Safety
Flight Planning Rule Changes for Canada
Airspace updates in eastern Canada will continue throughout this year

Crews using the new Gander Oceanic Transition Area (GOTA)—an extra flight information region (FIR) boundary adjacent to the North Atlantic airspace and inland fixes into the U.S.—can expect air traffic system updates that began last spring to continue throughout the remainder of this year. The continuous improvements in GOTA, created within the Gander oceanic control area, are the result of new flight data processing and datalink capabilities that include the establishment of new smaller sectors in eastern Canada for improved service.