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MOU signed to form Anglo-Indian Company - 16th Oct 2006

SAL Consultants and PET Aviation of Hyderabad have agreed to initiate the first steps in the formation of a joint venture Aviation Consultancy company based in India. The goal of the company is to initially concentrate on the potential possibilities within the Indian airport developments programme and then extend to the SE Asian market. SAL has already entered the Indian market as specialist sub consultants for the Indira Ghandi International Airport master plan. With our partner company, we have now developed an airspace and airport model for the whole of India. See the figures below - you will also notice our translucent windowing permitting the designer a 100% unhindered view of the work.

Our intention was to form this new company and combine our strengths as an aviation consultancy targeting all SE Asia. We foresee that with our tool now developed for India that we can model any Indian airport subject to having the airport data in a form that permits us to replicate the aprons/stands, taxiways and runways for a Gate - to - Gate simulation for capacity definition. The present task is now the further development of the airport pavement and structures for Delhi and Mumbai.

New Alliance with Jetwings Aviation Services Ltd - 5th Sep 2006

SAL Consultants has formed a new alliance with Jetwings Aviation Services Ltd which is an Anglo-African company providing aviation solutions to West Africa . Jetwings Aviation Services Ltd serves clients in Nigeria in areas including: Air Traffic Management , Cargo Handling , Airport Facilities Management, AOG services, Freight Forwarding and Aircraft Maintenance Management. This alliance will permit SAL to enter the West African region, and with our other company alliances, permit a "one stop shop" to the aviation industry there.

ATC Maastricht 2006 - Visit us at stand 654

This year SAL Consultants have moved from their usual position on stand 345 to stand 654 on the corner near to the seminar theatre. We will be exhibiting the latest version of our ATC simulator where its unique “through addressing” windows handling will be demonstrated. In addition, a representative from our software partner JLG will be able to explain the technical detail with SAL providing the operational aspects of the overall system design.

Another consortium partner JP-IAS will be presenting their aviation security training specialisations, and they can offer UK Department for Transport accredited courses. Training can be done at their UK premises or at the customer’s location.

During the past year, SAL has expanded to some seventy associates and we have expanded into the airport development, specification and project management fields. SAL has been chosen as the lead consultant for two major UK airport developments where their expertise in airside pavement construction, aeronautical ground lighting, navigation aids specification, control tower design and a myriad of other associated tasks will be required.
Find us at http://www.atcmaastricht.com

Aerodrome India 2005 Conference and Exhibition - 18th Nov 2005

SAL Consultants have been invited to the above conference to make a presentation on “Air Traffic Control - Current Status & Future Projections”. SAL Consultants have also taken a stand at the exhibition. This major event takes place in Bangalore between the 7th and 10th December 2005.

Change of address and telephone number - 18th Nov 2005

SAL Consultants are changing their office address on a temporary basis to our company registered address. Our telephone number changes at the same time to the following:

Tel: +44(0) 845 3700 SAL

Where SAL indicates the number 725, just an easier way to remember the last three digits.

SAL Consultants Alliance - 2nd Nov 2005

SAL has been in discussions with companies that complement the SAL services and products. SAL Consultants are proud to announce a strategic alliance with JP-International Aviation Security (UK) Ltd, a company dedicated to the training of security to airlines and airports to ICAO and UK Department for Transport certified standards. In addition we have also a cooperative agreement with Astra Aviation Services, a Ground Handling Agency service.

In association with JLG, our Romanian partners, we are able to produce a safety assessment methodology as required to describe which standards or procedures are to be used for the safety process. In the design of the Safety Assessment Programme companies will be enabled to use the requirements, recommendations and guidelines included in:

• EUROCONTROL Safety Regulatory Requirement, Use of System Management Systems by ATM Service Providers (ESSAR3),
• EUROCONTROL Safety Regulatory Requirement - Risk Assessment and Mitigation in ATM (ESSAR4),
• EUROCONTROL Safety Regulatory Requirement - Software in ATM Systems (ESARR 6), latest issue;
• EATMP Air Navigation System Safety Assessment Methodology SAF. ET1.ST01.1000-MAN-01-00,
• EUROCONTROL ANS Software Lifecycle Definition SAF.ET1.ST03.1000-REP-01-00,
• EUROCONTROL Recommendations for ANS Software SAF.ET1.ST03.1000.GUI-01-00,
• ICAO DOC 4444 Part II Safety Management Systems,
• ED78A & ED109
• Detailed guidance concerning COTS, PDS, etc. when defining Software Assurance Levels. Based on ED12B/DO178B. IEC61508 and IEC12207

SAL has increased its source of expertise to add another fifteen associates to its database. In this expansion, expertise has been gathered in the Airport Planning discipline where we now offer a complete service for Airport Master Planning, including pavement specifications, airport ground lighting, disaster plans, instrument landing system installation and calibration plus all the other myriad requirements for modern airport design. SAL is currently assisting in the planning for a green field development of a major airport in the Middle East and two airport developments located in the UK.

Aviation Safety Company 2005 - 6th May 2005

The Awards Committee at the Institute of Transport Management have awarded SAL Consultants, the “Aviation Safety Company 2005” accreditation. The decision to accredit SAL Consultants with this award follows an intensive research and selection process and is in recognition of the company’s up to the minute, high quality range of safety solutions for the aviation industry. Douglas Spragg, the CEO stated that this award reflected the company’s drive to bring a new safety focus to all Air Navigation Service Providers no matter how small. “We are tremendously honoured to have been recognised by ITM for this award”. SAL in conjunction with JIG, an important emerging software development company from Romania, have developed their new concept of an airspace and ATC modelling simulation toolkit capable of providing a means for all users to implement new improvements to their aviation services in a safe and efficient way. Commenting on the award, Neil Scott, Director Financial Services said, "We are delighted that our work in the aviation industry has been recognised by the ITM". "This award reflects the quality, breadth and depth of the spectrum of services that we provide to the industry. SAL Consultants aims to be the leading provider of Safety Management services to the Aviation and Air Traffic Management industry, and we are grateful to the ITM for this accolade," he said.

View The Institute of Transport Management - Aviation Safety Company 2005 Accreditation full details.

ATC Maastricht 2005 Report - 3rd Mar 2005

ATC Maastricht was certainly busier this year, I think that everybody noticed the upturn. SAL and JLG demonstrated the ATC Simulator on an almost constant basis from opening to closing every day. We also demonstrated the Head Up Display to considerable interest from all sections of the aviation industry there. We are now an official reseller of this unique system.

Over the past five months, SAL has been involved in the following projects:

• Coventry airport - highway lighting penetrating ICAO slopes
• Teesside airport- Comms and VCCS
• Doncaster airport - Comms coverage and remote monitoring
• Gatwick airport - Judicial review of parallel runway
• Quito - New airport, advice to lenders (ongoing)
• Jordan - Financial auditing and modelling.
• Asia - Research project (ongoin

We have recently been accepted on the registry of the United Nations Global Market as a potential supplier. SAL is exhibiting at the Aerolink Wales conference being held in the Millennium Stadium on the 17th March. See www.aerolinkwales.co.uk.

SAL is joining a Wales Trade International mission to Vietnam in the company of Rhodri Morgan the First Minister of the Welsh Assembly. The morning after receiving the notice of the mission, SAL received an email from a Vietnamese company requesting details of our Simulator - a happy coincidence.

Visit us at ATC Maastricht 2005 on the 1st-3rd February - 10 Jan 2005

SAL and JLG will be demonstrating ATCSimPro NG at Maastricht on stand number 345. In addition, we will be demonstrating the latest and smallest version of the revolutionary Microvision Head Up Display designed for use as an engineering maintenance tool as well as being proposed for the data display for Control Tower use.

In order to demonstrate the capabilities of ATCSimPro NG, the web site www.atcsimpro.com has been opened and will shortly have a downloadable demonstration version enabling users to directly interact with the tool.

New Website Launched - 20th Dec 2004

We have just launched our new website. Make sure you check back regularly to see the new information scheduled to be added shortly.

Welcoming JLG on Board - 23rd Oct 2004 Sal and JLG have formed an agreement to market a new and ground-breaking ATC simulator.

JLG, a newly formed Romanian software company has joined with SAL to market the new ATCSimPro NG (next generation) which is a new scalable PC or Unix based simulator capable of providing professional facilities to the smallest customer at an affordable price. It has been designed to be capable of running the most sophisticated simulations at high traffic densities. We will be demonstrating this product on our stand No 345 between the 1st and 3rd February at ATC Maastricht.