Etihad seeks UK advice on surface efficiencies

Etihad Airways is teaming with UK air navigation service provider NATS to help deliver a series of operational enhancements across its network. In particular, the airline is seeking to improve the way it cooperates with air traffic control providers and airport operators on airfield management procedures. NATS is assisting Etihad by sharing its experience in the management of low-visibility procedures in the UK, showing the flow of aircraft on the airfield, and improving the way the airline manages its processes around aircraft handling. Although the Gulf is not normally thought of as an area in which low-visibility problems can occur, the region is prone to fog and to heavily sand-laden winds at certain times of the year. <br/>