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1995
1995 - 0012.PDF
AIR TRANSPORT Eurocontrol agrees on central European unit JULIAN MOXON/PARIS EUROCONTROL has agreed on the basic details for the creation of a common centre for the control of upper airspace in Austria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovenia and northern Italy. Legal, operational and financial principles for the Central European Air Traffic Services (CEATS) centre have been settled, with final agreement expected this year. The agreement is a major step in the creation of CEATS, although important political details, such as which country will host the centre, have to be settled. Other difficulties also remain to be resolved. Some states are press ing for other neighbouring coun tries, such as Bosnia-Herzo- govina, to be included in CEATS. A further problem is Italy's con tinued non-membership of Euro- control, although this is expected to be resolved early in 1995. Spain, Slovenia and Romania have also been accepted for membership. Air-traffic delays in the Euro- control area increased during 1994 by 7.8% over 1993, mainly because of the strikes of con trollers in southern France during the summer. A 5% increase in traffic put extra pressure on a sys tem which Eurocontrol describes as "already hard-pressed". The organisation says that the introduction of the central flow- management system in May 1995 "...will go a long way towards relieving the strain". Progress with the European Air Traffic Control Harmonisation and Integration Programme (EATCHIP) was such that areas not covered by radar were reduced by more than 11% in 1994, leaving virtually no areas in Europe uncovered, while areas with more than single radar cov erage have increased by 8%. J Heathrow hopes for 80 million passengers LONDON HEATHROW airport is gearing up for a 60% passenger-traffic increase as its owner BAA fires the first shots in the political war for clearance to build a fifth terminal (T5). The public inquiry into the case forT5 starts in May. If BAAs case is defeated, Heathrow's capacity will peak not far above die 51 million it was expected to handle in 1994. By 2016, if the full development is cleared, the completed T5 will have added 30 million to the air port's passenger-handling capaci ty, says BAA. BAA's projections show that, compared with the 393,000 pas senger flights handled in 1993, Heathrow passenger-aircraft movements without T5 would grow to 417,000 by 2016 and with T5 would rise to 453,000. BAA contrasts the projected 60% rise in passengers handled with the 8% rise in the number of aircraft movements. This goal would be achieved by an increase in the average size of aircraft being operated on the present runways. • The UK Department of Trans port's (DTp's) present London Heathrow Air port night-flying limitations hybrid system, combin ing a seasonal- movements maxi mum with a "noise points" system, approved in July 1993, has suffered a judi cial setback. The High Court, on a tech nicality, has ruled that the decision to proceed was illegal. The court has, however, ruled that the system may con tinue as planned for the UK win ter season while an alternative is being sought. The DTp is considering sev eral courses of action, including a return to the consultative process. Zl NlQHT FL«THTS UT *•* QUOTA on. VOTERS No rest for BAA, either Estonian Air faces crisis TVTEAR-BANKRUPT carrier _L^I Estonian Air's board of direc tors has been sacked by transport minister Andi xMeister and replaced with a new board. The carrier has made an oper ating profit of about 1 million Kroons ($80,000) over the past ten months, but this amount is far short of the earnings needed to service its debts. Managing director Anti Oidsalu has issued an ultimatum to the Government to declare its inten tions toward die airline, stating tJiat it would have to sack him before dis solving die company. Q Pena calls for safety summit US TRANSPORTATION Secretary Federico Pena is promising an industry/Govern ment safety summit and an air line-industry safety audit. The yet-unscheduled meeting will be chaired by Federal Aviation Administrator David Hinson and will include senior airline management, chief pilots, aircraft manufacturers and FAA/DoT officials. • See News Analysis, P21. Carib Express nears launch CARIBBEAN START-UP carrier Carib Express has received a ECU4 million ($4.8 million) loan from the European Development Bank and plans to begin operations in February. It is negotiating with British Aero space Asset Management Organis ation for three BAe 146s. Meanwhile, the Governments of St Kitts Nevis and Monserrut, have expressed interest in joining the five Caribbean governments backing the regional carrier. Carib is 70.1%-owned byjocal financial group Trident; 19.9% by British Airways; and 10% by the Governments of Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, St Lucia and St Vincent, and die Grenadines. • FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 4 -10 January 1995
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