Shaping a sustainable world
Significant changes are underway in the aviation world. New users and new technologies are emerging. For skeyes, these changes are an opportunity to help build the foundations of a new world. A world where security, economic development, social well-being and environmental protection are the priorities. Conscious of the important role it has to play, skeyes is evolving and already adapting to the world of tomorrow.
A new human-centric world
experienced foreign air traffic controllers began their training in 2022 as part of the “senior ATCO” recruitment programme.
recruitment competitions for air traffic controllers were organised in 2022 to strengthen the operational teams.
air traffic controller trainees started their training in 2022.
employees as at 31 December 2022.
new employees were hired in 2022.
Training for the long term
days of training were received by skeyes operational staff in 2022. Training is organised in collaboration with skeyes subsidiary Entry Point North Belgium (EPNB).
air traffic control simulator sessions were organised.
courses on the human factor in air traffic control were completed by operational staff.
ATSEP (Air Traffic Safety Electronic Personnel) employees have been trained and have joined the CISM peers team, the structural psychological support available to air traffic controllers and members of the operational services. The team was extended in 2022 to members of the technical (ATSEP) and IT services.
coaching sessions were delivered to ATCO students by experienced colleagues alongside their air traffic controller training programme.
technical staff members (ATSEP) underwent system training or continuous training in the various technical areas via the skeyes subsidiary, EPNB.
670men
263women
A new world, new responsibilities
key functions have been added to the Executive Committee in 2022 in order to enable skeyes to help shape the new world that is being built: Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) and Chief Information Officer (CIO).
With these two new responsibilities, skeyes is reinforcing its strategy, by both pursuing digital transformation through implementation of the most advanced and safest technologies, and by ensuring continuity in the provision of services that are compliant with the highest international standards. Through these commitments, skeyes is fully assuming its social responsibility with a sustainable and respectful approach.
Contributing to the development of wind energy
applications have been submitted for the construction of new wind turbines.
received a positive opinion from skeyes.
skeyes organised a round table discussion on wind turbines with the main players in the energy and aviation sectors.
skeyes presented a new set of measures to support the energy transition. These include removing the protection area around the radar at Charleroi Airport. Thus, more wind projects can be evaluated without compromising air traffic safety and efficiency.
Recycling, mobilising and reusing to reduce the ecological footprint
of the company’s total vehicle fleet consists of green vehicles (electric, hybrid and CNG).
of the company’s total vehicle fleet consists of electric vehicles.
tonnes of computer and electronic equipment have been recycled or reused thanks to the collaboration between skeyes and the social enterprise Close the Gap.
tonnes of CO2 have been saved. This corresponds to the CO2 absorbed by
hectares of forest.
In 2022, the CSR team continued the series of webinars to exchange ideas with other ANSPs for introducing sustainability into the organisation in the context of the Air Traffic Management Environmental Transparency Working Group. skeyes has a proactive policy for the environmental management of its buildings. The new construction materials used not only save energy through better insulation but are also reusable after disassembly. This makes it possible to meet the company’s needs in terms of flexibility of its spaces without generating construction waste. The building slabs for the new contingency basement and digital tower simulator operational rooms were manufactured from recycled PET bottles.
Focused on customers and users
The changes reshaping the new world of aviation also herald new requirements for our customers and users. To identify them correctly, skeyes conducted a major survey of users in 2022. It is also working on a stable, continuous and extensive solution both in terms of the data and information to be collected from users and the implementation of continual two-way communication.
