Content Archive: May 2008

ATC

Washington Report: Senators back Loran-C

Three senators have written Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta in support of continuing the loran-C navigation system, as recently announced by the DOT
Training and Workforce

Communication is key to managing a flight department

Communication is key to any organization, and aviation departments are no exception.
Avionics

Avionics Update: ACSS unveils combined TCAS, TAWS

Aviation Communications & Surveillance Systems (ACSS), a joint-venture company owned by L-3 Communications and Thales Avionics, plans to certify a comb
ATC

Vancouver Harbour ATC cab towers high over all the rest

Okay trivia buffs, where’s the highest control tower in the world? Before you say Quito, La Paz or Kathmandu, an extra qualifier–the highest above the land
Avionics

Thales wants bigger slice of bizjet avionics

Thales announced it is aiming to become a major supplier of avionics systems to the business aviation market, challenging the likes of Honeywell and Rockwe
Charter & Fractional

Soccer in Moscow drives jet charters

If parts of northern Europe were overshadowed yesterday by large numbers of aircraft flying east, it was not the much-vaunted arrival of very-light jets bu
Regulations and Government

EBAA outlines CO2 proposal

EBAA here on Tuesday outlined its proposal for carbon offset pooling as an alternative means of compliance for the European Union emission trading scheme (
FBOs

New FBO Planned for Malaysia’s Subang Airport

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Aircraft

Fill ’Er Up with Biofuel

Honeywell Aerospace, along with Honeywell subsidiary UOP, Airbus, JetBlue and International Aero Engines (IAE), are joining efforts to develop a sustainabl
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Aircraft finance firms striking gold here

Noticing that aircraft finance companies were more prominent here this year, EBACE Convention News did a quick walkabout to see when they first had booths