The term “trajectory” does not need an introduction to pilots and air traffic controllers. At its simplest, trajectory to the pilot is what the aircraft flies and to the controller the path through the air calculated by his or her system that the aircraft will fly. Hence it is fair to say that if we [&]

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The fragmented nature of the way air traffic management was being provided in Europe had been identified decades ago as the root cause of the continent’s problems. This is why airlines are paying much more for inferior service and why repeated attempts were made to remedy the situation. This being Europe, the real issues were [&]

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PNT stands for Positioning, Navigation and Timing and in most cases it refers to the signals from the satellite constellations we know as GPS, Glonass, Galileo or their regional equivalents in India, China and Japan. These days we take it for granted that our smart phones, cars, tablets and so on include a small receiver [&]

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A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him. Sidney Greenberg

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United Airlines (UAL) today reported a first-quarter 2014 net loss of $489 million, or $1.33 per share, excluding $120 million of special items. Including special items, UAL reported a first-quarter 2014 net loss of $609 million, or $1.66 per share. • Historic severe weather increased Uniteds first-quarter loss by approximately $200 million. • Uniteds consolidated [&]

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Budapests Liszt Ferenc Airport recently won the Skytrax “Best airport in Eastern Europe” award, which is always a recognition for an airport (or an airline), particularly after such a hard period. Although if we study the regional field a little bit better, the happiness decreases. We, here in Hungary, like to say that we live [&]

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When you arrive in Naples, Italy, even on a Sunday evening, you are likely to spend the first 20 minutes trying to convince yourself that neither the taxi driver nor the other Naples motorists are actually trying to kill you. They are just driving the… well, Naples way. Once over this hurdle, you suddenly realize [&]

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In the wake of the Malaysian governments announcement that flight MH 370 ended in the Indian Ocean and the continuing search, the Flight Safety Foundation today called on the commercial aviation industry and national civil aviation authorities to gather for an international symposium on the current state of technology and need to incorporate practical in-flight [&]

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Temper is what gets most of us into trouble. Pride is what keeps us there. Mark Twain

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Ever since I got my controller’s license, I have been fascinated by the way air traffic is managed over the Atlantic Ocean. Why? Well, designated air routes as such are giving way to free route airspace in many parts of the world but flying over the pond has had a very special definition of air [&]

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On 1 April BluSky Services (parent of Roger-Wilco) celebrates its 11th birthday. Not one of those numbers usually celebrated by special events and firework but nevertheless, we have given the company a new logo and a new, fresh and dynamic web presence. The logo is a more modern version of the previous one and as [&]

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Air travel will become even more predictable in the future thanks to the work undertaken within the SESAR Programme to develop and validate initial 4D (i4D) trajectory management – connecting aircraft and ground systems to optimise the aircraft trajectory in three dimensions plus time[1]. Prepared by SESAR members (Airbus, Eurocontrol, Honeywell, Indra, NORACON[2] and Thales), [&]

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In another age that we might call the age of innocence, only desperate people wanting to bequeath early their life insurance money to their family or wanting to pick up same coming from their wives or mother-in-law were thinking of blowing up airliners. Pilots and airlines were urging airports to forbid selling life insurance policies [&]

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Our multimedia operations has justifiably earned itself a reputation for innovative products and new interpretations of old practices. They are now taking things a huge step further by offering views from the sky to add special flavors to company video, training material or just your wedding in the garden. The drone (which is still to [&]

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If we are not careful, soon this type of announcement will be the most common thing we might hear while enjoying our plastic meal and zero-legroom comfort on most airline flights. This is about allowing you to use your phone for making and receiving calls on board. A bit off topic, but I will say [&]

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The 2014 World ATM Congress has just closed its doors and like in other years, it left me with a nagging question. What is this jamboree about? The question is especially relevant since this new-fangled congress, under the auspices of CANSO and ATCA, is now in its second year and a comparison with its predecessor, [&]

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The SESAR Joint Undertaking (SJU) has just announced that Florian Guillermet, Deputy Executive Director of the SJU, has been selected for the position of Executive Director. Florian’s appointment comes at a time when the SJU and its members prepare for the next phase of SESAR, Europe’s ambitious research and development (R&D) programme on Air Traffic [&]

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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today issued a final rule that requires helicopter operators, including air ambulances, to have stricter flight rules and procedures, improved communications, training, and additional on-board safety equipment. The rule represents the most significant improvements to helicopter safety in decades and responds to government’s and industry’s concern [&]

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A United Airlines Boeing 737-800 aircraft freshly retrofitted with new Split Scimitar Winglets took to the skies yesterday, marking the first commercial flight worldwide to operate with the advanced winglet technology. United flight 1273 on Tuesday took off from the airlines Houston hub and flew to Los Angeles. The airline installed the innovative winglets on [&]

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