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Ryanair eyes transatlantic market
Irish budget airline Ryanair plans to offer flights between Europe and the US in four to five years.
Cockpit cams divide opinion
The National Transportation Safety Bureau (NTSB)’s recent call for cockpit video recorders in the wake of the AirAsia and Malaysia Airlines disasters has been dismissed by the world’s largest pilots union as a “premature overreaction”. The US’s most powerful aviation safety organisation reiterated in January a previous proposal to the Federal Aviation Administration for a protected system able to provide a visual record of the last two hours of crashed flights to investigators.
NATS and ARPAS UK team up on safe drone use
The UK’s main air navigation service provider and the trade association that represents drone users have joined forces to promote the safe use of remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS).
NATS will work with ARPAS UK to help operators of the increasingly popular appliances understand their responsibilities.
Airports’ key role in European economy revealed
Airports account for roughly 4.1% of European GDP, an independent report claims. ‘The Economic Impact of European Airports’ by ACI Europe reveals that the travel hubs employ 12.3 million people, earning €356 billion, and generating an overall annual total of €675 billion.
NATS: one million tons of CO2 saved every year
Changes to British air traffic control are saving one million tons of CO2 every year, according to the UK’s main air navigation service provider. NATS claims that a combination of more direct routes and improved vertical profiles, more efficient procedures and advances in technology add up to annual fuel savings worth more than £115m.
Common sense: IATA’s Common Use Vision 2020
Streamlining airport services is at the forefront of industry operations. With its Common Use Vision 2020, IATA has common use firmly in its sights. Magali Collot, development manager in the passenger team, explains the details to Future Airport.
Rebranding: what’s in a name?
The trend for renaming airports after a region’s most famous faces is well known, but what are the commercial reasons behind it, and are airport operators going a step too far in the search for non-aeronautical revenue?
INTERPOL: identity crisis
Thousands of passports are registered lost or stolen each year, much to the delight of criminals who exploit them for fraud and worse crimes. In the eyes of law-enforcement agencies, this situation is exacerbated when border-control agencies don’t screen passenger documents rigorously enough. Chris Godfrey speaks to director of strategic planning Pieter Deelman to find out how INTERPOL’s new I-Checkit system aims to overcome the limitations of airport security operations.
Virgin Atlantic: style and substance
Millions fly every year, spending many hours in airports that often prioritise pragmatic concerns over style. Fresh from his work as head of design for Virgin Atlantic, Luke Miles talks to Oliver Hotham about how airlines that care about customer experience can improve an airport’s look and create an integrated design experience from check-in desk to airplane seat.
Brazil: under starter’s orders
Brazil’s success in securing contracts to host two of the world’s largest sporting events prompted serious investment in the country’s infrastructure, not least in its aviation capabilities. Now, with the World Cup out of the way and the Olympics to come, those infrastructure investments are poised to pay off for Brazilian operators. Bob Moser has the inside track.