BULATSA

BULATSA is the Bulgarian air navigation service provider. It provides air traffic management and related aeronautical services in Bulgarian airspace. The website lists its air traffic control centres in Sofia, Varna, Burgas, Plovdiv and Gorna Oryahovitsa. It is a member of the Danube Functional Airspace Block with ROMATSA.

Its air navigation services include air traffic services, airspace management, flexible use of airspace and air traffic flow management. Meteorological services for civil aviation provide information to improve the safety, regularity and efficiency of flights. The company also provides information on the use of unmanned aircraft systems.

The aeronautical information service publishes the Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP) for the Republic of Bulgaria. Its B-FLIP portal gives users airspace structures, the airspace use plan, active airspace structures and aeronautical charts. It also handles NOTAM proposals and runway condition reports. Domestic VFR flights can use its web flight planning service.

Technical activities cover communications, navigation, surveillance and automated air traffic management systems. They also include electrical and mechanical services at airports and en-route sites. The Information Systems directorate provides IT services across the organization.

The Common Training Organization runs training for air traffic controllers (ATCO), ATSEP and ATM staff. It also offers real time simulations and consultancy. The Language Assessment Body assesses English using the TEA method and Bulgarian using the BGV method.

BULATSA's academy recruits and trains air traffic controllers, and the website has an application page for new controllers. The company also takes part in international and investment projects, and in Single European Sky work.

The website covers the company's safety management approach, including just culture, safety policy, stress and fatigue risk management, safety culture and the human factor. It also describes stress management programs for air traffic controllers in critical situations. The site includes an ethical codex, a personal data protection policy and a page for submitting reports on irregularities. The media centre features news on the company's meetings with DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung and on system modernisation at the control towers of Sofia, Varna and Burgas airports.

Services

• Air traffic management
• Meteorological services for civil aviation
• Aeronautical information services
• Airspace management
• Technical services
• Unmanned aircraft information
• Air traffic controller training
• Language assessment
• B-FLIP flight planning portal
• Single European Sky projects