Tag: SESAR

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

Is there a lesson for SESAR in the A400M?

In case you do not know, the A400M is the military transport Europe has been trying to put together for a few years now and which has recently managed to get airborne. In body anyway because the future of its spirit is far from assured. Why the military needed a new propeller driven heavy transport… Continue reading Is there a lesson for SESAR in the A400M?

CANAC2 operational – is there a future for CANAC2?

February 10 was a day many in Belgium will remember for a long time. Most of the populace for the longest ever traffic jams, 950 kilometers in total, caused by early morning snow bringing chaos to the motorways. For a select few, February 10 will mark CANAC2’s going into live operations. CANAC is Belgium’s cutting… Continue reading CANAC2 operational – is there a future for CANAC2?

Blogs, aviation and the rest of the social media

When we started Roger-Wilco, a lot of people questioned the format. For some, a blog was not the right format for dealing with the serious questions of air traffic management. I could see the point in as much as a lot of blogs are indeed little more than a place for certain individuals to air… Continue reading Blogs, aviation and the rest of the social media

The transition from AIS through AIM to IM – What is this?

A global congress with this title will make even the aficionados of abbreviations shiver… AIS, AIM, IM… What is next? UR? Well, the funny thing is, the title is perfectly correct and abbreviations or not, it reflects one of the most profound changes ever in the way information is collected, promulgated and used in international… Continue reading The transition from AIS through AIM to IM – What is this?

Global AIM Congress – 22-24 June 2010, Beijing, China

The Global AIM Consortium is pleased to announce that the 2010 Global AIM Congress entitled “Building the Future – The transition from AIS through AIM to IM” will be held in Beijing on the 22-24th June 2010. As usual, workshops will be held on the Monday ahead of the Congress, 21 June 2010. The Consortium… Continue reading Global AIM Congress – 22-24 June 2010, Beijing, China

SESAR and multimedia

The personal level visual communications facilities brought to us by modern technology have changed how we as individuals express ourselves and to an even higher degree how big companies talk to us. Traditional ads now sometimes resemble animated feature films and the on-screen safety briefing on some aircraft make us wonder whether we were watching… Continue reading SESAR and multimedia

Is the industry ready for this?

The northern hemisphere has just gone through its snowiest January days in 40 years and polar temperatures reached as far South as Orlando in Florida. Sure, this is not abnormal some may say… but what if we do not have to wait forty years for the next episode? An Air France flight en-route from Brazil… Continue reading Is the industry ready for this?

Who is in charge here?

Those of us who have served the airline industry know full well that what may appear as a monolithic industry (all airlines fly aircraft after all, do they not?), is in fact a multitude of differing business models, interests, attitudes, readiness to invest in new things, inertia, vision and what have you. Even within the… Continue reading Who is in charge here?