May/Jun 2002

News
NATS North Sea restructuring; CAA denies NATS fee increase

 

Corporate developments

 

19 June 2002 - European skies on strike; budget airlines cut corners?

 

25 June – CFMU assesses strike plans, readies for possible UK move

 

CANSO rings the changes
The CANSO meeting in Spier, South Africa showed that the organisation is growing up. Suzanne Christiansen reports.

 

South Africa on the move

 

Africa fly-in
African airports may be the world’s first users of International Civil Aviation Organisation-endorsed, public Global Navigation Satellite System approach and departure procedures. Carroll McCormick reports.

 

Spectrum under siege
The United States Federal Communications Commission’s February decision to permit the use of Ultra Wide Band devices could precipitate an aviation crisis. Carroll McCormick reports.

 

Designing the digital future
Voice communications are the present and foreseeable future of air traffic control, but digital communications may get to the front of the plane yet. Suzanne Christiansen reports.

 

De-conflicting the medium term
The Malmö trials for medium term conflict detection (MTCD) tools are working to make the task more certain than it is today. Suzanne Christiansen reports.

 

Flight to technology
The aviation downturn may be hitting the aircraft finance market hard but qualified technology equipment (QTE) arrangers are still closing deals on aviation assets, including air traffic control. Caroline Boyce reports.

 

Under surveillance

 

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