Tag: CANSO

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

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

Pilot CDM Project to Improve Air Traffic Management Between Bangkok and Singapore

CANSO, the Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation, has announced the launch of a pilot project which aims to improve the efficiency of air traffic management (ATM) between two major cities in the Asia- Pacific region. The project seeks to demonstrate the potential efficiency gains from the implementation of CDM at Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok and… Continue reading Pilot CDM Project to Improve Air Traffic Management Between Bangkok and Singapore

When Titans speak

Mid-March Aviation Week published a double interview in which Canso director general Graham Lake and Air Traffic Control Association president/CEO Peter F. Dumont spoke their minds about air traffic management developments on both sides of the Atlantic. The interviews were refreshing and revealing. They both spoke about the prospects of SESAR and NextGen frankly and… Continue reading When Titans speak

New clouds on the Mode-S/ADS-B horizon in Europe

Most of those who took part in the epic battle over the introduction of Mode S Enhanced Surveillance (EHS) have either retired, moved to other activities or flew west to greener pastures but I guess there is still a hard core who will remember how the airspace users lost that one to the three big… Continue reading New clouds on the Mode-S/ADS-B horizon in Europe

Shorter night routes in FABEC – is this an achievement?

Working in air traffic management on occasion one gets the impression that a lot of people have very short memories. Take for instance the proud announcement from FABEC (Functional Airspace Block Europe Central) to the effect that as part of the harmonization of European airspace, shorter night routes are being offered on 115 cross-border connections.… Continue reading Shorter night routes in FABEC – is this an achievement?

CANSO joins ACI-Europe and EUROCONTROL to accelerate A-CDM roll-out

The threat of climate change, the global economic crisis and the resulting changes in the structure of the European aviation market have led to a renewed focus on efficiency and performance for Europe’s airports. In October 2008, ACI EUROPE and EUROCONTROL signed a collaboration to increase operational efficiencies at European airports. This collaboration revolves around… Continue reading CANSO joins ACI-Europe and EUROCONTROL to accelerate A-CDM roll-out