Abu Dhabi International
- Air Traffic Services (ATS)
- Aeronautical Information Services (AIS)
- ANS Engineering Services (CNS)
Aircraft movements grew by over 90% in the decade from 2007 to 2017. Home base for Etihad Airways.
Global Air Navigation Services (GANS) is UAE-based, world-trusted. Delivering air traffic management, training, and aviation systems across 17 locations. For civil aviation, defence, and the next generation of unmanned flight.
We manage airspace and shape its future. For every flight. For every life. For the UAE.
Each layer below is a distinct service, and a working part of the same operation.

Tower, approach, and area control. Separating, sequencing, and clearing aircraft across controlled airspace.

Communication, navigation, and surveillance infrastructure designed, integrated, and operationally maintained.

Regulatory-accredited programmes for controllers, electronics personnel, and AIS officers.

Observations, forecasts, and hazard warnings for active operations, delivered to WMO and ICAO standards.

Route structures, instrument approaches, RNP-AR, and segregated areas for unmanned operations.

Obstacle assessment and navaid protection that preserves the integrity of approach paths.

AIP publication, NOTAM origination, and data quality. The formal record of how airspace is structured.

Operational transition, airspace restructure, and capacity studies for civil and private stakeholders.

Operational support across rotary and fixed-wing fleets, alongside operators in active service.

Specialised ground equipment for aerodrome and air-side operations. Selected, supplied, supported.
Three projects from a wide record across airspace design, systems, operations, and consultancy.
Nation-scale modernisation of an entire Middle Eastern country's airspace and procedural framework — STARs, SIDs, instrument approaches, holding patterns. Three real-time simulations. Two-and-a-half months of controller training before deployment.
Read projectEstablished the first private air traffic control training academy in Spain. Tower simulator with synthetic devices, courses developed under European Common Core Content methodology. Still operating today.
Read projectSatellite-navigation-based instrument procedures at a Middle Eastern international airport, enabling continuous descent approaches and shorter paths for suitably equipped aircraft.
Read projectEach location below maps to a control tower, an information service, or an engineering team — all coordinated through the same airspace.
Aircraft movements grew by over 90% in the decade from 2007 to 2017. Home base for Etihad Airways.
Signed at DRIFTx 2025, a strategic collaboration with the Abu Dhabi Investment Office shaping the safe integration of drones and eVTOLs into the emirate's airspace.
Read articleControllers, trainees, and engineers — in their own words.
The principles shaping how GANS operates today and where it goes next.
Advanced tools and forward-thinking approaches that enhance both safety and operational efficiency in airspace management.
Specialised expertise converted into scalable offerings that extend GANS reach among governments, airports, and aviation stakeholders globally.
Real-time digital systems and intelligent ATM platforms, engineered for smarter operations and the expanding demands of modern aviation, including unmanned and autonomous flight.
Solutions for environmental stewardship, scalable capacity, and robust operations. Built to meet today's requirements and tomorrow's.
If you operate aircraft, helicopters, or unmanned systems in the UAE, or are planning to, start the conversation with the airspace authority.