ATC
World ATM Congress Opens In Madrid
Peter Dumont, president of the Air Traffic Control Association (l), and Jeff Poole, Civil Air Navigation Services Organization director general, cut the ribbon opening the inaugural World ATM Congress in Madrid on Tuesday. (Photo: Bill Carey)
Peter Dumont, president of the Air Traffic Control Association (l), and Jeff Poole, Civil Air Navigation Services Organization director general, cut the ribbon opening the inaugural World ATM Congress in Madrid on Tuesday. (Photo: Bill Carey)

The Civil Air Navigation Services Organization (Canso) and the U.S.-based Air Traffic Control Association (Atca), opened the inaugural World ATM Congress in the Spanish capital Madrid on Tuesday. The breakaway event represents competition for the traditional annual gathering of the world ATC community—the commercially run ATC Global, which will be held in Amsterdam in March.