Aviation risk assessment
Risk assessment is a core activity in the aviation industry. Modern legislative requirements insist that risk assessments are performed for new systems and after significant changes to ensure that services are provided safely.
Aviation management systems
Recent regulations have mandated the introduction of safety management systems for Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs), airports and airlines. DNV has a strong heritage in the development of management systems and extensive experience in supporting aviation clients.
Sustainability and corporate responsibility in aviation
Aviation plays an important role in socio-economic development. However, continued growth in demands for air transport, combined with the need for improved environmental and social performance, pose important challenges in the aviation industry.
Aviation management systems
Recent regulations have mandated the introduction of safety management systems for Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs), airports and airlines. DNV has a strong heritage in the development of management systems and extensive experience in this field.
Corporate responsibility
A sound corporate responsibility approach helps you by improving your management of environmental, social and economic impacts from your business. Corporate responsibility will help you maintain long-term profitability.
Hot topics
Risk assessment of hull loss probability during landing and take-off
Airline safety is, amongst other factors, dependent the ability to assess and prioritise risk factors. DNV has, in co-operation with Avinor and four airline companies, developed a risk assessment model for quantifying aircraft hull loss probability during the landing and take-off operations at airport.
Safely increasing capacity at Frankfurt Airport
Deutsche Flugsicherung (DFS) contracted DNV to conduct a safety assessment on a proposed option for optimising separation on final approach into Frankfurt Main Airport. The proposal was for a new concept that deviated from ICAO accepted standards.
Safely reducing cost
Avinor is responsible for the operation of 46 airport in Norway as well as for providing the country’s Air Traffic Management (ATM) services. As a part of the cost-cutting programme “Take-Off-05”, Avinor commissioned DNV to conduct an independent evaluation of consequences to flight and employee safety. The result from this work have helped Avinor in safely reducing costs.
Getting new wings
Boeing’s commitment to environmental performance gets new wings. The launch of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, an environmentally progressive airplane programme, and customer curiosity about Boeing’s internal environmental efforts led the company to pursue ISO 14001 certification.
Tailor-made partnership
Risk Based Certification(TM) is DNV's new way of delivering accredited management system certification. It means focusing audits on identified risk areas in addition to the regular requirements. "We are the fist to take steps towards tailor made certification audits and reporting in the world," says Henrik Madsen, COO of DNV Certification.
Torp airport blazes a clean trail
Torp airport is the first in Norway to be certified to ISO 14001. ‘To the aviation industry in Norway, this may serve as a signal for take-off,’ says Norwegian Environment Minister Børge Brende. He firmly believes that environmental improvement is an economic and competitive opportunity, and that ISO 14001 can be an important element in business survival.