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NAV PORTUGAL
Rua D – Edificio 121 Aeroporto de Lisboa 1700-008 Lisboa, Portugal
Paulo Lagarto
www.nav.pt Paulo.lagarto@nav.pt +351218553143
COMPANY DESCRIPTION
NAV Portugal is the ANSP in the airspace under the responsibility of Portugal, which is divided into two regions: The Lisbon Flight Information Region (FIR), with 671,000 km2, covering Mainland Portugal and the Madeira Archipelago; and the Flight Information Region of Santa Maria, with 5.18 million km2, which includes a vast area of the North Atlantic Ocean and the Azores Archipelago. NAV has an Air Traffic Control Center in Lisbon and an Oceanic Air Traffic Control Center in Santa Maria, and Control Towers at the airports of Lisbon, Porto, Faro, Funchal, Porto Santo, Santa Maria, Ponta Delgada, Horta e Flores and Cascais aerodrome. NAV Portugal has a team of around 1,000 highly qualified technicians who ensure the safety of passengers and aircraft 24 hours a day, every day of the year.
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PRODUCTS/SERVICES
Celebrating 25 years of existence in 2024, NAV Portugal is honored to mark the impressive milestone of 14 million flights controlled since its foundation. This incredible figure reflects not only the airline industry’s growing confidence in NAV Portugal’s air traffic management capabilities, but also the tireless dedication of the company and its teams to achieving the highest standards of safety and efficiency. From 1999 to 2024 we went from 357,619 to 852,746 movements, more than doubling the number of flights controlled in the two flight information regions under our responsibility.
Over these two and a half decades, NAV Portugal has emerged as a global benchmark in terms of operational efficiency and performance. The company has been at the forefront of innovation, continuously adopting cutting-edge technologies to optimize air navigation services and guarantee a safe
airspace for millions of aircraft, passengers and crews.
In the last three years we have completely refurbished the two ops rooms of the Lisbon and Santa Maria Control Centers - responsible for managing these two FIRs - and inaugurated a new Air Traffic Control system for the Lisbon FIR - TOPSKY.
We continue to replace all existing radars in mainland Portugal with the most advanced solutions. We have changed procedures in order to meet our customers’ expectations and we are fully compliant with the requirements established by ICAO, EU, EASA and Eurocontrol, as well as the Portuguese NSA.
With a view to development and modernization, internally we are renewing our human resources staff so that knowledge and new business and sector methodologies work together to ensure that the company maintains the high standards of excellence with which it is recognized nationally and internationally.
It is with these tools, as well as investment in R&D, that NAV Portugal has implemented innovative solutions that constantly improve the efficiency of air traffic control. “We remain committed to shaping the future of air navigation through continuous improvement. Innovation and the introduction of cutting-edge technologies not only enhance safety, but also make a decisive contribution to operational and environmental efficiency,” emphasizes Pedro Ângelo, CEO of NAV Portugal.
Our commitment is that, today and every day, we will continue to evolve. Not only in technological renewal, but also as a team. Our sector is networked, and we correspond, increasingly interconnected. People are increasingly willing to fly. We are prepared and available for the relentless growth in air traffic, the technological challenges of the Single European Sky and the ever-changing world.
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