Cambridge City Airport deploys Altitude Angel’s Approval Services platform

London, UK: Altitude Angel, the world’s most trusted UTM (Unified Traffic Management) technology provider, has today announced Cambridge City Airport is the latest airport to deploy its Approval Services platform which allows drone operators the ability to request and pay for operations within the airport airspace digitally and at the touch of a button.

Situated close to Cambridge’s historic centre and high-tech business parks, Cambridge City Airport is the aerial gateway to one of the UK’s most famous and thriving cities. The airport is located close to Greater London and is used by general aviation and intercontinental business jets. 

And with an FRZ which covers much of the famous university city, the airport is dealing with an increasing number of requests from both commercial and recreational drone operators who wish to operate in the airspace the airport is tasked with managing, which is why Cambridge City Airport has turned to Altitude Angel. 

Approval Services allows drone operators to submit flight plans digitally – via the Drone Assist app or via dronesafetymap.com -  which take place wholly or in part, within an airport’s FRZ, quickly and securely, as well as facilitating any charges the airport has in place when a flight is approved. 

The benefits of deploying Approval Services at Cambridge City Airport can be seen in the time taken to review the flight requests and administration fees which will both be dramatically reduced - down from 21 days to five for flight reviews, and the administration fees down from £75 or £50, to just £35 for commercial users. 

On the deployment of Altitude Angel’s Approval Services platform, David Rowe, Cambridge City Airport, Manager of Airport Operations , said: “ The Airport Operations Team are excited to use the system which will allow us to manage applications efficiently and provide an overview of UAV activity within our FRZ” 

Chris Forster, Altitude Angel, Chief Operating Officer, added: “As a busy commercial airport, but one which is also responsible for the airspace above one the UK’s most famous and picturesque cities, we are excited to be able to help enable more drone operations within the Cambridge FRZ, giving all airspace users the opportunity to experience the skies, safely and securely.”    

ENDS 

 
For more information, please contact: 
Stephen Farmer, Altitude Angel, Head of Corporate Communications & PR 
stephen@altitudeangel.com.

About Altitude Angel 

Altitude Angel is an award-winning provider of UTM (Unified Traffic Management) software, enabling those planning to operate, or develop, UTM/U-Space solutions to quickly integrate robust data and services with minimum effort. 

Today, Altitude Angel’s market-defining technology is providing a critical, enabling service on which the future of UTM will be built across the globe. Altitude Angel has been leading a consortium of businesses to build and develop a ‘drone superhighway’ connecting airspace above Reading, Oxford, Coventry, and Rugby. The SKYWAY superhighway network, enabled using Altitude Angel’s patented Arrow® technology, will unlock the huge potential offered by unmanned aerial vehicles and be a catalyst to enable growth in the urban air mobility industry. 

Altitude Angel’s first party solutions also power some of the world’s leading ANSPs, aviation authorities and Enterprises, including NATS (Services) Ltd (UK), LVNL (Netherlands) and Avinor (Norway), empowering them with new capabilities to safely manage and integrate drone traffic into national operations. 

By unlocking the potential of drones and helping national aviation authorities, ANSPs, developers and enterprise organisations, Altitude Angel is establishing new services to support the growth in the drone industry.  

Altitude Angel was founded by Richard Parker in 2014 and is headquartered in Reading, UK.   

Altitude Angel’s developer platform is open and available to all at https://developers.altitudeangel.com  

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