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GANS and ADIO sign MoU to advance Abu Dhabi's leadership in Advanced Air Mobility
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.
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Partnership16 Sept 2024ATNS and GANS announce strategic collaboration in Air Traffic Management
Signed during Aviation Africa Summit in Sandton, a framework spanning the full breadth of Air Traffic Management with South Africa's national ANSP.
ATNS
Partnership18 Jul 2024GCAA signs Air Traffic Control training agreement with GANS
The UAE General Civil Aviation Authority contracts GANS to deliver ab-initio ATC training at its Al Ain Training Centre — credentialing the next generation of national controllers.
GCAA
Corporate01 Apr 2024Global Air Navigation Services merges with Global Advanced Aero Solutions
Restructuring inside the YAS Holding Aviation Division consolidates two recognised companies under one banner — broadening GANS' service surface.
YAS Holding
Partnership01 Feb 2024GCAA leadership visit to the GANS Training Centre in Al Ain
A high-level General Civil Aviation Authority delegation toured the Al Ain facility — extending bilateral cooperation on training and regulatory development.
GCAA
Recognition01 Jul 2023GANS air traffic controller wins inaugural NAFIS Award for Trainees
ATCO Abdulla Alraeesi awarded at Qasr Al Watan in the presence of H.H. Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan — the first NAFIS Award presented to a GANS trainee.
NAFIS
Operations01 May 2023One year of A-SMGCS Level 4 operations at Abu Dhabi International
Twelve months since GANS and ATRiCS commissioned fully automated surface movement guidance — Level 4 conflict detection and resolution between aircraft and vehicles.
ATRiCSAbu Dhabi Airports
Recognition01 Apr 2023GANS awarded a high In-Country Value (ICV) score
Recognition under the UAE In-Country Value programme — evidence of the economic contribution GANS makes inside the national supply chain.
Recognition08 Oct 2022First Emirati female controllers validate at Al Bateen and Abu Dhabi Approach
Somayah Al Kaabi validated at Al Bateen; Sumaya Al Kaabi validated at the Abu Dhabi Approach North sector — two national firsts in a single milestone.
Operations01 Jun 2022GANS achieves the first AFIS certification in the UAE
Aerodrome Flight Information Services certification at Sir Bani Yas Island — the first such regulation in the region and amongst the first in the world.
GCAA
Partnership15 Apr 2022GANS and NATS Middle East sign a strategic framework agreement
A framework with NATS Middle East to pursue mutually beneficial initiatives — raising operational efficiency across the region.
NATS Middle East