Expanding Heathrow – Ongoing Challenges
The Economist reports that expanding Heathrow continues to be a struggle. To try better understand what is at play here, we spoke with UK-based aviation consultant John Strickland of JLS Consulting. Views: 42
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Rogue Truckers Negatively Impact Aviation
Who would think that truck drivers could impact aviation? But an alarming trend is becoming a problem. Some truck drivers don’t want to be tracked via GPS, and purchase black market GPS-blockers to ensure their employers can’t find out where…
Rockwell Collins wins FAA contract
Rockwell Collins has been awarded a seven year contract with the FAA to provide the company’s oceanic data link (ODL) service to enable real-time data communications between pilots and air traffic controllers, allowing aircraft to fly more efficient routes to…
ICAO Recommends 15 Minute Reporting Standard
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the UN body with representation from 191 countries, last week came up with a recommendation for tracking of commercial aircraft once every 15 minutes in the wake of Malaysian 370, Air France 447 and…
2014 EFB Report
AirInsight is pleased to announce publication of its 2014 EFB Report. With a foreword by Kevin Hiatt SVP Safety & Flight Operations IATA, Montreal, Canada, the report is packed with 56 pages of content. The report contains 59 charts and…
NATO and Russian pilots are getting too close
Take a look at this short video. Norwegian Armed Forces on Sunday released a video of a Russian fighter jet flying uncomfortably close to a Norwegian F-16, highlighting the potential collision risks involved when intercepting Russian aircraft on behalf of…