Netherlands in Single Airspace with Five Neighbours 25/07/2008
04.09.2008.
Netherlands and five countries in its vicinity have taken the next towards the formation of a single combined airspace. Their Functional Airspace Block (FAB) is eventually intended to lead to a Single European Sky. The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, Luxembourg and Switzerland are working on a treaty whereby the country borders will disappear for air traffic. The pact should be signed in...
Inadequate staffing holds Australia's air traffic "ransom" says Virgin Blue CEO , 25/07/2008
04.09.2008.
The Airservices Australia’s management of the country’s air traffic control has been criticised by Virgin Blue’s CEO Brett Godfrey for its lack of staffing. Airlines were suffering, Godfrey said, from strict curfew rules and a traffic control system that would turn chaotic when staff called in sick. "It's pretty infuriating that about a dozen people can hold the country to ransom,"...
