Beijing,19 December 2025 — China Aviation Navigation Data Co., Ltd. (NAVCHINA)announced that its FF-ICE services have successfully completed the final stage of the EUROCONTROL Network Manager (NM) B2B API Validation. On 15 December 2025, NAVCHINA passed the final-stage validation performed by the EUROCONTROL B2B Domain, NM FF-ICE, and Flight & Flow Validation teams.
On 19 December 2025, EUROCONTROL updated and re-authorised NAVCHINA’s Operational (OPS) environment certificate, confirming that NAVCHINA’s FF-ICE capability meets the automation and operational stability requirements for production use.
NAVCHINA signed its NM B2B agreement with EUROCONTROL in December 2016 and integrated NM B2B connectivity into its flight planning solutions. The latest validation represents an enhancement of NAVCHINA’s FF-ICE service functions under its existing operational certification framework.
* Oct 2023 – Sep 2025: R&D, engineering, and delivery of end-to-end FF-ICE flight plan management capabilities
* Nov–Dec 2025: Online validation with EUROCONTROL
* 28 Nov 2025: Technical Operational Validation (OPS cutover readiness) passed
* 15 Dec 2025: WRITE Operational Validation (OPS cutover readiness) passed
* 19 Dec 2025: Updated OPS certificate authorisation granted Both OPS validations were passed on the first attempt.
Deployment options for operators
NAVCHINA’s Skyhub Flight Planning System (Cloud Service Edition) is integrated with NAVCHINA’s NM B2B certificate.
* Smaller daily volumes entering/exiting the IFPS Zone may consider a delegated arrangement under an agreed authorisation model.
* Higher traffic volumes are generally recommended to obtain a dedicated NM B2B certificate and complete the required validation process.
* Compliance support for European FF-ICE/R1 implementation readiness
* End-to-end system integration via standards-based interfaces
* Improved trajectory iteration and fuel calculation accuracy through updated procedure/profile integration
NAVCHINA will continue supporting customer transition activities toward extended airspace user (eAU) capabilities and expanding production use of FF-ICE services.
