US Air Force jet flies over Longford so that Irish-born pilot can glimpse hometown
The $244 million C-17 Globemaster III also flew over the Cliffs of Moher in County Clare while en route to the Irish Air Corps base in Baldonnel, County Dublin.Â
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A US Air Force jet flew over a small Longford town on Monday so that its Irish-born pilot could catch a glimpse of his hometown.Â
The $244 million C-17 Globemaster III also flew over the Cliffs of Moher in County Clare while en route to the Irish Air Corps base in Baldonnel, County Dublin.Â
The C-17 aircraft departed from Washington State before stopping at the Air National Guard base in Bangor, Maine. It touched down at Casement Aerodrome in Baldonnel for technical reasons while en route to the United Kingdom as part of a crew training mission.Â
By David Kaminski-Morrow2021-05-19T11:51:00+01:00
Some of the aircraft operated by Kazakh carrier Air Astana are set to be transferred to the Irish registry under a new regulatory services agreement between the two countries.
Under ICAO standards such a formal arrangement enables aircraft operated in one country to be registered in another.
The agreement between Kazakhstan’s government and the Irish Aviation Authority is intended to support the Central Asian state’s efforts to improve air transport safety.
Irish aviation regulator Diarmuid O’Conghaile says a “number” of Air Astana aircraft will be re-registered over the rest of this year.
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The Government is considering an extended wage support scheme specifically for aviation amid fears of further job losses in the sector, according to a senior official in the Department of Transport.
Assistant Secretary Fintan Towey made his comments addressing the Fórsa Services and Enterprises conference this morning.
Mr Towey also said that there was a recognition across Government of the need to provide clarity on any lifting of travel restrictions before the end of May.
A possible announcement in relation to this is expected in the coming week or two , he said.
Mr Towey told delegates it was now evident that recovery in the aviation sector was going to lag behind the rest of the economy and that this would necessitate some adjustment in employment levels .
In a major operational enhancement of the EUROCONTROL Network Manager’s (NM) operational systems, real-time air traffic surveillance data derived from Aireon’s space-based ADS-B system has now been integrated into NM’s Enhanced Traffic Flow Management System (ETFMS).
The new data will significantly boost air traffic predictability by up to 20%, improving operational efficiency and resilience while unlocking capacity for the future that will help reduce environmental impacts.
The new high-fidelity data, refreshed every 60 seconds, will cover not only air traffic across all 41 EUROCONTROL Member States as well as Israel and Morocco, EUROCONTROL’s two Comprehensive Assessment States, but also peripheral zones stretching as far as the Middle East and North America.