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Airports Authority of India modernising its air traffic servicesOne of India's prominent magazines, Frontline, reports that India’s civil aviation sector is booming with more than 20 per cent growth in the number of air passengers each year. To support and sustain this growth, the Government is improving air traffic services and is proposing to invest $9 billion by 2010 as part of its aviation infrastructure modernisation plan. |
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Americas
ICAO Safety Audit Gives U.S. High MarkThe U.S. aviation system received a score of 91 out of 100 in a new safety audit released by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the United Nations agency that oversees international civil aviation.
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Europe
Sensis Multilateration Operational at Stockholm-Arlanda AirportIn less than 18 months from contract award, Sensis Corporation’s Multistatic Dependent Surveillance (MDS) multilateration is now fully operational at Stockholm-Arlanda Airport. |
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Contracts
Vietnam ATM Chooses COMSOFT AIS SolutionCOMSOFT has been awarded a contract for the provision of a fully Automated AIS-AIM for the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
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Europe
Increased punctuality despite increase in traffic for skyguideIn the first six months of 2008 skyguide controlled 620 406 flights. Despite a growth in traffic of + 3.7% over the same period last year, skyguide reduced the number of delayed flights significantly. Overall, 97% of all flights handled by skyguide were punctual. |
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Technology
JAL Trials User Preferred Route (UPR) System between Japan & HawaiiOn August 11 2008 the JAL Group started trials of User Preferred Route (UPR) for flights between Japan and Hawaii. If adopted on Hawaii routes, this flight path planning system will enable the airline group to reduce both its fuel consumption and CO2 emissions, helping to reduce its fuel bill as well as its environmental footprint. |
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Technology
ASPIRE Programme to demonstrate potential to reduce carbon emissions by millions of tonnesAir New Zealand and key aviation partners will demonstrate the potential for the commercial aviation industry to reduce carbon emissions by millions of tonnes annually, with a test flight between Auckland and San Francisco. |
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People
Aitken named CFO for Nav CanadaNav Canada's acting VP finance, CFO and treasurer, Brian Aitken, will take on the role permanently effective 1 September.
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Americas
Nav Canada adapts Nav ChargesPrivately-run Nav Canada is introducing the final phase of adjustments to the weight exponent for its terminal service charge and terminal components for daily charges.
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People
Chairman of LVNL Executive Board to Become Top Government ConsultantAs of 1 October, the chairman of the executive board of Air Traffic Control the Netherlands (LVNL), Mr G.H. (Eric) Kroese, is to begin consulting the Government of the Netherlands on the realisation of its European aviation policy.
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Technology
Sensis Providing Wide Area Multilateration to Eight ANSPsEight Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs) around the world have chosen Sensis Corporation’s multilateration technology, Multistatic Dependent Surveillance (MDS), to meet diverse wide area surveillance challenges.
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