zondag 22 april 2012

Olympics: What Happens in the Sky?

During the Olympic Games there will be 4,000 extra flights passing through London. The National Air Traffic Services (NAT) is responsible for the overall organization of the busy air traffic in a controlled airspace, which, for this occasion, will be largely extended. The controlled zone  will be a lot larger than normally in order to guarantee safety in the traffic of commercial flights and light aircraft, balloons and helicopters. The enlargement is also important for reasons of risk assessment and threats. Therefore, NAT will work closely together with RAF. Other issues, which could affect the Olympics are queues at the border control, congestion of arriving airplanes or a special NBC Aircraft covering the games for television.

I am not really interested in sports, so normally I skip news about events like the Olympics. However,  I do like to read about the activities wich are involved in organizing such a huge event. I imagine it to be an exciting job to take care of all those aircrafts flying in to the capital, directing them smoothly to their parking places at the airport and accommodating the passengers to go and enjoy the Olympic Games. 
The article states that there will be 700 extra airliners and 3,000 executive jets. This is amazing, imagine 3,000 executive jets! I wonder who are the thousands of persons who will be flying with this jets.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17804783 London 2012: Air traffic chief speaks off challenge / BBC News 22 April 2012
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  1. IngeZwierink23 april 2012 om 11:56

    Dear Inge

    I think you did a good job with this article, because a lot of preparation is necessary to make this huge event succesful. It will be a major challenge for the organization to get everything settled. I do like sports and I would love to go to London in July, but after seeing the prices you have to pay for a hotel room, I have decided to go elsewhere in England.

    best regards,
    Inge Zwierink

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  2. dmvns29 april 2012 om 06:19

    The Olympics are really fantastic! I would set my alarm for it if I had to. Large crowds is something I'd rather avoid, so watching the games on tv is the best thing for me to do. Waiting in long lines to enter the sports arena and even have to wait longer to get out, is not something I would volunteer for.This large event creates much busy circumstances for everyone involved. I think it's a challenge to deal with those circumstances and I am glad that there are plenty people willing to do it. If you don't mind,I'd rather stay safe behind my television.

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