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Old 25th Aug 2009, 17:25
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NorthSouth
 
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Sorry everyone but what surprises me is how small the proposed airspace is. They have taken the decision not to connect the new CAS to the airways system. This will mean commercial traffic will still be spending long periods in uncontrolled airspace, and vulnerable to many of the same conflicts listed in Appendix D of the proposal. There will still be lots of extended routings due to avoiding action and airlines will have to take that into account in their decisions about operating to/from Norwich. The CAA now requires airlines to have carried out a safety assessment when contemplating starting new services to an airport outside controlled airspace but it doesn't apply to airlines already operating there, nor to foreign airlines.
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