manages:
- Aeronautical Information Services (AIS) Briefing Operation
- Air traffic Services Reporting Office (ARO) Operation
- NOTAM Office (NOF) Operation

About Thales
Thales is a leading international group, addressing Defence, Aerospace and Security markets worldwide. Thales's expertise in its core markets spans the entire value chain, providing all the capabilities its customers require, from equipment and systems to comprehensive support services, and including prime contracting on large-scale programmes.
Thales's leading-edge technology is supported by 22 000 R&D engineers who offer a capability unmatched in Europe to develop and deploy field-proven mission-critical information systems. To this end, the group's civil and military businesses develop in parallel and share a common base of technologies to serve a single objective: the security of people, property and nations.
The group builds its growth on its unique multi-domestic strategy based on trusted partnerships with national customers and market players, while leveraging its global expertise to support local technology and industrial development. Thales employs 68 000 people in 50 countries with revenues in 2007 of € 12.3 billion.

Information about Thales can be found at http://www.thalesgroup.com/airsystems

Press contacts:

Thales Air Systems
Laurence Luyckx-Hamalainen
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laurence.luyckx@thalesgroup.com

Thales Group
Caroline Philips
Tel. + 33 1 57 77 87 26
caroline.philips@thalesgroup.com