ESSP was founded as an European Economic Interest Grouping (EEIG) on 2001. In 2008 ESSP was transformed into a new company of limited liability “ESSP SAS” to be awarded by the European Commission (acting as owner of the EGNOS system since April 2009) with the first contract for the operations of the EGNOS Open Service (OS) and the service provision of the EGNOS SoL service and the European Data Access Service (EDAS) for EGNOS commercial applications.
Shareholders of ESSP with ENAV are other 6 Key European ANSPs. Taking benefits of its proved excellence in EGNOS service provision, ESSP SAS, following a competitive bid, was awarded in 2013 with the contract issued by the European Agency for GNSS (GSA), for the supply of the EGNOS service from 2014 until 2021.
Shareholders of ESSP with ENAV are other 6 Key European ANSPs. Taking benefits of its proved excellence in EGNOS service provision, ESSP SAS, following a competitive bid, was awarded in 2013 with the contract issued by the European Agency for GNSS (GSA), for the supply of the EGNOS service from 2014 until 2021.
ESSP SHAREHOLDERS SIGN A JOINT STATEMENT TO CONTINUE GIVE FULL SUPPORT TO EGNOS AND TO THE EUROPEAN PBN REGULATION
The 7 Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs) of France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom in their role of ESSP-SAS (European Satellite Service Provider) founders came together to sign a joint letter, which outlines their commitment to continuing their support to EGNOS, a program from the European Union managed by the European GNSS Agency (GSA).
One of the main messages of the letter is to express their agreement with the PBN implementation regulation recently agreed by the EU, identifying EGNOS as one of the key PBN contributors to increase safety and airport accessibility through a wide scale development of EGNOS/LPV procedures due by end 2020-24.
The letter is signed by the Chief Executive Officers of the 7 ANSP shareholders of the ESSP, the EGNOS service provider.