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Airspace Modernization Aims For Capacity over Growth
Brazil's Air force is working to overhaul some of the busiest airspace in the country to ensure necessary capacity.
The Brazilian air force’s department of air space control is involved in a massive redesign of Brazil’s airspace and instrument flight routing system.
The Brazilian air force’s department of air space control is involved in a massive redesign of Brazil’s airspace and instrument flight routing system.

To keep the capacity of instrument flight routes at least 10 percent above projected demand for the next decade, the Brazilian Air Force’s Department of Air Space Control (DECEA) is overhauling the São Paulo terminal area, the country’s busiest. The TMA-SP Neo project is replanning the terminal’s IFR routes “from zero,” including the participation of air traffic controllers, pilots, airlines, and specifically the inclusion of business and general aviation. The project is currently in the diagnosis and planning stage, hearing users’ concerns, and identifying possible areas of improvement, with the goal of implanting the new TMA in 2020.


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