Eurocontrol: Airlines yet to adopt satellite-based GPS service

Credit: European Global Navigation Satellite Systems Agency (GSA)
Carriers flying in Europe have yet to adopt the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) , the continent’s satellite-based augmentation system for the GPS signal, according to Eurocontrol’s director of European civil-military aviation (DECMA). EGNOS, the equivalent of the US Wide...
Thierry Dubois

Thierry Dubois has specialized in aerospace journalism since 1997. An engineer in fluid dynamics from Toulouse-based Enseeiht, he covers the French commercial aviation, defense and space industries. His expertise extends to all things technology in Europe. Thierry is also the editor-in-chief of Aviation Week’s ShowNews. 

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