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News, issues, personnel, equipment and developments about air traffic management.
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Jeppesen Helps South African ATC Prepare for FIFA World Cup Air Traffic
Jeppesen is assisting Air Traffic & Navigation Services (ATNS) of South Africa in its preparations for the influx of air traffic for the 2010 FIFA Worl
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ADS-B Activated in Philly
ADS-B, one of the cornerstones of the FAA’s ATC modernization plan known as NextGen, is operational in the Philadelphia area.
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FAA Mandates Aircraft ADS-B ‘Out’ Equipage by 2020
Today the FAA issued a final rule to require installation of ADS-B “Out” equipment by 2020 for aircraft flying in Class A, B and C airspace, essentially ma
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Navigating NextGen
Ask any politician or media person what NextGen is and what it will do,
and the chances are that the answers will include three common themes.
and the chances are that the answers will include three common themes.
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Eurocopter tests prove value of Galileo satnav
Eurocopter recently announced the success of the flights it conducted in November with an EC145 light twin to test
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India establishes corridors for VFR helicopter operations
India has introduced dedicated visual flight route (VFR) corridors for helicopters at the Delhi and Mumbai airports to enhance capacity and efficiency of r
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Volcanic ash cloud paralyzes swath of European airspace
Ash from a volcano in Iceland brought disruption to European air transport last month on a scale that far exceeded the combined efforts of global terrorism
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India, U.S. lose Satnav Satellites
The first geostationary satellite for India’s Gagan GPS space-based augmentation system (SBAS)–essentially similar to Waas–was lost on April 15 when its la
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ADS-B Now Active in Philadelphia Area
ADS-B, one of the cornerstones of the FAA’s air traffic control modernization plan known as NextGen, was declared operational in the Philadelphia area yest
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European Bizav Flights Resume After Volcano Chaos
Business aircraft grounded by ash from an Icelandic volcano were back flying in Europe's skies minutes after authorities lifted widespread airspace closure
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Two Satnav Satellites Lost Within 10 Days
The first geostationary satellite for India’s Gagan GPS space-based augmentation system (SBAS)–essentially similar to Waas–was lost on April 15 when its la
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Situation “Dynamic” as Ash Cloud Moves across Europe
The cloud of volcanic ash continues to move south through the UK and continental Europe as the eruption in Iceland persists.
Following a review of
Following a review of
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Administrative ‘hiccup’ blamed for ADS-B delay
Just as ADS-B was turning into the home stretch, with the FAA announcement of the final rule for mandatory equipage expected on April 10–a date agency offi
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NextGen To Fuel Growth in Air Travel, FAA Says
The FAA said in its annual aviation forecast this morning that key airs
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ADS-B Final Rule Hits Stumbling Blocks
The FAA’s long-promised April 10 release of its ADS-B final rule appears to have hit two bureaucratic stumbling blocks.
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CFM Opens New CFM56 Training Center in Hyderabad
CFM International today formally opened a new CFM56 training center in Hyderabad, India, satisfying a commitment made to its customers in 2007.
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PC-based RVR system receives FAA approval
The FAA has approved Vaisala’s AviMet PC-based runway visual range (RVR) system for use by FAA ATC facilities in the U.S.
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ADS-B making life easier for Gulf helicopter pilots
Think working at New York Tracon is a tough job? Try heading down to the Gulf of Mexico, where controllers handle between 5,000 and 9,000 helicopter flight
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FAA embraces industry feedback on NextGen
The FAA last month responded to the RTCA Industry NextGen Implementation Task Force’s recommendations for the transition to NextGen.
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FAA Sets Record Straight on Ski Slot Allocation
Data from the FAA debunks the myth that fractional operators grab most of the holiday slots at the Colorado mountain airports, namely Eagle, Aspen and Rifl
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Gulf operators reap benefits of ADS-B
Operators using the newly-activated automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) air traffic control and information system in the Gulf of Mexico wil
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FAA Seeks Big Bucks Infusion for NextGen
In one of the strongest signals yet that the Obama Administration has gotten the industry message that the decades-old ATC system is sorely in need of repl
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FAA Embraces NextGen Task Force Recommendations
The FAA has responded positively to a report from the RTCA NextGen Mid-Term Implementation Task Force, which the agency had requested to recommend key step
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Single Asian Sky needed now to thwart transport bottleneck
Asia desperately needs political consensus and a framework on how to move forward with air traffic management (ATM) as the U.S.
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ITT consolidates defense biz, seeks larger NextGen role
As part of a strategy to shed its image as a maker of clever but lonely boxes, ITT’s defense segment last month announced a realignment aimed at propelling
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Collins follows silk road, finds riches here in Asia
Rockwell Collins (Stand U77) is truly in growth mode here in the Asia-Pacific region, where the company continues to invest in strategic alliances and proj
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FAA and Europe Vow To Work Together
With a view to guaranteeing interoperability between the FAA’s NextGen air traffic management system (ATM) and the European Union’s Sesar (Single European
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FAA and Europe Renewing Air Traffic Vows
With a view to guaranteeing interoperability between the FAA’s NextGen air traffic management system (ATM) and the European Union’s Sesar (Single European
