The 2016 edition of the Passenger Terminal Expo will be held in Cologne, Germany. The range of topics that will be covered in the conference part is truly impressive while the exhibition will bring to visitors the latest and greatest in passenger terminal equipment and services. BluSky Services has once again been honored by being invited [&]

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I love San Francisco. One of the most beautiful cities in the world, it has a sphere that is unique and unmistakable. People say San Francisco is special also because it is surrounded by the US, referring to the fact that when you are in the city by the Bay, you are embraced by the [&]

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It is now official, most of the largest airports in the world get more revenue from indirect sources than they do from directly serving aircraft. In other words, the parking garage and the booze and food concessions, not to mention Victoria’s Secret, bring in more money for the airport than all the aircraft using it [&]

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This SESAR Global SWIM Demonstration event aims to showcase the global interoperability capabilities of system-wide information management (SWIM) and in relation to the ICAO GANP/ASBU's and the European ATM Master Plan. Throughout the event, SWIM-founding principles and building blocks of information sharing, service orientation, federation, open standards, and information and service lifecycle management will be [&]

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To all our readers everywhere in the world& Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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I often sit here gazing down the river. I find it soothing after the dreams. It’s quiet at three in the morning before the hubbub of the day. A few strands of mist lie along the opposite bank, obscuring the towpath. Temple Island glows dully in the moonlight. Summer is nearly over; the chill is [&]

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The press announcement that HungaroControl, the Hungarian Air Navigation Service Provider and WizzAir, the Hungarian low-cost carrier and an airline to be reckoned with in the European market, have signed a co-operation agreement “covering flight-safety, operations and operations planning, research and development, education, training, service quality and customer satisfaction” is not the usual kind of [&]

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Those of you who have been worrying about the future of Air Traffic Management in Europe can now sleep well once again. The 2015 edition of the European ATM Master Plan has now been formally approved by the members of the Administrative Board of the SESAR Joint Undertaking. The corresponding press release informs us that [&]

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Terrorism, bombings and shootings are nothing new. I remember well the 1970s which was one of the worst decades for Middle East hijackings. In September 1970 there was a near simultaneous hijacking of five aircraft by the PFLP. It started with the attempted hijack of an El Al 707 from Amsterdam which was foiled by [&]

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Reading this article, you may have spotted already that I prefer to talk about digital link rather than “data” link. This comes from an old debate where we tried to find a term that covered any type of digital link between the ground and the air, i.e. digital voice as well as data in the [&]

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Aircraft are very sophisticated machines, bringing together cutting edge technologies in materials, propulsion, electronics and what have you. They are in their element in the air (no surprise there) and are pretty inadequate when on the ground. The careful, lumbering motion of a taxiing aircraft is dictated by many factors but this is not the [&]

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You can read the first part of this story here. After he had read my story, my friend, Chris, told me what really happened back in 1967 when he was one of the two co-pilots on a BOAC Boeing 707 flying the leg from Karachi to Rome. The aircraft had come from Hong Kong and [&]

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You’re heading to the stores to buy that shiny new camera-equipped drone you’ve yearning for. You can’t wait to get into the sky and let loose your inner high-flying aerial photographer, right? Did you know you’re also going to become a pilot? When you fly your drone anywhere in the nation’s airspace, you automatically become [&]

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Bizarre things sometimes happen on aeroplanes. ‘Jumbo Mason’ is a fictional short story, based on a real event that happened to a friend of mine. After I had written the story he contacted me saying, ‘How did you know what went on in the hold?’ I replied, ‘I invented it.’ I had heard of the [&]

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  The Roger-Wilco blog has grown over the years mainly on the strength of our contributors who have supplied us with interesting articles, stories and news which then attracted many loyal readers from all over the world. It is with great pleasure that I can tell you that Phil Hogge, whose name will be familiar [&]

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Hungary has always been at one of the busiest cross-roads of European traffic and time and again had to absorb even more flights when conflicts near-by and not so near-by resulted in a reshuffling of the routes taken by overflights of all kinds. The airport in Budapest has always been a lively place and its [&]

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One of the most boring features of air traffic management conferences are the reports from ANSPs, SESAR, even the European Commission which, year after year, tell those who come to listen that everything is fine, all the projects are on track and things could not be brighter. We even get news of a few small [&]

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I remember very well the day when the idea of remote towers was brought into the picture by our colleagues from Sweden during the latter part of the SESAR definition phase. I was there on behalf of the airlines and we were laboring to insert (against considerable opposition I might add) the real paradigm changing [&]

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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today released the beta version of a new smartphone application called “B4UFLY” for testing by up to 1,000 unmanned aircraft users. The B4UFLY app, aimed primarily at model aircraft enthusiasts, is designed to give users information about restrictions or requirements in effect at their current or planned flight location. The [&]

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Dear Roger-Wilco Fans, This does not happen often, but I am asking for your help. Current and former air traffic control professionals are invited to take a survey, which should take no longer than 10-15 minutes to complete.  Your feedback is important and will be used in the completion of the Doctor of Management in [&]

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