AVIATION and Airports Services Limited (AASL) of Sri-Lanka and COROBOR Systèmes have just celebrated the inauguration of a new MESSIR-AFTN message switching system at Colombo's Ratmalana Airport.
MESSIR-AFTN is expected to improve the safety of flights commuting through the Ratmalana Airport by providing a better assistance to operators in charge of message surveillance and more reliable connections to domestic and international airports.
Thanks to MESSIR-AFTN's superior response times in message switching, airport operators will be able to receive and dispatch AFTN (Aeronautical Fixed Telecommunications Network) messages with greater ease and speed.
The MESSIR-AFTN configuration operational in Colombo comprises two Intel-based servers in hot stand-by mode handling telecommunications and a set of PCs for supervision purposes and users access.
MESSIR-AFTN handles connections to both national sites and international airports in Singapore, Mumbai (India) and Male (Maldives).

In Sri-Lanka, MESSIR-AFTN is connected to a series of offices at the Bandaranaike International Airport (Communication Centre, Meteorological Office, NOTAM Briefing Office, Air Lanka Office),and at the Ratmalana Airport (Air Ground Mobile Service, NOTAM Office and Air Control Centre). There, it sends and receives OPMETs, ATS messages, NOTAMS and deals with requests to its meteorological data bank.
With MESSIR-AFTN, Aviation and Airports Services Limited have opted for a system prepared for any future upgrades and extensions with its 56 lines and incomparable ease of use and maintenance allowed by its PC-based structure.
MESSIR-AFTN has so far been chosen by 18 sites worldwide at full customers satisfaction.
It benefits from a growing success thanks to its acknowledged capacity to improve the safety, regularity and efficiency of international air navigation by ensuring the reliable exchange of AFTN data between all parties : airports, airline companies, air control centres, pilots ….

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