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NEXT ISSUE<br />
ON SALE APRIL 23<br />
(AirTeamImages.com/Carl Ford)<br />
London/Southend<br />
Celebrating 80 years<br />
Brisbane – Australian hot spot<br />
Belfast City – Remembering George Best<br />
Tinian – Pacifi c paradise<br />
Paris/Charles de Gaulle – French mega-hub<br />
Quito – Serving the Ecuadorian capital<br />
Plus – All the latest airport news and much more<br />
MAY – JUNE <strong>2015</strong> ISSUE ON SALE APRIL 23 rd*<br />
We explain some of the abbreviations and<br />
acronyms that regularly appear in the pages of<br />
<strong>Airports</strong> of the World. These details will be updated<br />
and added to as necessary.<br />
dB<br />
DfT<br />
DME<br />
EASA<br />
Decibel<br />
Department for Transport (UK)<br />
Distance-Measuring Equipment<br />
European Aviation Safety Agency<br />
IACA<br />
IAP<br />
IATA<br />
ICAO<br />
International Air Carrier Association<br />
International Airport<br />
International Air Transport Association<br />
International Civil Aviation Organization<br />
NATO<br />
NBAA<br />
NBC<br />
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation<br />
National Business Aircraft Association (US)<br />
Nuclear, Biological and Chemical<br />
(warfare)<br />
AAIB Air Accidents Investigation Branch (UK)<br />
ACAS Airborne Collision-Avoidance System<br />
ACI <strong>Airports</strong> Council International<br />
ADR Accident Data Recorder<br />
AG Aktiengesellschaft (German: joint stock company)<br />
ALPA Air Line Pilots Association (US)<br />
ANS Airborne Navigation System<br />
APU Auxiliary Power Unit<br />
ATA Air Transport Association (US)<br />
ATC Air Traffic Control<br />
ATP Advanced Turbo-Prop (BAe)<br />
ATS Air Traffic Service<br />
BAe British Aerospace (now renamed BAE Systems)<br />
CAA Civil Aviation Authority (UK)<br />
CDA Continuous Descent Approach<br />
CEO Chief Executive Officer<br />
CIS Commonwealth of Independent States<br />
c/n<br />
Construction Number<br />
combi Aircraft which routinely carries both passengers<br />
and cargo at same time<br />
COO Chief Operating Officer<br />
CVR Cockpit Voice Recorder<br />
ERAA<br />
EROPS<br />
ETOPS<br />
ETS<br />
FAA<br />
FAI<br />
FAR<br />
FBO<br />
FDR<br />
European Regions Airline Association<br />
Extended-Range OPerationS<br />
Extended-range Twin-engine OPerationS<br />
Emissions Trading Scheme<br />
Federal Aviation Administration (US)<br />
Féderation Aeronautique Internationale<br />
Federal Aviation Regulations<br />
Fixed Base Operator<br />
Flight Data Recorder<br />
FL<br />
Flight Level (usually expressed in hundreds of feet)<br />
FOD Foreign Object Damage<br />
GA<br />
General Aviation<br />
GAO General Accounting Office (US)<br />
GAPAN Guild of Air Pilots And Navigators<br />
GDP Gross Domestic Product<br />
GECAS General Electric Commercial Aviation Services<br />
GmbH Gesellschaft mit beschraenkter Haftung<br />
(German: limited liability company)<br />
GMT<br />
GNS<br />
GPS<br />
GPU<br />
HQ<br />
Greenwich Mean Time<br />
Global Navigation System<br />
Global Positioning System<br />
Ground Power Unit<br />
Headquarters<br />
IFALPA International Federation of Air Line Pilots<br />
Associations<br />
IFR<br />
Instrument Flight Rules<br />
ILFC<br />
ILS<br />
IMC<br />
INS<br />
JAA<br />
LCC<br />
LCD<br />
LED<br />
localiser<br />
LORAN<br />
MD<br />
MLS<br />
MLW<br />
MoD<br />
MoU<br />
MPPA<br />
MRO<br />
MTOW<br />
NASA<br />
International Lease Finance Corporation<br />
Instrument Landing System<br />
Instrument Meteorological Conditions<br />
Inertial Navigation System<br />
Joint Aviation Authorities (European)<br />
Low-Cost Carrier<br />
Liquid Crystal Display<br />
Light-Emitting Diode<br />
Steering guidance element of an LS system<br />
Long Range Aid to Navigation<br />
Managing Director<br />
Microwave Landing System<br />
Maximum Landing Weight<br />
Ministry of Defence<br />
Memorandum of Understanding<br />
Million Passengers Per Annum<br />
Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul<br />
Maximum Take-Off Weight<br />
National Aeronautics and Space<br />
Administration<br />
OFT<br />
PAPI<br />
PAR<br />
pax<br />
P&W<br />
PPL<br />
PR<br />
RAF<br />
RFP<br />
RVR<br />
SARS<br />
SID<br />
STOL<br />
TCAS<br />
TSA<br />
UN<br />
VASI<br />
VFR<br />
VMC<br />
VOR<br />
WTTC<br />
Office of Fair Trading (UK)<br />
Precision Approach Path Indicator<br />
Precision Approach Radar<br />
Passenger<br />
Pratt & Whitney<br />
Private Pilot’s Licence<br />
Public Relations<br />
Royal Air Force<br />
Request for Proposals<br />
Runway Visual Range<br />
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome<br />
Standard Instrument Departure<br />
Short Take-Off & Landing<br />
Traffic alert and Collision-Avoidance<br />
System<br />
Transportation Security Administration<br />
United Nations<br />
Visual Approach Slope Indicator<br />
Visual Flight Rules<br />
Visual Meteorological Conditions<br />
VHF omni-directional range<br />
(radio beacons)<br />
World Travel and Tourism Council<br />
82 airports of the world<br />
*UK scheduled on sale date. Please note that overseas deliveries are likely to occur after this date. Contents subject to change.
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