Press Release: How language can play a role in aviation accidents
In January 1990, Avianca Flight 52 from Bogota, Colombia, to New York City, ran out of fuel on approach to John F. Kennedy International Air... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: ICAO
Airline industry’s sustainable jet fuel plan hits stumbling block
Last week’s ICAO Conference on Alternative Aviation Fuels in Mexico City failed to secure the consensus needed to work towards achieving the... Continue Reading
Aviation denies claims that green fuel plan is Trojan horse for palm oil
Airline industry representatives have strongly rejected suggestions put forward this week by a group of environmental NGOs that the planned ... Continue Reading
Press Release: Inmarsat to demo SB-S capabilities in trial with FLYHT
Inmarsat, the world’s leading provider of global mobile satellite communications, will demonstrate its advanced new SwiftBroadband-Safety (S... Continue Reading
Efforts to rein in aviation emissions continue to spur disagreement
If you thought last year’s agreement at ICAO to adopt the world’s first market-based measure to control international aviation emissions had... Continue Reading
Airbus unveils combined and floating deployable flight recorders
In a bold move towards improving the survivability of aircraft flight recorders for commercial aircraft worldwide, Airbus is working in part... Continue Reading
Press Release: SITAONAIR hails successful Iridium NEXT satellite launch
SITAONAIR has hailed the successful launch of Iridium’s second set of Iridium NEXT constellation satellites as another step closer to achiev... Continue Reading
The power of aviation in a global community: IATA talks building bridges
The aviation industry is gathered in Cancun, Mexico this week for its IATA Annual General Meeting (AGM), which includes plenty of boiler-pla... Continue Reading
Green lobby challenges airline chiefs to clarify climate change stance
Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary told an Irish radio station last month that he does not accept climate change is real. His statements prompted ... Continue Reading
Press Release: Cobham supports Hawaiian’s new EFB Program
Leading manufacturer of satellite communication solutions Cobham SATCOM and WxOps Inc. have supplied systems and software to support Hawaiia... Continue Reading
Qatar pursues multiple flight tracking paths; will one reign supreme?
On the heels of brokering a deal to offer Inmarsat’s Global Xpress (GX) broadband connectivity on over 130 of its aircraft, Qatar Airways ha... Continue Reading
Press Release: Royal Jordanian to track with ARINC Flight Data Display
In an on-going effort to meet the increased demand for enhanced flight tracking capabilities, Rockwell Collins today introduced the web-base... 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
Sudden US electronics ban endangers aircraft, passengers
The United States government appears, with no warning, to have put in place a ban on any electronic device larger than a cellphone being car... Continue Reading
EASA safety report highlights worrying increase in serious incidents
Despite 2016 proving to be the safest year ever in terms of the number of fatal accidents involving large commercial aircraft, the 2017 Prel... Continue Reading
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