It’s not the U.S. presidential election, but it’s similarly hard-fought and bitter. In a previous post, we reported on the showdown between ATC Global, the long-established ATC conference run by global media company UBM, and the upstart World ATM Congress, advanced by the Netherlands-based Civil Air Navigation Services Organization (Canso) “in association” with the Air Traffic Control Association (Atca) of the U.S. The dueling conferences have forced the worldly, but close-knit, ATC community to either support both events or choose between them.
The first World ATM Congress will be held from February 12 to 14 in Madrid; the 23rd ATC Global will convene March 12 to 14 in Amsterdam. With the two events fast approaching, the two sides have congealed. Some of the major equipment and technology providers that anchored the exhibit floor in years past at ATC Global in Amsterdam have decamped to ATM World Congress in Madrid. The organizers of the ATM World Congress claim to have exclusive commitments from companies including Boeing, Harris, Lockheed Martin, Saab Sensis, Thales and UK NATS. In early October, they reported signing or negotiating contracts with 128 exhibitors.
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