EUROCONTROL’s iNM – integrated Network Management – programme, designed to modernise the operational systems of the EUROCONTROL Network Manager (NM), has just accomplished its largest and most complex delivery: the release of iNM Flight & Flow within iNM programme’s Wave 2.1.
iNM Flight & Flow seamlessly integrates flight planning and flow management into one single, unified system. This will significantly improve operational clarity and efficiency across Europe’s skies for NM and its many operational users across Europe.
Additionally, this release includes another new feature, the NM User Interface (NMUI) Flight Application for aircraft operators (AOs). This new app is an intuitive front end for AOs that will streamline the way they file flights, and significantly enhance how they interact with NM’s Flight & Flow management system.
“The release of iNM Flight & Flow as a single database is a major step towards full trajectory management. It brings key architectural, technical and operational benefits that reduce complexity and create clarity for operational users. At the same time, our brand new, integrated NMUI Flight Application for aircraft operators empowers them by offering a modern tool to navigate flight plans in an increasingly complex sky – efficiently, safely and sustainably.” Raúl Medina Director General EUROCONTROL
This latest iNM delivery further updates EUROCONTROL’s legacy operations systems, which were designed incrementally starting 30 years ago, at a time when flight planning and flow management were considered and treated as separate domains. These legacy systems have proven reliable, stable and safe – but over time, have become increasingly interdependent, prompting the need for a unified system to better serve operational staff across Europe (....)