NEW ATC TOOLS

BY JONATHAN THOMSONPERHAPS the greatest dilemma facing air transport in the new millennium is the need to balance the demand for airspace from passenger and cargo carriers, with the expectation of ever-improving safety in our skies.Through its Safety Regulation Commission (SRC), Eurocontrol coordinates efforts to achieve consistent high levels of safety in air traffic management within the European Civil Aviation Conference, (ECAC), area. However, in order to meet the anticipated doubling of air traffic by 2020, Eurocontrol also sees enhanced capacity as a major ...


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