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NAV CANADA Continues It’s “Abuse of Dominant Power”
In this post on the CAIPD website, you can read about how NAV CANADA has rejected the offer of the Canadian Association of Instrument Procedure Designers to arbitrate what CAIPD considers an abuse of dominant power as defined by the Competition Bureau.
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NAV CANADA Provision of Services For Free “Anti-Competitive” and in Violation of Air Regulations In this post on the website of the Canadian Association of Instrument Procedure Designers (CAIPD), you can read about NAV CANADA’s new Level of Service Policy and how it is anti-competitive.
read moreNew Procedure for BB-TCA Airport (CYTZ)
Transport Canada Approves New Procedure For Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport New Instrument Approach Procedure Allows Reduced Weather Operations Air Navigation Data Inc. today announced the final approval of a GPS-based instrument approach (RNAV(GNSS) LPV) procedure for Runway 08 at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (CYTZ) that will improve flight operations in unfavourable weather conditions. The new procedure allows approaches to 250 feet (76 metres) above the runway, an improvement of 69 feet (21 metres) over the existing instrument landing system (ILS). This new procedure permits the best possible approach minimum under the current airport certification. This new procedure is only available to operators and aircraft that are equipped with the latest equipment technology and have demonstrated operational compliance. Although Porter Airlines is currently the only authorized operator, it is anticipated that in the future other operators will be able to utilize these state-of-the-art procedures. Air Navigation Data also designed the Instrument Landing System procedure (ILS/DME) for runway 26 at CYTZ which has a 4.8 degree glide...
read moreAir Navigation Data welcomes Ornge as a user of its Final Approach software
Ornge joins other EMS operators using Final Approach instrument procedure design software to improve its operational effectiveness. Ornge serves more than 13 million people in over one million square kilometres of land in the province of Ontario – the size of France, Spain and the Netherlands combined. Final Approach software designs the most instrument procedures for EMS operators in...
read moreAir Navigation Data is seeking distributors
Air Navigation Data is seeking distributors for its Final Approach™ software. Interested companies, that feel that they have the resources and expertise, should respond through the Contact Us page on our...
read moreFinal Approach 3.1 with Open Street Map Integration
Version 3.1 of Final Approach will be released in May 2014. In response to our customers growing needs Version 3.1 will incorporate Open Street Maps as a background to terrain, obstacle, aeronautical and procedure design geometry to provide added local knowledge...
read moreNew Release Final Approach
Version 3.0 Incorporates FAA Order 8260.58 Rule modules for TERPS, LNAV, LNAV/VNAV and LPV are now 8260.58 compliant! This enables Instrument Procedure Designers to take full advantage of the latest in criteria development to produce modern, efficient procedures. 64-bit Provides Greater Accuracy in Version 3.0 Utilizing the latest 64-bit compliant hardware capabilities, calculations are now performed using 64-bit algorithms allowing critical points to be calculated to increased accuracy. Expanded Toolbox Version 3.0 also provides additional tools to enhance software usability. Two new features have been added to an already feature rich tool box including a unique Search and Find capability and circling exception handling in both PANS OPS and TERPS versions of Final Approach. ...
read moreCAIPD Meeting with NAV CANADA, July 2013
CAIPD in association with CBAA met with NAV CANADA on the 10th of July, 2013. NAV CANADA made a number of commitments in support of independent procedure designers. Read the full minutes here: Full meeting minutes
read moreCAIPD Meets With Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA)
The Canadian Association of Instrument Procedure Developers (CAIPD), supported by Air Navigation Data and others, recently attended a briefing hosted by Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA) to present their plan for the adoption of new instrument procedure design criteriaInstrument procedure design criteria are the rules by which instrument procedures are designed. They define, among many other things, the clearance distances from terrain and man-made obstructions.. The briefing was also attended by NAV CANADA and a number of commercial operators.
read moreCAIPD Joins CBAA
After discussions with the Canadian Business Aviation Association, it became evident that they are facing many of the same issues as the Canadian Association Instrument Procedure Designers (CAIPD) (of which Air Navigation Data is a founding member). As a result, CAIPD has joined CBAA so that the two can speak with a common voice
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