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New roadmap into Northeast airspace

The FAA has issued a final decision for redesigning the New York, New Jersey and Philadelphia metropolitan airspace, but it is likely that airport neighbor

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September 26, 2007

Sensis concept targets runway incursions

Honeywell and Sensis demonstrated in August a concept of providing automated, individual voice warnings to pilots about to fall prey to a runway incursion

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September 26, 2007

CDAs may migrate to bizav sooner rather than later

With global shipping giant UPS leading the way, business jet operators may soon be able to take advantage of the latest GPS-based navigation system that al

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September 26, 2007

Honeywell’s own G450 SAAARS into MMU

Honeywell last week gave the first flight demonstrations of an RNP (required navigation performance) approach being developed at Morristown Municipal Airpo

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September 24, 2007

IBAC, NBAA team on CNS/ATM

The International Business Aviation Council (IBAC) and NBAA are forming a permanent global industry advisory group to gather input on the development of ne

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September 24, 2007

Full ADS-B rollout will take years

The FAA’s decision last month to award ITT Corp.

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September 21, 2007

ERA General Assembly: Issues new and old usher return to Athens

Delegates from Europe’s regional airlines are “delighted” to be returning to the Greek capital Athens for their annual general assembly (October 17-19) bec

September 21, 2007

Delta sees multifaceted benefits from CDA trials

Visitors who arrived at this year’s NBAA Convention on a commercial flight into Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson International Airport might have noticed a much

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September 20, 2007

‘Leading Aviation Experts’ Call For Privatized ATC

The Reason Foundation has assembled a group of nine “leading aviation experts”–including former DOT Secretary Jim Burnley, former FAA Administrator Langhor

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September 20, 2007

EC Promises to Clear the Air on Pax Rights

Regional airlines and politicians hope a new European Commission report on passenger rights expected this month will lead to clearer rules and more effecti

September 20, 2007

Lufthansa and DHL Plan New Cargo Airline with Boeing 777-200LRFs

Lufthansa and DHL today announced their establishment of a yet unnamed joint cargo airline to serve the fast-growing trade between Europe and Asia.

September 20, 2007

Key Votes on Emissions Trading in Europe Could Cement Aviation’s Role

The European Parliament and Council of the European Union are debating the inclusion of aviation in Europe’s Emissions Trading Scheme (a so-called “cap and

September 19, 2007

Transport Canada Issues Q400 AD

An Airworthiness Directive issued by Transport Canada yesterday requires a general visual inspection of the left and right main landing gear system and mai

September 13, 2007

Landing Gear Collapse Prompts Q400 Grounding

A second incident in three days involving collapsed landing gear on a Scandinavian Airlines Bombardier Q400 has prompted Bombardier to recommend that opera

September 12, 2007

Antonov and Xi’an Plan “Clean-sheet” 70-seat Turboprop

Ukraine’s Antonov has signed a memorandum of understanding with Xi’an Aircraft Company (XAC) to help develop a new 70-seat turboprop dubbed the MA700, acco

September 11, 2007

Boeing Delays 787 First Flight

Boeing now estimates that first flight of the 787 will happen sometime between mid-November and mid-December–at least three months later than originally pl

September 6, 2007