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Passenger Traffic Shows Continued Strength
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for March showing strong demand growth led by emerging markets with all regions showing gains. Total traffic rose 5.9% compared to March 2012.
Part of the rise may be… Continue reading
Shared Virtual Sky: leading the way toward enhanced European air traffic management
Airbus ProSky is taking a high-profile role in developing Europe’s first airspace simulation platform that will be available to the aviation sector – which is called Shared Virtual Sky, and allows for accelerated innovation as well as the ability to… Continue reading
Lockheed Martin Demonstrates SESAR and NextGen Technologies at the World Air Traffic Management Congress
MADRID, Feb. 12, 2013 – Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] is presenting its safety and efficiency enhancing air traffic control technology demonstrations at the Civil Air Navigation Services Organization (CANSO) World Air Traffic Management (ATM) Congress.
“The SESAR and NextGen… Continue reading
Dubai airport traffic jumps 13 pct in 2012, overtakes HK
REUTERS
Passenger flows through Dubai’s main airport jumped 13.2 percent last year, helping the airport overtake Hong Kong to become the world’s third busiest for international passenger traffic, airport authorities said on Monday.
Dubai’s passenger traffic surged to 57.68 million… Continue reading
December traffic lowest in five years
Eurocontrol:
Figures for December 2012 show traffic decreasing by 5.6%, the lowest level of monthly traffic for five years. When it comes to delays, total Air Traffic Flow Management (ATFM) delays decreased by 2.1% compared with December 2011, with a… Continue reading
November traffic lowest in the past five years
As a result of the European day of action, there were 1,500 fewer flights on 14 November in European airspace as well as 250 cancellations the next day, due to the Marseille ACC strike. The latter also caused 49,000 minutes… Continue reading
SWIM is more than an acronym
Major progress has been made with SESAR’s System Wide Information Management (SWIM), the intranet of the future Air Traffic Management System. At the 2nd SWIM Demonstration day, on 15 November 2012, airports, weather & volcanic ash information providers, airlines… Continue reading
Traffic Growth Continues to Slow in September
Geneva – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global traffic results for September showing a continued slowdown in the rate of traffic growth. Demand for passenger traffic was 4.1% above the level of September 2011. For air cargo, demand… Continue reading
European traffic down 3% in September
European flights decreased by 3% in September 2012 compared with the same month last year.
Oil prices fell in October and are expected to fall further over the next five years due to the increasing global production capacity and the… Continue reading
International Day of the Controller: A nice opportunity to reflect on the hard work of Air Traffic Controllers
EUROCONTROL is delighted to join IFATCA, the International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers Association, in celebrating the International Day of the Air Traffic Controller on 20 October 2012.
“It’s a nice opportunity to reflect on the hard work of controllers,… Continue reading
EUROCONTROL finally some growth in European air traffic
Our latest News Digest shows that after three years of downturn and stagnation, European air traffic trends showed a welcome return to growth. In 2011, MUAC handled more than 1.5 million flights, achieving a new traffic record of 5,163 flights… Continue reading
IATA announced global traffic results for May
Geneva—The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global traffic results for May showing a general downward trend in line with deteriorating global economic conditions.
While passenger demand was 4.5% ahead of levels in May 2011, growth was virtually flat compared… Continue reading