A new government entity assumed responsibility this month for Argentina’s ATC system. Empresa Argentina de Navegación Aérea (EANA)—the Argentina Air Navigation Company—said it plans to invest $121 million in infrastructure and technology.
A Ministry of Transport company, EANA now provides air navigation services and aeronautical information and communications separately of Argentina’s Civil Aviation Administration (ANAC), which was established in 2007. Before that, the Argentinian military managed air traffic.
Argentina passed a law creating the new company last year during the administration of former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner; it received backing from the new administration of President Mauricio Macri, who came to power in December. ANAC remains Argentina’s civil aviation regulatory agency.
“We are very excited to take this definitive step as part of EANA’s development by fully taking over the ANS [air navigation services] as of today,” Agustín Rodríguez Grellet, EANA general manager, said in an August 1 statement. “We are firmly committed to service quality and we shall make our contribution to the overall efficiency of the air transport system. That includes our own efficiency and that of our customers.”
Grellet said “deep changes ahead” are planned to place EANA on par with other world air navigation service providers.