International News

17 December 2011 – In June the FAA approved use of the Iridium satellite constellation for ATC voice and data communications, giving airlines and business jets a superior alternative to antiquated HF radio and FANS-1 data link services using Inmarsat. … Continue reading →

14-12-2011 – The deadline for fitment of Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) technology in aircraft operating within Australian airspace at and above 29,000 feet (FL290) is now less than two years away. Australia’s air traffic control surveillance future is tied … Continue reading →

 Oct. 4, 2011 — NATS, the leading provider of air traffic services and solutions in the United Kingdom, received the 2011 Air Traffic Control Association (ATCA) Earl F. Ward Memorial Award for their deployment of Saab AB subsidiary Saab Sensis … Continue reading →

EAST SYRACUSE, NY – June 27, 2011 – Avinor AS, the Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP) for Norway, has selected Sensis Corporation to deploy an Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B) system for the surveillance of helicopter traffic serving oil … Continue reading →

Watch live, ADS-B-derived, flight tracking over parts of Australia and many other countries via Flightradar24. Continue reading →

28 February 2011 – The Asia and Pacific Initiative to Reduce Emissions (ASPIRE), a partnership with the FAA’s counterparts and airlines in Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Singapore to reduce aviation’s impact on the environment, is moving beyond the demonstration … Continue reading →

WASHINGTON February 3, 2011 – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced today that the FAA and JetBlue have signed a NextGen agreement that will allow the airline to fly more precise, satellite-based flights from Boston and … Continue reading →

31 January 2011.- DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung, Germany’s air navigation services provider, introduced its new air traffic services (ATS) system P1/VAFORIT at Karlsruhe upper area control centre (UAC). January 2011 saw the successful conclusion of the initial operations phase. With more … Continue reading →

4 January 2011 – Spanish information technology company, Indra, has announced that it will implement its air traffic management systems in Xian and Chengdu control centres, which coordinate the upper airspace of eight Chinese provinces for the Air Traffic Management … Continue reading →

Monday 13 December 2010 Oil & Gas UK and NATS, the UK’s leading air navigation service provider, today announced the world’s first operational use of wide area multilateration technology for tracking offshore flights. Helicopters in transit to and from oil … Continue reading →