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ATC Global Insight
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ATC Global Insight edition 105 - 01-May-2012
HEADLINE NEWS

European traffic falls 1.3 per cent in first quarter

The first three months of 2012 saw a total of 2.12 million flights in Europe. This is a decrease of...

SESAR agrees priority areas…

Almost three years after the technical start of the SESAR programme, the SESAR Joint Undertaking together with key personnel from...

… and tests a multi-sector planner

In the framework of Release 2, eight NATS controllers under the supervision of SESAR project manager Stephen Pember of NATS...

US plans to hire 6,200 new controllers

The FAA plans to recruit 6,200 more controllers over the next five years according to the seventh annual update to...

Nav Canada reports emission reductions

Nav Canada released a report in April 2012 detailing its progress in efforts to reduce aviation-related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions...

IAA increases profit despite difficult operating conditions

The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) reported a successful financial performance in 2011 with increased traffic, turnover and operating profit, Operating...

China improves Jiuzhai access

GE-designed Performance-based Navigation (PBN) flight paths were validated at Jiuzhai Huanglong Airport in the Sichuan Province of China in April...

Brazil implements RNP approaches at Rio

Brazil’s first Required Navigation Performance (RNP) flight procedures are approved for operational use, following a successful validation flight by GOL...

Flight Safety Foundation to host security conference

The Flight Safety Foundation/South East Europe-Middle East-Cyprus is hosting an International Conference on “Aviation Security: from words to action”...

CANSO, AEA, ACI agree SESAR deployment principles

CANSO, the AEA and ACI have agreed on common points for the definition of the SESAR Deployment Manager, as described...

Traffic decline continues, reports Eurocontrol

According to the Eurocontrol Network Operations Report for March 2012, the general traffic decline that started with the winter season...

Germany introduces new Berlin airspace structure

A new airspace structure will enter into effect with the start of operations of the two parallel runways at the...

Alliance Airlines paves the way for early ADS-B fitment

Alliance Airlines has fitted automatic dependant surveillance broadcast (ADS-B) technology to four of its Fokker 100 aircraft operating...

Schiphol opens back-up ATC facility

Air Traffic Control the Netherlands opened a back-up control centre at the end of April 2012 with capacity to take...

Eurocontrol extends European Mode S usage

Mode S implementation in Europe moved to the next stage at the end of April 2012, by extending the number...

 
INDUSTRY NEWS

Indonesia expands Comsoft deliveries

The training institution Sekolah Tinggi Penerbangan of Indonesia (STPI) reports installation of additional Comsoft products. After commissioning of Comsoft’s ATM...

Croatia selects Comsoft AMHS

The Croatian air navigation service provider Croatia Control has selected Comsoft’s AMHS message solution which also acts as AFTN/AMHS gateway...

Philadelphia licenses ITT airport systems

Philadelphia International Airport has selected ITT Exelis Symphony OpsVue flight tracking and situational awareness system. Symphony OpsVue offers a real-time...

Qatar selects Frequentis voice switch

Qatar CAA has selected Frequentis’ voice communication system (VCS) for Doha International Airport main fire control station. Frequentis is supplying...

Chile chooses Frequentis again

Chilean ANSP DGAC has selected Frequentis’ VCS to provide voice communications at Valdivio, Osorno and Arica airports for delivery later...

Morocco selects Ricochet record and reply

Ricochet AS will supply screen recording for Menara Airport in Marrakech under a contract awarded through Italian company Selex S.I....

Harris backs up Baghdad

Harris ATM Solutions has been awarded a contract to provide a back-up air traffic control system for Baghdad International Airport...

STR order book grows

STR SpeechTech reports continued strong orders for its StarCaster ATIS solution. Over the past year, StarCaster was selected for installation...

Aspen-Pitkin County Airport selects Searidge intrusion detection system

Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (ASE) has selected Searidge Technologies to provide an intrusion detection solution for the perimeter adjoining the movement...

Cassidian certifies Mode 5

Cassidian reports completion of certification measurements of its MSSR 2000 I secondary radar by the AIMS programme office of the...

Luciad takes to the cloud

Luciad has recently developed a complete product portfolio that enables the development of cloud-based Geospatial Situational Awareness applications...

FAA selects Rockwell Collins' Head-up guidance

The FAA has selected Rockwell Collins' Head-up Guidance Systems (HGS) with synthetic and enhanced vision to support its NextGen implementation...

Raytheon and Lockheed Martin upgrade GPS

Raytheon and Lockheed Martin completed the first significant integration milestone between Raytheon's Global Positioning System (GPS) Next Generation Operational Control...

Indra buys Park Air Systems Norway for Eur42m

Indra acquired Park Air Systems Norway from its owner Northrop Grumman Denmark for Eur42 million in April 2012. The company...

Kenya selects Indra airport management solution

Kenyan air navigation service provider, KAA, has selected Indra to implement a system that will streamline planning of terminal operations...

Indonesia selects Rohde & Schwarz mobile IP-based control tower

Rohde & Schwarz has delivered a fully equipped R&S MX400 mobile air traffic control tower to the Indonesian air traffic...

Harris communications for Dominican Republic and Uruguay

Harris ATC Solutions (formerly Solacom) will supply its Liberty-STAR Voice Communication and Control System (VCCS) to the Cibao International Airport...

Slovenia Control upgrades to Comsoft ARTAS V8B system

Comsoft has secured a contract for two ARTAS systems with the new V8B baseline for the new ATC Centre in...

Frequentis delivers NASA VCS

The NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida has accepted two Mission Operation Voice Enhancement (MOVE) VCS3020 systems supplied by...

US Navy adds Raytheon radar delivery

The US Navy has purchased two more radar systems from Raytheon as part of a continuing effort to replace outdated...

FAA extends WAAS contract

The FAA has awarded Raytheon a two-year contract extension, first awarded in 2003, to continue to provide services for the...

NASA selects Saab Sensis airport surface management tool

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has selected Saab Sensis for the NASA Research Announcement (NRA) “Adaptation of a...

LightSquared amends Inmarsat agreement

LightSquared has reached agreement with Inmarsat to amend the cooperation agreement between the two companies to support its...

 
PEOPLE

People

The MITRE Corporation has appointed Lillian Zarrelli Ryals as vice president and deputy general manager of the Center for Advanced...

             
ATC Global 2012 conference nominated for Best CEO Conference ahead of UK Conference Awards...