Mar/Apr 2001

Corporate developments

 

22 March 2001 -- EU contacts country heads to unblock air traffic impasse

 

Now in the Future
The emergence of 3D tower training simulators in the 1990s provided a revolutionary finishing school for controllers. Now they are becoming a "must-have" tool for airport designers. Carroll McCormick investigates.

 

Bringing up CANSO
The fledging Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation (CANSO) moves into its fourth year with a full-time secretary general at the helm. An interview with Alexander ter Kuile by Suzanne Christiansen.

 

Under the weather
Precision Runway Monitor permits simultaneous independent IFR approaches to closely-spaced parallel runways. Carroll McCormick looks at this tool and the procedures that make it work.

 

Under surveillance

 

Blueprint for a Corporatised FAA: Nav Canada

 

Reaching the top of the world

 

Controlling the 21st Century
A new radar training simulator is a linchpin in Hungary’s determination to facilitate the expeditious movement of aircraft and international air traffic control students through its airspace. Carroll McCormick reports.

 

On the front lines
Today’s controllers say they want more company but continue to be relaxed about the job, according to our second Air Traffic Management survey.

 

ATC Maastricht 2001
The show highlighted new innovations, name changes and alliances. Suzanne Christiansen reports.

 

27 March -- UK names Airline Group as preferred bidder for PPP