February 10, 2012

Airbus Conducts 4-D Trajectory Management Test

Airbus has conducted what it is calling the world's first flight using a four-dimensional optimized and upgraded air traffic management (ATM) technology to fly more accurate and efficient routes, the airframe manufacturer said Friday. The test, using Airbus's dedicated A320 test aircraft flying from Toulouse, France, to Copenhagen...

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  • Air France Selects Lufthansa Flight Planning System

    February 8, 2012 | Air France selected Lufthansa Systems' Lido/Flight flight planning system, which calculates optimal flight routes, under a five-year contract announced Tuesday. The system, a component of the Integrated Operations Control Center (IOCC) from Lufthansa Systems...

  • Congress Passes Long-Awaited  FAA Reauthorization

    February 7, 2012 | Congress passed long-awaited, long-term FAA funding authorization on Monday, funding the agency through 2015 and giving a big boost to the agency's multi-billion-dollar Next Generation Air Transportation (NextGen) initiative. The four-year...

  • ATC Global Announces 2012 Seminars, Workshops

    February 2, 2012 | Workshops and conference sessions at this year's ATC Global Exhibition and Conference will bring together leaders in the international air traffic management community, discussing the regulatory and technological issues facing the future of the global...

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  • Thales to Provide Air Navigation Systems for Mexico

    January 23, 2012 | Thales has been selected to provide air traffic control systems for Mexico's air navigation service provider SENEAM, the company said Monday. Under the terms of the contract, Thales will provide its Instrumental Landing System (ILS) associated with Distance...

  • JetBlue to Use PASSUR Traffic Management System

    January 20, 2012 | JetBlue Airways selected the Integrated Traffic Management System from PASSUR Aerospace for deployment at its system operations center and throughout its network, the companies announced Thursday. The system is a web-hosted integrated business...

  • Thales ATC Center Operational in Namibia

    January 10, 2012 | The new Namibian air traffic control center, equipped with Thales systems, is now operational in Windhoek, Thales said Tuesday. Under the contract, which Thales signed three years ago, Thales supplied its Eurocat...