Press Release: FAA implements optimized descents to reduce fuel burn
Descent procedures that the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) put in place across the country in the... Continue Reading
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Press Release: Inmarsat and ESSP partner to manage IRIS programme
Inmarsat, the world leader in global, mobile satellite communications, today announced a cooperation agreement with ESSP (European Satellite... Continue Reading
Press Release: FAA selects SITA’s FANS-1/A based datalink solution
In August 2021, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced the award of the Oceanic Data Link (ODL) contract to SITA, the leading I... Continue Reading
Press Release: DLR developing spacecraft Launch Coordination Center
The increasing commercialisation of space travel – often referred to as ‘New Space’ – will lead to significantly more spacecraft... Continue Reading
Press Release: British Airways achieves carbon emissions reductions
The British Airways BA1476 from London Heathrow to Glasgow Airport became the airline’s first ever passenger flight to be powered directly b... Continue Reading
UK CAA finds many aviators don’t meet ICAO’s English standards
It is clear that not all pilots and controllers meet the English-language standard ICAO requires of them when using ICAO standard phraselogy... Continue Reading
Various factors encourage frequent French ATC strikes
The fact France has three different air traffic controllers’ unions and they don’t always take coordinated industrial action is a key reason... Continue Reading