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RSS airportsNASA demos future air traffic control technology
News It will eventually distribute real-time 3-D images of flight patterns over a private network to international airports. The National Aeronautical and Space Agency (NASA) has launched the start of what could be the... [16 Dec 1999]
Lack of Y2K preparation prompts US warning to air travellers
News Inspector General Kenneth Mead, of the US department of transport, told a senate committee that these smaller carriers and airports handle about 5 per cent of air traffic to and from the United States. [30 Sep 1999]
BT brings Netphones to the masses
News The UK telco said it will install 1,000 of the devices in railway stations, airports and shopping centres across the UK. BT has unveiled the Multiphone - a kiosk service which will provide Net access, email and... [16 Jul 1999]
BA planes get Y2K green light
News While fears remain that the bug could cause most damage at airports and air traffic control centres, BA claimed passenger fears have now been allayed, as bookings for the period are up 150 per cent. British Airways has... [07 Jul 1999]
Automated air traffic system prepares for take-off
News The researchers hope that the system will allow airports to raise the limits on the number of flights they can handle simultaneously. A fully automatic air traffic control system is being tested in the UK. [01 Jun 1999]
Airport network touches down ahead of schedule
News Hampshire-based networking reseller, Milgo Solutions, completed the networking of the three major Scottish airports - Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen - on Friday, a year ahead of schedule. The £3.5m project provides ATM... [01 Jun 1999]
Milan airport in systems chaos
News A spokesman for Societa Esercizi Aeroportuali (SEA) - the organisation which runs Milan's Malpensa and Linate airports - said blame for the fiasco could be shared "fifty-fifty" between system malfunction and human error. [27 Oct 1998]
KLM warns airports are still vulnerable to the millennium bug
News Rens also warned that if planes are kept on the ground because airports are not ready, the loss of revenue could leave many airlines facing bankruptcy within six months. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has taken the unusual... [20 Oct 1998]
High-tech solution to UK traffic problem
News Trials will begin on the M4 corridor and the M25 between Gatwick and Heathrow airports at the start of next year. The UK Highways Agency is to use IT to increase road safety. Vehicles will have computers built into their... [04 Aug 1998]
In brief: Police fight World Cup hooligans with digital help
News The National Criminal Intelligence Service, based in London, is using digital cameras to track fans arriving at French ports and airports. UK police are using digital imagery to help their French counterparts combat... [26 Jun 1998]
