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Air Traffic Operations Begin at Shaikh Zayed Centre
ABU DHABI - The General Civil Aviation Authority, or GCAA, of the United Arab Emirates, announced the launching of operations at the new Shaikh Zayed Centre for Air Traffic Movement from the June 6, 2009.
The Dh300 million project was completed in early June 2009 and is considered the largest and most advanced air traffic management facility in the Middle East.
“We are pleased to announce that we have completed moving the Air Traffic Department to the new centre which is intended to provide safe and efficient handling of air traffic until 2010,” said the Director-General of General Civil Aviation Authority, Saif Mohammed Al Suwaidi. Shaikh Zayed Centre comprises two main buildings — the air traffic control centre building and the Emergency ACC — each of which has been designed to satisfy a range of operational requirements.
Also featuring on the site are four unique design 60m masts for the communications equipment antennas providing a blend of aesthetic quality with practical application.
The centre considered autonomous forpower providing four levels of fallback fromprime powerfor the main Air Traffic Centre (ATC) equipment.
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