Florian Schmidt, Chief Operating Officer, Airsight GmbH, Germany

Speaker Biograghy: Florian joined Airsight in 2003, and since 2008 has been acting as COO, heading up the divisions of safety and capacity management and air traffic control as well as training and software. He is an experienced aviation expert with a considerable amount of global experience ranging from consulting assignments on certification, safety assessments, capacity analyses and the design of instrument flight procedures, to a former advising role for the Aerodromes Panel and the Instrument Flight Procedures Panel of the ICAO. Florian is an aviation training instructor and responsible for managing projects on the certification and compliance of aerodromes as well as the implementation and optimisation of safety management systems for airports and air navigation service providers. As a certified aviation auditor, Florian led numerous large-scale consulting assignments for clients such as Dubai, Doha, Frankfurt and Auckland, and cooperated with more than 40 international civil aviation authorities.


Day 2 - 16 March
Session: Management & Operations

12:35 - 13:00 - Benefits of EASA rules beyond Europe – DXB case study
Synopsis: The aerodrome regulations (Regulation EU No 139/2014) prepared by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) are now in force in all EASA member states. For aerodromes within the scope of the regulations, these new standards supersede the national implementation of ICAO requirements. The new regulations constitute a paradigm shift, as aerodrome operators are now required to demonstrate compliance based on documentation. However, there are also opportunities as aerodromes may use alternative means than the one proposed by EASA to comply with a rule, and deviations to the applicable specifications for airport planning can be tolerated in a defined manner.

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