Op-Ed: A woman’s place is in the flight deck and the C-Suite
Last month, I received a letter from a high school student. She took me to task for the scarcity of female pilots and astronauts. As the pre... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: ATC
London Southend hosts drone detection and tracking trial
Through ignorance or malevolent intent, drone operators pose an increasingly significant risk to airport operations and passenger safety. No... Continue Reading
OneWeb founder Greg Wyler calls for ATC-style space rules
Regulators should look to the aviation sector and apply air traffic control-style rules to the global space industry, to ensure that it grow... Continue Reading
Press Release: Inmarsat introduces SB-S into commercial service
Inmarsat, the world’s leading provider of global mobile satellite communications, has entered commercial service with SwiftBroadband-Safety ... Continue Reading
Press Release: Single European Sky steps closer thanks to SITAONAIR
A significant, multi-frequency European datalink infrastructure upgrade has been completed by SITAONAIR, marking an important milestone in r... Continue Reading
Press Release: New study shows satellite comms saved airlines $3 billion
Satellite communication (satcom) in the cockpit has saved airlines more than US$3 billion thanks to safety and efficiency benefits, accordin... Continue Reading
Comparable Europe, US on-time performances hide ATM differences
Although Europe and the continental US achieved almost-identical levels of punctuality in commercial flight departures and arrivals in 2015,... Continue Reading
GEE focuses on marrying ops analytics with real-time aircraft data
Just over a year ago, Global Eagle Entertainment made an aircraft operations big data play with the acquisition of ops data powerhouse masFl... 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
What will be Solar Impulse’s aviation environmental legacy?
NEW YORK & MONACO — The future is clean, says Solar Impulse, and indeed its #futureisclean hashtag trends whenever the solar-powered one... Continue Reading
Air traffic controller sees world of opportunity for women
As an air traffic controller for one of Europe’s busiest air spaces, Rita Costa admits she remains fascinated with flight. “I always loved t... Continue Reading
Infograpic: Celebrating the human side of air transport
In the day-to-day rush of doing our jobs as aviation professionals, we sometimes forget to stand back and take a look at what an extraordina... Continue Reading
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