On the 23rd of January 2009, a contract was signed by Estonian ANS and COMSOFT GmbH – a German company – for the procurement of a fully automated electronic AIP production system with unprecedented AIXM 5 database functionality.

The acquisition of the e-AIP was triggered by the increased requirements for the quality of aeronautical information – its accuracy and integrity – as well as the membership in EAD – European Aeronautical Information Database project.

eAIP solution (with database) is compliant with EUROCONTROL's latest eAIP and AIXM 5 standards. Unlike the previous AIXM versions AIXM 5 covers the entire set of static and dynamic aeronautical data. This is a crucial precondition for the effective realization of integrated Aeronautical Information Management (iAIM) and improved aeronautical data consistency when the possibility of human error is reduced to minimum.

Once the system has become operational, it can be incorporated with the existing NOTAM Office systems as well as tools for creating charts and designing procedures.