DELIVERY OF CRITICAL DATA TO FLIGHT DECK

Anew flight data delivery solution for airlines developed jointly by teams at Boeing subsidiary Jeppesen and Boeing  Information Services slashes the time required to deliver and load vital flight data to an airplane. Application Data Enhanced Loading (ADEL) is a solution that reduces overall workload, network bandwidth requirements and costs associated with airline data operations. ADEL supports Boeing and Jeppesen Electronic Flight Bags.

TCAP AN ALTITUDE CAPTURE ENHANCEMENT

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Agrowing sense of alarm over the rising incidents of mid-air collisions and near misses, brought about the introduction of TCAS and today the sky is far safer to fly  in.  However, this also brought about an unwelcome and recurrent side effect that of nuisance or operationally undesired RA commands.

An operationally undesired RA is one that is triggered during 1000 ft level off manoeuvres, while the crew is operating within clearances granted. This normally occurs when the vertical closure rates are high. This accounts for almost 50 % of RAs encountered in today’s environment.

BIODIESEL TRIAL BY VIRGIN AUSTRALIA

Virgin group has always been at the forefront when it comes to emissions and pushing the boundaries to find solutions to contain emissions and be environment friendly.In a first for an Australian airline, Virgin Australia has launched a trial of environmentally-friendly biodiesel in its ground service equipment, according to press release by the airline.

A330 PASSENGER TO FREIGHTER PROGRAM

According to Airbus press release today,Airbus, ST Aerospace and EADS EFW have finalised the agreement to establish the collaboration for the launch of the A330 Passenger-to-Freighter (P2F) conversion programme. This follows the MoU announced at the Singapore Airshow in February this year setting out the project’s foundation and granting ‘Authorisation To Offer’ for the A330P2F.

ENFORCEMENT OF LASER PENALTIES BY FAA

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has directed its investigators and staff to pursue stiffer penalties for individuals who purposefully point laser devices at aircraft.This comes against the backdrop of increased laser pointing incidents.