Sep/Oct 2000

ATCA's 45th Annual Meeting
ATCA 2000: Dawn of the Millennium

 

Corporate Developments

 

IATA predicts world air traffic growth pushed by Asia

 

Algeria upgrades air traffic system

 

Helsinki terminal control centre up and running

 

Beijing China gets ground control movement system

 

Honeywell testifies at US Congress aviation committee

 

October 13, 2000 -- ISIS LCD display debuts for ATC use

 

Making room with RVSM
Revised vertical separation minima, already utilised in the NAT airspace and the Pacific, is coming to Europe. Will it all be ready on time? Suzanne Christiansen reports.

 

FAA Declares War on Runway Incursions
As if 68 million aircraft operations a year is not enough to deal with, the Federal Aviation Administration forecasts a 35% increase in commercial airline flights and a 21% increase in general aviation operations in the next 10 years. Since, points out administrator Jane Garvey, this increase must be accommodated mostly on existing airport infrastructure; runway safety must be an urgent priority.

 

Alaska High
Hot GPS cockpit information displays are sure to rewrite the aviation accident statistics in Alaska. Carroll McCormick reports on the Capstone program.

 

Domesticating the Gulf
Deployment of VHF communication buoys is the first step in a planned overhaul of the archaic airspace system over the Gulf of Mexico. Carroll McCormick reports.

 

Silence on the water
Aircraft flying over the North Atlantic will no longer have to rely solely on HF radio transmissions with ADS set to be implemented using FANS-equipped aeroplanes.

 

Bringing Up Free Flight
Bill Cotton, airline captain and father of Free Flight, may have retired this summer, but he has no intention of giving up the cause. Carroll McCormick reports.

 

Next stop for Airways
Craig Sinclair foresees a day when four to six multi-national companies run the global air traffic systems, and he intends that Airways New Zealand be part of the new order.

 

Eurocontrol’s 1999 Performance Review Commission
The 1999 report showed more delays but progress on some air traffic control conundrums. A summary.

 

Under Surveillance