Spring 2006

US to rule on ADS-B roll out
The US Federal Aviation Administration looks set to announce its plans for a nationwide launch of ADS-B in the summer. So far all the signs coming out of its Washington headquarters are positive. But given the FAA's equivocations in the past, how much of a foregone conclusion is this?

 

Europe's next big thing
Recent FAA announcements that it plans to integrate ADS-B across the US into its air traffic management system look promising, but Eurocontrol's CASCADE programme appears to be well ahead of the game, reports Michael Halls.

 

Turning theory into reality: ADS-B in Australia
Continent wide air traffic control surveillance will become a reality when Airservices Australia a network of ADS-B ground stations commissioned to be installed this year and next become operational.

 

Jobs lost as Airservices Australia restructures

 

Coutu takes senior Canadian slot in appeal tribunal

 

Avinor chief resigns as union pressure mounts

 

Scandinavian ATS academy 'Entry Point North'created

 

Avinor chief resigns as union pressure mounts

 

Scandinavian ATS academy 'Entry Point North'created

 

Chew announces restructuring of ATO

 

DeGaetano steps down, Jim Washington steps up at ATO

 

ATNS' Bradshaw calls it a day after 36 years

 

Bollinger resigns from ATCA, Castleberry to fill breach

 

Fisher joins NGATS Institute

 

Inspector-general Mead to retire in February

 

DFS recognises unions, resolves pay dispute

 

Koch becomes new CEO of The Tower Company

 

NAMA gets new director-general

 

Industry veteran Voss moves from FAA to ICAO

 

Two sales directors for NATS

 

L-3 picks Morrish as CTO and Osbourne for acquisitions

 

News Briefs

 

One more cup of coffee

 

Lessors fight back
Many lessors now feel that Europe is one of the riskiest places to lease aircraft. And one of the reasons? Eurocontrol. Alasdair Whyte reports.

 

ATNS: the next step forward
Last summer Wrenelle Stander took over as head of South Africa's highly successful air navigation service provider ATNS. So what are her plans for the future?

 

Technology news round up

 

ANSP news round up

 

Contract news round up

 

A year in the chair
Since his appointment as chairman of CANSO Ashley Smout, CEO of Airways New Zealand, has probably spent more days stuck in planes criss-crossing the globe than most people would care to think about. Air Traffic Management asked him how, with almost a year of work behind him, his time has panned out.