International Operations

AIN 2013 International Operations

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An old French proverb reminds us “the more things change, the more they stay the same.” For international flight departments, planning a trip outside the U.S. means focusing on many of the same topics crews consider for a flight inside the U.S.: weather, navigation, customs and immigration, air traffic control, security, medical and a half dozen more. But woe to the company that believes launching for Tokyo, Beijing or Lagos is only a slightly more complex version of Knoxville-Denver…because it’s not even close.