Winter 2007

Technology

 

FAA awards ADS-B and NextGen contract
Philip Moorcroft reports on the exciting news that the US plan to move ahead with ADS-B is now in the implementation phase

 

NavPortugal deploys PHOENIX radar tracker

 

Aena, DFS, NATS sign up to iTEC

 

European ANSP costs declining says new PRC report from Eurocontrol

 

News

 

Contract News

 

ADS-B comes of age (again)

 

New strategy positon at Sensis for Marc Viggiano

 

NavCanada appoints Rudy Kellar, vice president, operations

 

Blakey ends term and steps down as FAA administrator
Sturgell interim head, Krakowski to lead ATO

 

Krakowski the new Chew

 

Life after Blakey ...

 

Petr Materna retires as ANS Czech Republic DG
Materna has been the driving force behind ANS Czech Republic, perhaps the most highly regarded air navigation service provider in eastern and central Europe

 

Jan Klas takes over as Czech chief

 

McMillan new Eurocontrol DG

 

Sharif new CANSO industry affairs director

 

Weder starts as Skyguide CEO

 

Goater new CANSO comms director

 

Reinton appointed new NATS director

 

Jeppesen appoints Middle East strategic account manager

 

For the record

 

Single European Sky unable to work without controller support

 

Amsterdam braces itself for controllers
ATC Maastricht is no more. Next year the global air traffic meeting moves to Amsterdam. Con Mansell looks at the agenda and plans for the next exhibition and conference.

 

And the winners were...
In the last issue of Air Traffic Management we revealed the results of our poll of who our readers and the industry rated the best in the business.

 

ADS-B sweeps across Asia into the Pacific
Air navigation service providers across a large arc of Asia and the Pacific are starting to get excited about ICAO's recommendations for implementation of ADS-B in the region. SITA's Akhil Sharma highlights the key issues that must be resolved to pave the way for timely implementation

 

NavCanada puts ADS-B theory into practice
NavCanada is set to deploy new surveillance technology in the north of Canada and at two high-traffic areas in British Columbia. — bringing key efficiency benefits to customers and new safety tools to air traffic controllers.

 

Formulating the rules of the safety business
Pioneering programmes and initiatives to improve ANS safety and efficiency over a lifetime career at Airways New Zealand has led to some radical views on the right approach to ANS safety management. Air Traffic Management spoke to Phil Peguero, retiring systems safety manager at Airways.

 

First satellite-based precision approach for DFS at Bremen

 

Era awarded multilateration and ADS-B optimization patent