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Montbéliard hosts 63rd Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett
The 63rd Gordon Bennett Cup is set to launch from the French city of Montbéliard close to the Swiss border on the 13th September. 20 gas balloon teams are set to contest in the hostoric competition including last year's winning pilot Mateusz Rekas. Experienced campaigners such as Kurt Frieden (SUI), Willi Eimers (GER) and Vincent Leys (FRA), the most succesful pilot who has been in a winning balloon on 9 occasions are also included in the start list.
ENAIRE manages more than 1,000 drone operations in the airspace
ENAIRE, air navigation manager in Spain, has managed more than 1,000 drone operations, since the entry into force of Royal Decree 1036/2017, of December 15, which regulates the civil use of aircraft piloted by remote control (also known as RPAS or drones). Significantly increase flights in controlled spaces This 2019, the drone flights managed by ENAIRE have been 255, of which 192 were in uncontrolled airspaces and the rest (63) were in controlled airspaces.
France’s air navigation services provider to support Inmarsat air traffic modernisation programme
DSNA is the latest partner to join the ground-breaking Iris programme to improve air traffic management across Europe’s congested airspace - Inmarsat, the world leader in global mobile satellite communications, today announced that DSNA, France’s Air Navigation Services Provider (ANSP), has signed an agreement to join a consortium of European ANSPs supporting the modernisation of air traffic management (ATM) over Europe through the Iris programme.
HENSOLDT’s passive radar demonstrates its suitability for air traffic control
‘Twinvis’ demo monitors air traffic over South Germany - The sensor solutions provider HENSOLDT has demonstrated the capabilities of its ‘Twinvis’ passive radar system when deployed for air traffic control during a comprehensive measurement campaign. A passive radar sensor cluster was installed at four sites in South Germany for the tests, from which air traffic above this region could be monitored and tracked in real time. This showed that passive radar systems can track aircraft with sufficient precision in order to be used for air traffic control.
HENSOLDT improves air traffic control at German military airfields
Progress is being made with the installation of HENSOLDT’s ASR-S (Aerodrome Surveillance Radar, Series) for air traffic control modernisation at German military airfields. With a further ASR-S system having recently been handed over to the German procurement authority BAAINBw and the Air Mobility Training Centre in Celle-Wietzenbruch, 17 of 20 radar systems in total have now been supplied to and accepted by the customer. Following the successful final acceptance test, programme manager Thomas Oswald handed the latest radar over to the training centre commander, Colonel Jörn Rohmann.
Solid Passenger Demand, Record Load Factor in June; Air Freight in Decline for Eighth Consecutive Month
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for June 2019 showing that demand (measured in revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) rose by 5.0% compared to June 2018. This was up slightly from the 4.7% year-over-year growth recorded in May. June capacity (available seat kilometers or ASKs) increased by 3.3%, and load factor rose 1.4 percentage points to 84.4%, which was a record for the month of June. “June continued the trend of solid passenger demand growth while the record load factor shows that airlines are maximizing efficiency.
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