Once upon a time, EUROCONTROL had been created to be the air navigation service provider for Europe. Operating a limited number of air traffic control centers, a research institute and a training facility, it would have been the key to an efficient set up not unlike what we find in the United States. Unfortunately, before… Continue reading Will EUROCONTROL's New DG Rebuild an Old Dream?
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JOINT DECLARATION URGES GOVERNMENTS TO DEVELOP AIR TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
Last week during the 9th ALTA Airline Leaders Forum in Panama City, Panama, aviation associations signed the Joint Declaration on Airport and Air Navigation Service Infrastructure. The Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation (CANSO), came together with the Airports Council International (ACI), the Airports Council International – Latin America and Caribbean (ACI-LAC), the Latin American and… Continue reading JOINT DECLARATION URGES GOVERNMENTS TO DEVELOP AIR TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
CANSO’S NEW DIRECTOR GENERAL LISTS TOP INDUSTRY PRIORITIES
In his first public address, the newly-appointed Director General of the Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation (CANSO) Jeff Poole called on the international aviation community assembled at the 12th ICAO Air Navigation Conference to embrace change and collaboration in order to achieve the long-held vision of a globally harmonised and interoperable air navigation system. Jeff… Continue reading CANSO’S NEW DIRECTOR GENERAL LISTS TOP INDUSTRY PRIORITIES
HungaroControl’s New Air Traffic Control Center Building Commissioned Today
ANS III to go live in February next year HungaroControl’s new air traffic control center building, commissioned on 30 August 2012, marks a new important milestone of ANS III, the complex development plan for the Hungarian air navigation service provider. After installing the software, moving into the new facility, and completing a successful pilot operation,… Continue reading HungaroControl’s New Air Traffic Control Center Building Commissioned Today
Surveillance – Rent, do not buy
Ever since air traffic control was first invented, the idea that the organizations providing air traffic services must own and operate most of the facilities (communications, surveillance and so on) they require was part and parcel of their concept of existence. Air navigation service providers the world over were convinced, with some justification, that only… Continue reading Surveillance – Rent, do not buy
HungaroControl modernises its operations
Hungarian air navigation service provider braces up to face Single European Sky challenges Hungarian air navigation service provider HungaroControl has launched a complex modernisation programme to meet new challenges presented by regional integration in line with the Single European Sky. The Business Process Reengineering project and the introduction of an ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system… Continue reading HungaroControl modernises its operations
Boeing and CANSO Call to Accelerate Air Traffic Management Improvements
Boeing and the Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation (CANSO) have called on the aviation industry to accelerate the pace of change in air traffic management improvements by taking advantage of existing aircraft capabilities. At the 6th Aviation & Environment Summit in Geneva, Switzerland, the two entities issued a joint technical paper outlining critical actions necessary… Continue reading Boeing and CANSO Call to Accelerate Air Traffic Management Improvements
My Fifth Mistake as an Air Traffic Controller
Yes, here I am again. You’d think by now I would stop this self-flagellation, but this is not for me. I record these incidents so you may see the mistake and avoid the same or similar in your life. I noted in my last missile that pride was a key ingredient in most of my… Continue reading My Fifth Mistake as an Air Traffic Controller
My Fourth Mistake as an Air Traffic Controller
It’s a beautiful day in the Rhein Valley. A few clouds at three or four thousand feet but otherwise just great. The temperature is warm and spring is in the air. Two hours until the end of the day shift. I’m in charge of the shift for the shift supervisor has left for a… Continue reading My Fourth Mistake as an Air Traffic Controller
My Third Mistake as an Air Traffic Controller
December 1953, Taegu Air Route Traffic Control Center, on the hill by the Children’s School in downtown Taegu, Korea. The war, I mean the ‘Police Action‘, has been over since last June. Both sides are still at the ready and wary of each other. About the same as it is now in 2011 (58 years… Continue reading My Third Mistake as an Air Traffic Controller