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BNG Seeks Halt to Vigo’s Remote Control Tower Launch

It calls for a dialogue with technical staff and unions to assess the system as AENA’s debut date stays unresolved

Overview

  • On June 10 the BNG formally requested that Spain’s Congress suspend the remote control tower at Vigo’s Peinador airport, warning against a planned June 11 activation.
  • The party warns the experiment may reduce controllers’ field of vision and impose operational restrictions from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., limiting simultaneous flights.
  • BNG leader Néstor Rego says the project risks centralizing air traffic control for Galicia and could strain safety protocols and working conditions at Alvedro in A Coruña.
  • AENA has yet to confirm when the virtual tower will enter service, leaving the planned rollout date uncertain after pilot tests by AESA.
  • The system depends on 19 cameras, sensors and microphones with an initial phase of limited hours and a requirement that control revert to the physical tower in emergencies.