Connecting Skies • Bridging Continents
The Embraer Group technology company unveiled its next-generation ATFM solution at ICAO Air Navigation World 2026 in Montreal, designed to let air navigation service providers scale capabilities incrementally. Atech, an Embraer Group technology company, announced its next-generation Air Traffic Flow Management solutions at ICAO Air Navigation World 2026 in Montreal. The platform combines a modular, […]
The agency hired 2,235 controller trainees in Fiscal Year 2026, more than any year in its history, following a gamer-recruitment campaign that drew over 12,000 applications in 24 hours. The Federal Aviation Administration has exceeded its Fiscal Year 2026 goal, hiring 2,235 air traffic controller trainees, the most in FAA history. The record follows a
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The bill from Senator Eric Schmitt would build on last year’s $12.5 billion air traffic control investment with further funding for ATC modernisation, terminals and control towers, and draws support from major airline, pilot and controller groups. US Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) has introduced the Modern Skies Act, which would invest 30 billion dollars in
SENATOR INTRODUCES $30 BILLION MODERN SKIES ACT FOR AIRPORTS AND AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLRead More »
Two new southern gates are due to open in 2029, with planning now beginning on a further six gates to the north, as the terminal outgrows the passenger numbers it was built for. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s Board of Commissioners has authorised 110 million dollars toward two expansion projects at
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Luis Felipe Oliveira, who led Airports Council International World until 2024, says airports too often judge technology by its sophistication rather than by the passenger and revenue outcomes it is meant to deliver. AIRPORTS RISK POOR TECH RETURNS WITHOUT OUTCOME-LINKED RFPS, SAYS FORMER ACI CHIEF Airports risk spending money on technology that delivers only
FORMER ACI CHIEF WARNS AIRPORTS RISK WASTING TECH INVESTMENT WITHOUT CLEAR RFPSRead More »
Honeywell’s IntuVue RDR-7000 scans automatically from ground level to 60,000 feet and identifies turbulence, hail, lightning and windshear without the manual tilt and gain adjustment legacy radars required. The company’s case for it rests less on detection range than on what it removes from the pilot’s workload. WHAT OLDER RADARS ASKED OF THE CREW
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The FAA has announced 238 Airport Improvement Program grants worth nearly $615 million across 42 states and two territories. Analysis of the agency’s published grant tables shows the award is the fifth of six announcements this fiscal year, taking the FY2026 programme past $2.6 billion – and that 43 per cent of the grants are
A weather systems contract signed with Indonesia’s meteorological agency in 2024 has cleared its financing condition and will now proceed, covering automated observing systems at eight airports, wind shear alerting at four, and a volcanic ash dispersion capability for a country with an estimated 80 active volcanoes. A CONTRACT THAT WAITED TWO YEARS FOR ITS
Atlantic Aerodrome, a privately developed general aviation and turboprop facility approximately 40 minutes from Cape Town, will open with a grooved asphalt runway, full LED lighting for 24-hour operations and a planned GNSS instrument approach, designed in accordance with ICAO Annex 14 and SACAA Part 139 standards. THE RUNWAY MAKES THE CONCEPT A new
The Federal Aviation Administration has announced 339 Airport Infrastructure Grants totalling $870 million to airports in 44 states and two territories, led by $289 million to Los Angeles International Airport for a terminal access road. The award falls in the fifth and final year of the programme’s authorised funding under the 2021 infrastructure statute that
