European Commission Launches EGNOS Open Service 01/10/2009.
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EGNOS is a satellite-based augmentation system that improves the accuracy of satellite navigation signals over Europe. The system is composed of transponders aboard three geostationary satellites hovering high above the Eastern Atlantic and the European continent, linked to a ground network of about 40 positioning stations and four control centers, all interconnected. The EGNOS coverage area...
France asks for report into air traffic control 24/09/2009.
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France's transport minister asked civil aviation authorities to look into a report of widespread absenteeism among the country's air traffic controllers. Le Figaro newspaper reported that France's air traffic controllers have secretly devised an informal, illegal system among themselves to work fewer hours than they are paid for working. Citing unnamed sources, the daily said controllers have to...
