Newly validated LPV approach procedures in Tunisia are making use of North Africa’s EGNOS coverage.
MEDUSA, the Mediterranean follow-up for EGNOS adoption, recently announced the validation of GNSS-based approach procedures for Tunisia’s Monastir airport. The news comes only several months after partial EGNOS coverage became available in North Africa. The activity is in support of MEDUSA’s objective of promoting the use of satellite navigation in such Euromed countries as Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Syria and Tunisia.
The validation process was organised by the MEDUSA team, led by Telespazio and composed of ENAV, OACA, INECO and Helios. Validation flights were carried out with the support of ESSP, the EGNOS Services Provider, which performed the EGNOS feasibility assessment.
In conjunction with the validation, MEDUSA is also assisting the Tunisian competent authorities with the future publication of the validated procedures and the eventual operational adoption of GNSS within the aviation sector. The results of these actions will be presented during a MEDUSA organized public workshop, hosted by the Galileo Euromed Cooperation Office (GEMCO) and scheduled for 4 June 2014 in Tunis.
Coordinated by Telespazio, the MEDUSA project belongs to the Euromed GNSS framework, part of the Euromed Transport programme. MEDUSA provides support to Euromed countries towards the operational introduction and exploitation of European GNSS applications within the transport sectors.
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