Following surging growth rates of Chinese departures to Thailand in the 12 months to July 2015 – well above the level of international traffic growth to Thailand, data from CiR indicates that there has been a steady decline in demand to March 2017 (see chart below). china-air-travel-thailand Metrics from CiR’s traffic modelling and forecasting tool, Business Lounge, ...
How can urban design help a city like New York that already has an overburdened real estate market accommodate this level of growth? To show how, Gensler has developed a design concept called the BQXL that leverages 15 miles of underutilized freight corridor to connect neighborhoods spanning from Queens to Brooklyn and provide easier access to the subway lines along the ...
Officials of the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division in Lakehurst, N.J., announced a $20.9 million six-year contract to Selex ES for as many as 31 ILS equipment sets for Department of the Navy installations. The instrument landing system is a ground-based instrument approach system that provides precision lateral and vertical guidance to an aircraft approaching a...
Passenger traffic kept growing strongly in May, with an average increase across geographical Europe of +8.2%, compared to the same month last year. Both the EU and non-EU markets fuelled the dynamic, with passenger traffic increasing respectively by +7.7% and +9.9%. The Southern and Eastern parts of the EU clearly outperformed the bloc’s average – with a total of 15 c...
Such a move will see the separation of the regulatory function, to remain with the FAA, and the operating entity that provides the air traffic management (ATM) services for the United States. It will also give the new entity significant autonomy and, it is hoped, allow for it to arrange it’s financing without reference to the appropriations process of the Congress. ...
After weeks of wondering which way front line controllers might lean in the recently energized air traffic control debate, NATCA President Paul Rinaldi said this afternoon that the National Air Traffic Controllers Association stands behind the 21st Century Aviation Innovation, Reform and Reauthorization Act originally published by House Transportation and Infrastructure ...
It happens even less frequently than leap year, but yesterday the FAA announced the opening of a hiring window to begin recruiting 1,400 new air traffic controllers for tower, Tracon and enroute center positions all around the United States. The window officially opens today, July 7, and will remain open only until next Friday, July 14. The vacancy — officially called A...
NATS won the Engaging Customers on Sustainability Award, which recognises businesses that inspire and enable customers to operate in a more sustainable way. This is NATS’ third reaccreditation for the work they’ve done to increase the number of Continuous Descent Operations (CDO) being delivered across the UK. By enabling aircraft to fly a smooth continuous descent p...
Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Transportation Calvin L. Scovel III’s recent report to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure about the FAA’s progress in modernizing the nation’s airspace might add fuel to the fire to those supporting the effort to separate the U.S. air traffic control system from the 60-year old agency. Scovel suggested, ho...
In written testimony delivered yesterday to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen said the best solution to squelch the relentless in-fighting over the future of the U.S. air traffic control system is to set aside the idea of privatization altogether and simply find a better solution. Bolen, as well as other leaders on ...
A Learjet 35A crashed at Teterboro Airport in northern New Jersey earlier this week and there has been lots of conjecture about what might have happened. Many of the comments have been made by far more knowledgeable pilots than I, but the accident reminded me vividly of a lesson I learned early on while flying a Cessna CJ3 for a Part 135 company. I was just coming off...
Compared to conventional lighting systems, the R-System is a more cost-effective alternative that includes a host of capabilities, such as instant on, multi-layer lighting and dimming.
This follows the conclusion of tests performed jointly with IAI and Airbus last December in Toulouse. The response throughout these tests was very positive, with both test pilots and Lufthansa pilots operating commercial flights confirming a strong similarity between taxiing with and without the TaxiBot. One key feature of this certification on the A320 family, is that i...
PPS helps constantly ensure the correct, optimal distance between the nozzle and aircraft - typically 1 meter, improving safety and reducing workload for the operator. With shorter spray distance, the highest possible ADF temperature can be kept, thereby maximizing energy transfer from fluid to aircraft. The optimal spray distance is typically 1 meter. Compared to a spra...
The significant enhancement to the existing ‘XMAN’ (Cross-Border Arrival Management) initiative will reduce the length of time that aircraft hold at Heathrow, delivering significant fuel and CO2 emission savings to airlines. NATS, the UK’s leading air traffic control provider, and the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA), have been working together in recent years to devel...
Recently I read an article regarding a study about circular runways in which were listed all the benefits of such a solution. To be honest I don’t see how these circular runways could be better than a standard ‘normal’ runway, currently in use and solve the problems that they claim to solve. There are many aspects both on the “air” and on the “ground” side of an ai...
Helios’ Matt Shreeve offers an insight into the widely-accepted necessity of cyber resilience to the world of air traffic management. Cyber security and resilience are now accepted as key requirements for air traffic management (ATM), and indeed the wider aviation system. But the hard work is only just beginning, particularly for air navigation service providers (ANS...
The airline operator gathering was taking place concurrently with the International Brazil Air Show, which Dr. Liu opened one day earlier, and brought together leaders of the air transport industry in ICAO’s South American (SAM) Region. “Over the last few years, South America has witnessed enhanced air connectivity, expanded passenger and cargo markets, more competiti...
The taxiway project, implemented in partnership with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the South Carolina Aeronautics Commission (SCAC), included relocating the 4,300-foot-long taxiway, tree removal and drainage components. “Our first priority is safety,” said Beaufort County Airports Director Jon Rembold. “One of our goals is to offer more airline choices...
The installation of dual G5 electronic flight instruments can also eliminate the dependency on a failure-prone vacuum system in aircraft for attitude and heading information. Installation approval is accomplished via supplemental type certificate (STC) with a comprehensive approved model list (AML) containing 600+ individual aircraft models, which is representative of th...
Removing the U.S. air traffic control system from the FAA could create negative impacts for aviation safety, rural and small communities, national security, and air traffic control modernization as well as for other important regulatory reform efforts. The FAA air traffic control system is the safest, most efficient, largest, and most complex in the world. To a degree no...
The additional threat of gusting winds led the National Weather Service to issue a blizzard warning for the southern Connecticut. Snow is expected to start falling between 4 and 6 a.m. Tuesday, Fox 61 Meteorologist Dan Amarante said, and "it could ramp up pretty quickly." . In some areas winds will be gusting at 50 miles an hour, increasing the threat for power outage...
In 2016, the IAA, along with a consortium of stakeholders, validated the SESAR JU concept of remote tower technology through a series of operational trials (based on over 50 demonstrations). These highly successful trials built upon the experience of single remote tower operations and validated the capability for single air traffic controller operation of multiple remote...
Roei Ganzarski, the CEO of BoldIQ, a transportation logistics software startup firm based in the Seattle area, says that whether you agree with Donald Trump’s politics or not, on the issue of ATC privatization the president is 100 percent right. Privatizing air traffic control would lower costs, boost efficiency and usher in new technologies that are impossible to imple...
It’s a tried and true story: Holiday passengers expect their flight to circle the runways as control towers work to organise the near-overwhelming number of planes landing and taking off from congested airports. This creates an intricate puzzle of flight times, diminishing windows of opportunity, and increasingly long lines for runways – not to mention the logistics of c...
Founded by the Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs) of New Zealand, the UK, Ireland and the Czech Republic and in partnership with the Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation (CANSO), the ATM Policy Institute will provide research on ATM policy issues and make the case for the benefits of enabling ANSPs to compete with each other for the provision of ATM services....
In September 2016, the Polish IT-COM won the competitive tender process to deliver the voice communication system (VCS). Originally partnering with the bankrupt Schmid Telecom AG based in Zurich, IT-COM needed to find an alternative solution on short notice to fulfil the contractual obligations and not risk delay of the opening of the tower. After contract award IT...
Actor Harrison Ford reportedly had a close call this week when landing his single-engine Husky at California’s John Wayne Airport (SNA). Ford, an experienced pilot and noted aviation advocate, flew over an airliner full of passengers and landed on a commercial airport taxiway, according to NBC News. The FAA says it’s investigating the incident. “Air traffic controllers...
New ComRes polling finds more than two thirds of the public think building a third runway at Heathrow demonstrates that Britain remains ‘open for business’ after Brexit Strong majorities also believe the new runway will open up new trading opportunities and enable UK businesses to export more goods and services around the globe The results come a week after the Governm...
European Commission must reform the Airport Charges Directive and tackle the damaging effects of Air Traffic Control (ATC) strikes. Carsten Spohr follows Carolyn McCall as new A4E Chair. On the occasion of its first Annual General Meeting and the launch of the A4E Aviation Summit, member airline CEOs met with European policymakers and industry stakeholders in Brussels....
The project, which began in June, involves moving 1.7 million cubic yards of dirt to extend the existing runway by about 1,700 feet, bringing the total length to nearly 6,000 feet. Airport director Darwin Simpson said with all necessary U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permits in place, construction crews are moving right along. Several construction vehicles and pieces of...
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As the project has progressed, area residents have expressed concerns about its potential impact to their neighborhoods. A series of workshops has been organized for this week and next to address those issues. The "vast majority" of new routes the FAA is implementing to modernize air traffic control systems will have aircraft flying along paths they currently travel, ...
The Gamston VOR will be withdrawn by NATS as part of the National VOR rationalisation programme, which is approved by the CAA. Due to this change in the navigation infrastructure, the existing conventional SIDs at Doncaster Sheffield Airport will need to be changed to RNAV SIDs. In addition, the airport has decided to introduce new RNAV GNSS instrument approach procedure...
The Communication Navigation Surveillance/Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM) digital flight deck and avionics enhancements ensure compliance with current and future air traffic control and navigation requirements. Upgrades include five full-color glass displays, which provide crewmembers with customizable engine, navigation and radar data to improve mission execution. D...
The recommendation decision will be taken by the nine members of the government’s airport sub-committee, chaired by the Prime Minister Theresa May, rather than the full cabinet. As some senior figures within the government strongly oppose the construction of a new runway at Heathrow, some see the Government’s creation of the sub-committee as evidence that it will opt fo...
