I am sure many of you had read about the proposed slot swap between Delta Airlines and US Airways, giving the former substantially more presence at La Guardia while the latter would gain strength at Reagan National in Washington D.C. When the airlines applied for approval, the FAA set conditions that would have nixed most… Continue reading Who owns the radar blip?
Tag: ANSP
Call sign similarity rules
News from EUROCONTROL’s aviation safety knowledge base SKYbrary One key element in reducing the number of call sign Confusion events is an agreed set of Call Sign Similarity Rules i.e. agreed definitions of what constitutes ‘a similarity’. These Rules have been identified by analysis of safety reports concerning call sign confusion and published by the… Continue reading Call sign similarity rules
TITAN stakeholder workshop – 17 March 2010
TITAN is an EC 7th Framework project and the acronym stands for “Turnaround Integration in Trajectory and Network”. As its name suggests, TITAN is looking at ways of optimizing the turnaround process while integrating it in trajectory based, net-centric operations. The Workshop held in Brussels on 17 March 2010 had two objectives: on the one… Continue reading TITAN stakeholder workshop – 17 March 2010
Continuous Descent Operations (CDO) Manual from ICAO now available
ICAO has made available an unedited, advance version of the Continuous Descent Operations (CDO) Manual as approved, in principle, by the Secretary General. Although the final, edited version may still undergo editorial alterations, the substance should stay the same. The purpose of this Manual is to provide guidance and harmonize the development and implementation of… Continue reading Continuous Descent Operations (CDO) Manual from ICAO now available
NOTAM goes digital
What is a NOTAM? There are a few things in aviation that have survived over the years with so little change as the NOTAM, in spite of its numerous, known shortcomings. NOTAM is a quasi-acronym for Notice to Airmen, a system of providing aeronautical information introduced well over 60 years ago. NOTAMs… we have all… Continue reading NOTAM goes digital
SITA selected to provide PENS – but SWIM is more than just ANSPs!
Those of our readers who have looked at the various postings on System Wide Information Management (SWIM) will be familiar with the abbreviation PENS which stands for “Pan European Network Service”. PENS will allow air navigation service providers from 38 countries to exchange operational data communications across a common network for the first time. Following… Continue reading SITA selected to provide PENS – but SWIM is more than just ANSPs!
Interesting people, unusual flight plans…
Paul Hopff – The winding road to Belgocontrol What were you dreaming of becoming when you were a kid? Until about age 6, I was determined to become a railroad station master, you know the guy with the red cap. But then the aviation bug bit and I never recovered… What moved you to become… Continue reading Interesting people, unusual flight plans…
Enterprise Architecture and service orientation – what is this?
Few abbreviations connected with the future air traffic management system have given rise to so many questions and misunderstandings as EA (Enterprise Architecture) and SOA (Service Oriented Architecture). In the United States both concepts are part and parcel of air traffic management system development since the marching orders were given by the Federal Government. In… Continue reading Enterprise Architecture and service orientation – what is this?