Systems Interface, based in the UK, has been awarded a major contract for the installation and commissioning of Non Directional Beacons (NDB) by the Air Navigation Administration of the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Three Nautel VR125SX2 NDBs will replace existing beacons at Diekirch, Hamm and Berg.
The third Special Bulletin 'Meteorology' has been published today.
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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) urged European policymakers to focus aviation efforts on measures to shore-up the competitiveness of Europes aviation sector. Safety and security must always come first. But at this critical time for European economies it is important that policies focus on measures that support economic growth and job creation, enhance competitiveness and support sustainable development, said Tony Tyler, IATAs Director General and CEO.
According to the conclusions of a EUROCONTROL report published on 9 January 2012, the Runway Selection Procedures at Brussels Airport are accurately applied by Belgocontrol in compliance with the Preferential Runway System (PRS) provisions.
The Federal Aviation Administration and Lockheed Martin have achieved a new milestone for NextGen the ongoing transformation of the National Airspace System. The En Route Automation Modernization (ERAM) program, which replaces a 40-year-old system used at 20 FAA air traffic control centers, began operational use at six sites: Chicago, Los Angeles, Oakland, Albuquerque, Minneapolis, and Denver. The centers in Salt Lake City and Seattle have been fully operational for more than a year.
The Advanced Systems Engineering and Integration Division of ARINC Engineering Services today announced it is offering an expanded supercomputing capability at its Annapolis, Maryland headquarters.
Luciad, the market leader in high performance visualization for Situational Awareness applications is pleased to announce the availability of its latest product, LuciadLightspeed.
On Monday the 6th of February; the NEFAB-partners presented a positive message to the European community during a meeting in Brussels.
Luciad, the worldwide leader in high performance visualization for Geospatial Situational Awareness applications is pleased to announce the availability of the FAA AIXM 5 Viewer.
The Karlsruhe control centre, in charge of the management of Central and East Germany's upper space, has been running the P1/VAFORIT ATS system for a year. The system, developed by Indra in cooperation with DFS, improves the management capacity of a centre which organises traffic in one of Europe's busiest airspace areas
The DORIS (Dynamic Optimization of the Route In flight) project, integrated in the AIRE programme and co-sponsored by the SESAR Joint Undertaking, concluded recently the validation of oceanic airspace flight routes dynamic optimization. The project was conducted by a consortium involving NAV Portugal, Air Europa, Iberia, INECO, AESA and SENASA. As a Partner to the AIRE Agreement the FAA supported the project and provided air traffic services for the flights transiting from Santa Maria FIR (NAV Portugal) to the New York FIR.
The ONATAP consortium, working in the framework of the AIRE programme and cosponsored by the SESAR Joint Undertaking, involving two Air Navigation Service Providers - NAV Portugal and ONDA (Office National Des Aéroports), from Morocco - and a major airline - TAP Portugal concluded recently the implementation and evaluation of shorter flight courses from a combination of free route airspace at Lisboa FIR and direct route creation at Casablanca FIR.
Intelcan has completed the contract for the supply and installation of its SKYNAV N8000 ILS, for the Khartoum Airport in Sudan. SKYNAV ILS now services Runway 36; restoring the runway to an operational standard.
HungaroControl celebrated the tenth anniversary of its establishment by handing over professional awards and holding a large-scale reception. The Hungarian Air Navigation Services appreciated the work of Anne Kathrine Jensen the CEO of Entry Point North, Qatar Airways and Thales Air Systems.
Two Chicago Center controllers guided the pilot of a plane with icing conditions, a lost localizer and low fuel to a safe landing. A team of three Seattle Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) controllers directed the pilot of a plane that had run out of fuel at 3,200 feet to the nearest airport. A Denver Center controller saved the life of a pilot and his wife by instructing the pilots wife to an emergency landing route after the pilot became incapacitated from lack of oxygen during the planes ascent.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) reported that full year 2011 passenger demand rose 5.9% compared to 2010, in line with long-term growth trends. In contrast, cargo markets contracted by 0.7% for the year; but recorded positive demand growth in December of 0.2%. Growth in demand lagged capacity increases at 6.3% (passenger) and 4.1% (cargo) putting downward pressure on load factors. The average passenger load factor for 2011 was 78.1%, down from 78.3% in 2010, while the freight load factor was just 45.9%, down from 48.1% in 2010.
Systems Interface, based in the UK, has been awarded a second major contract for the supply and installation of an Instrument Landing System (ILS) a Distance Measuring System (DME) a Middle Marker (MM) and a Doppler VHF Omnidirectional Range (DVOR) at the soon to be completed Hambantota International Airport, Mattala, Sri Lanka.
NATCA President Paul Rinaldi praised todays news that Congressional negotiators have reached an agreement on a long-term reauthorization of the FAA:
MDA announced today that it has signed contracts totaling US$7.6 million with the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to continue the upgrade to the FAAs Instrument Procedure Development System (IPDS), as part of a mission support automation program, and to provide operational support to the currently fielded version of the system. These latest contracts will continue to align the system with the requirements of the FAAs NextGen program.
To enhance safety, to enable the more efficient use of airspace, and to align the management of airspace more closely with other nations, the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has today launched a consultation on its intention to raise and harmonise the Transition Altitude in UK airspace to 18,000ft.
COMSOFT supplies flight plan converter AIDA-FPL to National Air Navigation Services Company (NANSC) of Egypt.
After a one-week trial period Air Traffic Control the Netherlands (LVNL) and the Maastricht Upper Area Control Centre (MUAC) implemented the Arrival Management Message AMA, an extension of LVNLs Arrival Manager into MUACs Upper Airspace. This is an innovative milestone for the further development of the air traffic management system in the FABEC airspace.
Airports strive for ever more eco-efficient ground operations including safe taxiway routing for pilots, all-weather guidance between the terminal gate and the runway, and control of aircraft and vehicles. Airbus ProSky is responding to this demand by complementing its Air Traffic Management (ATM) offerings with a powerful airport surface management system (SMAN) for Air Traffic Control centres worldwide.
The DIVOS 3 log virtual server solution makes its ATM debut: Germanys DFS becomes the first ANSP to exploit the many advantages of this innovative recording system. The new and unique solution draws on proven technology to further improve recording performance and reliability.
Frequentis AG announces the availability of its smartFPLconverter, a flight plan and ATS message converter for those ANSPs who are not in a position to convert their Flight Data Processing Systems (FDPS) and/or client terminals to the new 2012 flight plan format due for adoption in November ofthis year.
The SESAR JU annual forum, an ICAO twelfth air navigation conference preparatory event and the European Regional Runway Safety Seminar are just some of the important workshops taking place at this years ATC Global Exhibition and Conference.
Systems Interface, based in the UK, has been awarded a major contract for the supply, design, installation and commissioning of a replacement Voice Communications Control System (VCCS) at Belfast International Airport, Aldergrove, Northern Ireland.
In December 2010, DFS introduced its new air traffic services (ATS) system P1/VAFORIT at the upper area control centre (UAC) in Karlsruhe. The new system has made it possible for the capacity of the airspace to increase by 11 percent.
In 2011 48 CANSO Member air navigation service providers (ANSPs) around the world were responsible for handling 51.5 million IFR (Instrument Flight Rules) movements compared to just over 50.6 million in 2010. This represents an increase of 1.8%.
Mark Van Tine, president and CEO of Jeppesen, a unit of Boeing Flight Services, was recognized Friday night as the Aviation Industry Leader of the Year by the Living Legends of Aviation during a gala held in Beverly Hills, Calif.