ATC
Flexjet joins FAA CDM process
Bombardier Flexjet has become the first nonscheduled operator to successfully transmit real-time flight-intent data to the FAA’s Air Traffic Control System

Bombardier Flexjet has become the first nonscheduled operator to successfully transmit real-time flight-intent data to the FAA’s Air Traffic Control System Command Center (ATCSCC) near Washington Dulles International Airport. This data gives the agency more predictable information with which to make traffic-flow-management decisions each day. The fractional aircraft company operates a fleet of more than 100 aircraft.

Airlines have had the capability since 1996 to electronically communicate flight-intent messages to the ATCSCC, including daily flight schedules, changes, updates, cancellations and other pertinent company information that might affect its operations in the National Airspace System (NAS). Heretofore, nonscheduled operators have not been able to participate in this electronic data sharing.

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