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Testing of controller pilot datalink communications between Air Canada pilots and Nav Canada's Gander automated air traffic control system was successfully concluded in late Jan 2000. Digital communications are to replace high-frequency radio voice communications which are prone to frequency congestion and a variations in quality over the Atlantic. Messages were relayed to Air Canada flights and the Nav Canada Ottawa facility through satellites, air ground stations and ground networks.
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The German air safety agency Deutsche Flugsicherung (DFS) reported that flight delays in Germany averaged only 1.4 minutes during 1999. DFS operations head Ralph Riedle problems anticipated for the summmer of 1999 did not materialize due to the performance of German air traffic controllers. The DFS administered 2.46 million flights in 1999, a 60% increase over the 1.55 million registered in 1990. Air traffic grew 5.8% in 1999.
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IATA, the representative of the world's civil aviation industry, is fighting to preserve its hold on the global positioning satellite (GPS) frequency band. The group, which managed to secure its exclusive and protected access to the GPS frequency band at the 1997 World Radio Conference, is increasingly being pressured by the telecommunications industry to give up the rights in favor of the wireless communications industry.
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