
Aviation partnership makes Pacific airways safer
Commercial air travel in the Pacific is now safer and more reliable following the completion of a four-year programme improving air navigation across the region.
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Commercial air travel in the Pacific is now safer and more reliable following the completion of a four-year programme improving air navigation across the region.

An advanced air traffic control training facility opened in Beirut, Lebanon this week uses pioneering simulation technology developed by Airways New Zealand.

In a milestone ceremony held in Beirut yesterday, Airways New Zealand and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) Lebanon officially opened an advanced air traffic control (ATC) simulation facility.

Air navigation services provider Airways New Zealand and global science and technology provider Leidos have agreed to work closely together on future air traffic management (ATM) opportunities.

Airways and MITRE are working in partnership under a broad research and development memorandum of understanding (MOU).

Airways New Zealand has partnered with the Australian College of Kuwait (ACK) to establish an air traffic control training academy for training of Kuwaiti students.

More than 10,000 drone pilots are now registered with Airshare to fly in New Zealand airspace.

Airways New Zealand and US-based The MITRE Corporation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to explore collaboration opportunities.