I have just made a discovery! All things considered, it is better to fly with a low-fare airline than with a traditional, national carrier. We took a late-fall vacation recently and I had plenty of time to mull over the matter, making a mental inventory of the pro and cons. May be it was just… Continue reading With fair winds on the ocean of experience
Tag: legacy
Low Fare Airlines – ATM Nightmare of the Future?
There are two distinct schools of thought about how low fare airlines will evolve in the future. According to departing IATA boss Bisignani talking to Aviation Week, in Europe the model used by the low cost carriers, namely opening new point to point connections to secondary airports, will run out of steam within a year… Continue reading Low Fare Airlines – ATM Nightmare of the Future?
When Technology Overtakes Obfuscation
Not so long ago the hottest topic of discussion, and a major item of contention, was the idea of Free Flight. In case you are not sure what that was all about let me just say that free flight is an air traffic management concept under which the responsibility for providing separation is transferred to… Continue reading When Technology Overtakes Obfuscation
DSNA CEO says SESAR CONOPS was built on FABs from day one…
No Sir, it was NOT!!!! If ATC Global Insight is to be believed, Mr. Maurice Georges, CEO of French DSNA, said in Amsterdam that “The SESAR operational concept has been built on FABs from day one.” Well, I do not know which SESAR operational concept they use in France but the concept we wrote and… Continue reading DSNA CEO says SESAR CONOPS was built on FABs from day one…
Why airlines are reluctant to SWIM
In the air traffic management context, System Wide Information Management (SWIM) is an accepted concept and in fact SWIM is considered as one of the most important mainstays of both SESAR in Europe and NextGen in the USA. SWIM attained this status through the widespread recognition that the lack of information and the poor management… Continue reading Why airlines are reluctant to SWIM