resulting panoramic picture is displayed on three large screens. Benefitting from many resilient and diverse data and power supplies, means that in the unlikely event, for example, that the cameras or screens were to fail, procedures are in place that will allow Jersey Airport to continue to provide an air traffic control service.
The introduction of a digital tower in Jersey is a major technological step forward for aviation and in particular for Ports of Jersey, which aims to use this new technology as a business development opportunity by offering similar facilities to other UK airports.
Other remote tower projects are ongoing in the UK and Europe, but Ports of Jersey hopes its new facility will be the first to operate ‘live’ in the British Isles