ENAIRE has put new landing approach procedures based on the GPS constellation and European EGNOS satellite navigation system, into operation for threshold 03 at the César Manrique-Lanzarote Airport. Lanzarote is the first airport in the Canary […]
The Channel Islands airfields of Jersey and Guernsey have become the first airfields in the British Isles and the UK to implement Localiser Performance with Vertical Guidance (LPV- 200) approaches using the European Stationary Geospatial […]
General Aviation (GA) pilots could soon be flying instrument procedures with radius-to-fix (RF) legs with avionics in use today. GAINS – General Aviation Improved Navigation and Surveillance, is a project co-funded by the SESAR Joint […]
European satellite services provider ESSP is warning of the potentially critical consequences of ‘GPS Week Rollover’ and is urging airspace users to check their GPS receivers as a priority. Industry experts are warning that on, or possibly […]
Engineers at Switzerland’s skyguide have added VOR (VHF Omnidirectional Radio Range) measurement capabilities as a new feature to its method of measuring navigation equipment with the support of drone technology. The measurements are taken while […]
Indra will equip eight Argentine airports, including Ushuaia Airport, the southernmost city on the planet, with new instrument landing systems (ILS) that will increase operational safety in low visibility conditions. After winning this contract, the […]
French air navigation service provider DSNA has been using a mixed landing PBN/ILS concept at Paris-CDG and Paris-Le Bourget airports since early October paving the way for offering a ‘most capable, best served’ service in […]
The European GNSS Agency (GSA) and the SESAR Deployment Manager (SDM) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on future cooperation to modernise European Air Traffic Management by leveraging Galileo and EGNOS systems. Both EGNOS and […]
GBAS flight trials have been successfully carried out by Indra at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) for the Civil Aviation Department of Hong Kong. The flight trials, which took place during November and early December […]
The Agency for the Safety of Air Navigation in Africa and Madagascar (ASECNA) has tasked Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between France’s Thales and Italy’s Leonardo, with carrying out a preliminary design study as […]
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