Aviation News Item: 12539

24th Sep 2010

Source: aviationtoday.com

ARINC Direct has deployed a new air/ground communications station at busy London Oxford Airport, serving north-west London and the Thames Valley region. The new VHF Data Link station will help ARINC to meet growing demand for its GLOBALink/VHF service. over a significant portion of the British Midlands. Introduced by ARINC in 1978, data link provides improved operational control of aircraft compared with voice radio, and reduces the need for voice radio usage by airlines in the world's crowded airspaces. Today data link is also being adopted increasingly by operators of large corporate and business aircraft. A newer, related technology-VDL Mode2-is set to become a mandated requirement in Europe in January 2011.

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