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Friday, September 5, 2008
AAAE Task Force Issues Report, Recommendations
In a wide-ranging report which includes suggestions for 9/11-like government bailouts of both airlines and airports as well as easing rules on foreign ownership, the AAAE Energy/Air Service Task Force issued recommendations from its July summit addressing three fronts – national... [read more]
September 3, 2008 N/A
NTSB Probes Aviation Incidents
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating two runway incursion incidents and an aircraft separation incident, all of which occurred in a two-day period. A regional jet narrowly missed a general aviation aircraft during a nighttime landing at...
September 1, 2008 Avionics
People
Ray Miller Universal Avionics, Tucson, Ariz., promoted Ray Miller to vice president and general manager of its Instrument Division, located in Duluth, Ga. In this new position, Miller will oversee engineering design and certification of the company’s...
September 1, 2008 Avionics
Industry Scan
With EDO Purchase ITT Is Poised For Bigger Piece Of EW Market ITT Corp. foresees double-digit annual growth of its Electronic Systems group, helped by the recent addition of the former EDO Corp. The market for electronic warfare (EW) systems is seen as...
September 1, 2008 Avionics
New Products
Data Converter Certification AgiLynx, of Billerica, Mass., completed software verification and environmental and Electromagnetic Compatibility testing of its Lynx Series Protocol Converters, which are designed for airborne applications. The converter...
September 1, 2008 Avionics
Calendar
September 8-11 World Airline Entertainment Association (WAEA) 29th Annual Conference & Exhibition, Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center, Long Beach, Calif. Contact WAEA, 703-610-9021 or visit www.waea.org. 8-11 Autotestcon Systems Readiness...
September 1, 2008 Avionics
Surface Safety
Everyone has heard the old joke that the most dangerous part of flying is the drive to the airport. But what fewer people realize is that once you reach the airport and board the aircraft, the next most dangerous part of the trip happens when the aircraft is...
September 1, 2008 Avionics
NextGen Now
Florida, already the location of an "Airport of the Future" project to demonstrate emerging technologies, has been designated as a testbed to expedite the use of Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) procedures and technologies. As...
August 29, 2008 N/A
FAA Stops EWR Slot Auction
After the Federal Aviation Administration ordered the Department of Transportation to stop plans to auction slots at Newark, Continental Airlines and the Air Transport Association applauded the order which halted the planned September 3 auction. FAA Chief...
August 27, 2008 N/A
FAA Investigates PANYNJ on Slot Action
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) yesterday initiated an administrative proceeding, known as a notice of investigation, to determine whether the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will violate federal regulations if it follows through with its...
August 27, 2008 N/A
FAA Meltdown
The system came to a screeching halt yesterday as an FAA computer system that processes flight plans at a facility outside Atlanta failed about 1:30 pm Eastern time at a time when...
August 27, 2008 N/A
Multilateration at Stockholm-Arlanda
In less than 18 months from contract award, Sensis Corporation’s Multistatic Dependent Surveillance (MDS) multilateration is now fully operational at Stockholm-Arlanda Airport. The system is fully integrated into Arlanda’s Advanced –...
August 25, 2008 N/A
Commentary: FAA Does Not Trust Itself
As the Federal Aviation Administration faces more Congressional questioning of its oversight programs, one of the alphabet soup groups has actually quantified the FAA’s lack of standardization actually costs just one part of the industry. The aviation...
August 25, 2008 N/A
Happy Birthday, FAA
“The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is celebrating its half-century as the “nation’s guardian of aviation safety and maestro of the intricate air traffic ballet that carries more than two million people to their destinations every...
August 25, 2008 N/A
Labor Day Pax to Drop 5.7 Percent
The Air Transport Association of America forecasts that 16 million passengers will travel globally on U.S. airlines during the 2008 Labor Day holiday period, spanning Wed., Aug. 27 through Wed., Sept. 3. This is a decline of 5.7 percent from the 17 million...
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