SANS taps Thales for navigation aids

The contract is for the support of SANS’s extensive installed base of Thales Navaids, including the ILS 420, CVOR 431, DVOR 432 and DME 415/435 installed across the Kingdom.

Saudi Air Navigation Services (SANS), the organization responsible for maintaining safety over Saudi skies, has consistently chosen Thales to supply navigation aids at major airports.
“Thales is able to quickly and efficiently respond to all customer needs,” the French company said.
The group proposed a holistic solution to ensure a robust and secure supply chain of spares. Through a vendor-managed inventory (VMI) program, SANS will procure spares and repairs based on a predetermined price list and fixed delivery time. One of the key elements of the VMI is the reduction of turnaround time from several weeks to virtually zero.
The contract is for the support of SANS’s extensive installed base of Thales Navaids, including the ILS 420, CVOR 431, DVOR 432 and DME 415/435 installed across the Kingdom.
As Gulf region air traffic is constantly growing, Saudi Arabia constantly strives to offer safety and efficiency in airspace management whilst strengthening and maintaining a complex supply chain for their installed base of air traffic management equipment. 
Because of the country’s meteorological conditions, which include frequent sandstorms, and a day time night time temperature shift, sophisticated equipment such as navigation aids, which are constantly exposed to the elements, require regular and responsive maintenance services.