ATM ModernizationThe Chicken and the Egg The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA’s) decision in late May to shelve plans that would expand its controller pilot data link communications (CPDLC) coverage beyond the airspace served by the Miami air route…
ATM ModernizationHow an Irish Carrier Seeks More Green Dublin-based Ryanair is about to join the assembly of airlines employing operational flight data monitoring to enhance operations safety, proficiency and cost savings. However, the Irish low-cost carrier (LCC) is taking a…
CommercialBoeing: Integrated Avionics Takes Another Step Forward In the Boeing 777’s first major avionics upgrade since its introduction in 1995, the distinctive twin-engine widebody jet will sport a leaner, yet more capable integrated avionics system and optional cockpit-mounted electronic…
Business & GABizjet Avionics: In the Vanguard Almost 21 years ago, in September 1992, Boeing invited a group of journalists to fly from Seattle to Chicago, to mark the first customer delivery, to United Airlines, of the company’s new,…
CommercialEditor's Note: Missile Defense on Airliners Who would have thought it would come to this? First we have commercial airline pilots carrying guns. Now a bill in the U.S. Congress proposes that airliners be equipped with anti-missile systems.…
Business & GACharles Keegan: Point Man for U.S. Airspace Modernization Modernizing the U.S. airspace system can be challenging in the best of times. But now, funding is more constrained although air traffic growth is inevitable, making the challenge greater. In the center…
Editor's NotePARR: Resolving Problems Strategically A tool for Free Flight, URET is being enhanced to automatically provide controllers with resolutions for conflicts with aircraft, airspace and even weather. The results are to achieve safer, more efficient and…
Editor's NotePerspectives: Quality-Assured Data from EAD Starting June 6, 2003, the new European AIS database (EAD) from Eurocontrol will contribute to increase flight safety by improving the quality and time-critical availability and accessibility of aeronautical information. Aeronautical information…