The impact on the rules governing the air travel industry from the Corona virus outbreak is beginning to show. Normally, demand is over capacity, and regulation mechanisms such as airport slots are in place to ensure the precious capacity is used well. This includes the "use it or lose it" rule, ensuring that airlines don't abuse the mechanism by holding slots they don't use. But now that demand is temporarily and sharply down, the EU has just suspended the rule in order to give the airlines some breathing space. Read more on this and how it effects ATC.
In addition, more events are cancelled or postponed, including Airport Automation and Innovation and Passenger and Terminal Expo. Check our events page for details and update your calendars.
Indra to modernise Uzbekistan ATM and CNS - Indra will completely modernise Uzbekistan's air navigation infrastructure, renovating the route and approach control centres in Tashkent and Samarkand, as well as the terminal control centres in Bukhara and Urgench. Indra will also provide a simulator to reinforce the training of air traffic controllers.
SITTI delivers second lot of VCSs to India - The contract between SITTI and AAI (Airport Authority of India) is a very large one, including a multitude of systems to be deployed nationwide. This major contract for Supply Installation Testing & Commissioning (SITC) of a large number of Voice Communication Systems (VCS) and Voice Recording Systems (VRS) is divided into 5 consignment lots, corresponding to 5 big areas in the Indian subcontinent.
EUROCONTROL, SESAR JU and ACI EUROPE launch new initiative for sustainable airport operations - Speaking to 400 delegates from airports, airlines, air navigation service providers and industry, Eamonn Brennan said “We need to be able to meet future demand through sustainable operations. We need airports to be fully connected with the rest of the European network. To achieve that, we need to integrate them digitally with the EUROCONTROL Network Manager.
to70 on best-planned best-served in A-CDM - EUROCONTROL and many of the European airports that utilise Airport CDM have adopted the concept of ‘Best Planned, Best Served’ in their operational procedures for the airlines. The aim is to boost adherence to procedures and targets, yet few airports actively monitor and steer on this performance.
UK will leave EASA - This is one of the effects of Brexit. The UK will leave EASA, which is amongst other regulating ANSPs and airports across Europe.
Reports and data
LFV reports decline in air traffic in 2019 - In 2019 air traffic in Swedish airspace declined for the first time since 2012. The number of aircraft movements was 774,000.
Research and innovation
Aireon and EUROCONTROL sign agreement to enhance air traffic flow management in Europe - Space-based ADS-B will help EUROCONTROL provide improved predictability in the European ATM Network and develop applications to contribute to the improvement of capacity, operational efficiency and environmental impact, supporting sustainable growth in aviation.
FAA UAS and UTM ConOps version 2.0 is published - The concept of operations for drones by the US Federal Aviation Administration is one of the most important documents in UTM and it will certainly set directions in this domain.
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