The Director of the Licensing Department of the Aviation Administration of Kazakhstan, Adilzhan Sultanov, and the Head of the Department for Personnel Training of «Kazaeronavigatsia» RSE, Bakhtiyar Yussupov, visited the German Federal Aviation Authorities BAF and the DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH Academy in Langen, Germany, on July 2-3, 2024.

On the BAF side, the meeting was attended by Gregor Kensy, Head of the Licensing Department, and Tobias Wulff, Head of the BAF Department, responsible for control and supervision of air navigation service providers and air traffic controller licensing, meteorologists, ATSEP Training LLC engineers, AFIS, etc. The parties exchanged experiences in implementing international standards, as well as applying national standards in the field of control and supervision. The German experience is of particular interest, as BAF oversees more than 30 different providers and organizations in the field of air navigation. The German side also shared its experience in issuing certificates for ATSEP and AFIS personnel. BAF representatives also expressed their intention to visit Kazakhstan to further develop bilateral cooperation.

During the visit to the DFS Academy, the meeting was attended by Academy Director Otto Fischer, Christian Reinecke – Regional Manager of DFS aviation services, and Walter Linke – consultant to DFS. The main topic of the talks was the development of cooperation in the field of training personnel of the «Kazaeronavigatsia» RSE and inspectors of the Aviation Administration of Kazakhstan.

The DFS Academy of Germany is one of the leading, largest, and main training centers in the field of training aeronautical specialists. Representatives of the Aviation Administration of Kazakhstan and «Kazaeronavigatsia» RSE got acquainted with modern training equipment (including 360-degree 3D visualization) and classrooms. The German side also provided an opportunity to get acquainted with and visit the Langen air traffic services center.

Despite the high demand for training aviation personnel to meet the needs of Germany (up to 120 controllers per year), the DFS Academy expressed its willingness and desire to develop cooperation in training air traffic controllers of «Kazaeronavigatsia» RSE and aviation inspectors of the Aviation Administration of Kazakhstan.