Following the loss of Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 shortly after it took off from Tehran on Wednesday morning, the UK’s Department for Transport has issued two NOTAMS advising UK airlines to avoid entering Iraqi […]
Sweden’s first new airport in 20 years opened on December 22. Sälen, Scandinavian Mountains Airport (IATA: SCR) is making Sweden’s biggest skiing region more easily accessible for Swedish and foreign skiing tourists. Saab Digital Air […]
Recent research from UK air service provider, NATS, and the research consultancy, Savanta ComRes, shows an overwhelming majority of the British public (81%) have a positive view of aviation, which they see as important both […]
The Spanish air navigation service provider, ENAIRE, has brought into service a new secondary radar on the island of Mallorca, in the town of Randa, Spain. It provides coverage and surveillance service for flights in […]
In November, NATS handled 181,523 flights in UK airspace, 2.3% less air traffic when compared to November 2018. However, traffic for the year has increased by 0.9% overall. Both of NATS’ air traffic control (ATC) […]
An innovative cross border arrival management system known as XMAN has gone into operation at Gatwick following a successful SESAR trial run by NATS and its partners across Europe. XMAN’s success relies on the sharing […]
Travellers due to travel through French airspace face five days of chaos because of a national strike against plans for pension reform with hundreds of flights already cancelled. Britain’s biggest budget airline, easyJet, has cancelled […]
Belgian military and civil air traffic controllers at Eurocontrol’s Maastricht Upper Area Control Centre (MUAC) are now working with a single air traffic management (ATM) system. Air traffic control services in Belgian and Luxembourg airspace […]
Capacity at major airports could be boosted by five per cent by allowing smaller aircraft to land further down the runway. Wake vortex restrictions at major airports cause a significant reduction in capacity but allowing […]
A federal tribunal in Switzerland has acquitted the air traffic controller at the centre of a double take-off in March 2011 at Zurich Airport, clearing him of any allegations of negligent disruption of public transport. […]
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