Icelandic air navigation provider latest to deploy state-of-the-art recording tech
Iceland has become the latest of 50 countries to use Frequentis DIVOS technology to reduce operational efforts for incident investigation.
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Iceland has become the latest of 50 countries to use Frequentis DIVOS technology to reduce operational efforts for incident investigation.
8 February 2018 | By Leidos
Delivering the next generation airport
A successful virtual remote tower trial at a small airport in Germany has opened the door to live operations by the end of 2018 after the German Federal Supervisory Authority for Air Navigation Services (BAF) has given its approval.
The RETINA “Resilient Synthetic Vision for Advanced Control Tower Air Navigation Service Provision” is a research and innovation project that deals with the development of innovative tools for the airport control tower. The project grabs the idea of augmented vision and investigates its application to the on-site control towers.
Despite Norway’s harsh arctic climate, Avinor Air Navigation Services is implementing the world’s largest Remote Tower Services (RTS) programme. More than 36 sites in Norway have been designated for RTS, and implementation at the initial 15 airports is underway. Here, Assistant Programme Director Hans Støen Lie provides more details.
The provider of terminal air navigation services delivers critical services to the airport operator. Without air traffic control services, runways and taxiways would be more like a racing circuit; the local green areas being used as a pit stop for migrating birds! Head of Aeronautical Affairs at Geneva Airport, Gaël…
NATS, the UK's biggest air traffic services provider, has won an new contract at London Luton, valid for five years with the possibility of extending it for a further two.
The US' Federal Aviation Authority and Canada's air navigation service provider have conducted further trials of an ADS-B system as both prepare to roll out the technology nation wide.
The biggest airport in Europe has put plans out to the public, detailing the physical infrastructure of the new runway it is proposing and the rules that will govern how the fresh traffic it brings is managed.
For the second time in just 24 hours, flights were cancelled at Newcastle Airport in New South Wales due to smoke thrown up by a nearby bushfire.
As it announces the opening of a public consultation into modernisation proposals, Glasgow Airport has put forward the case for wanting to change the flight paths which have remained the same for 50 years.
A project to cut costs and workload in A-CDM has been positively received at a Spanish regional airport.
The operators of Stornoway, Inverness and Dundee, among other Scottish airports have crafted their remote tower project in the mould of a successful scheme in Sweden.
The American Government aviation body and its European counterpart have extended their already-existing agreements to boost safety and air traffic management.