Aviation Intelligence Reporter – August 2011

Written by Admin-AIR-NEw on . Posted in 2011, AIR


Fiddling while Rome burns
Airspace reform begins at home – the airport
Biz-Av 2011 – how’s the weather?
SESAR: A bargain at €2.3 million per aircraft
The Vision (2050) Thing
Aviation Advocacy Annual Cryptic Crossword 003

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Fiddling while Rome burns

A sizable school of thought says the USA governance model is broken. Designed in the eighteenth century to accommodate the requirements of distant, disparate States in a huge country with a population of less than three million, the American system simply may not scale to today’s realities.
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Airspace reform begins at home – the airport

There is only one substantive issue on the table in Europe at the moment, and that is deployment of the SESAR-mandated equipment. As the next article shows, this is a discussion about money as much as anything else.
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SESAR: A bargain at €2.3 million per aircraft

Simon McNamara, deputy director general of the European Regions Airlines Association summed up the problems that aircraft operators have with SESAR at a recent ATC conference. ‘What do I need to buy, when do I need to buy it, what will it cost and what will be the benefits?….I don’t know of any technology project of this magnitude which would not now be focusing on the end customers and bringing the customers along….’ It is hard to argue with any of the questions. br/> …

Biz-Av 2011 – how’s the weather?

There are unresolved debt crises in Europe and the US. The global financial system again teeters on the brink of chaos. Therefore it should be no surprise that the business aviation industry, still largely dependent on western economies, continues to stagnate, three years after it collapsed in 2008.
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The Vision (2050) Thing

As we have previously noted, most leaders start by setting out their vision. Giovanni Bisignani, formally the director general and now ‘Director General Emeritus’ (believe it or not) of IATA, ended with his. It is called ‘Vision 2050’.
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Aviation Advocacy Annual Cryptic Crossword 003

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