Air Berlin’s Boeing 737 fleet chief and pilot Michail Tounas says a hybrid approach the German carrier is using at Innsbruck airport “combines the best of both worlds” between traditional radio-based ...

Alphabetical suffixes on approach procedures (e.g., 'Z', 'Y') indicate multiple straight-in approaches of the same type to a single runway, designed to accommodate varied aircraft capabilities or ...

Successful ILS approaches require thorough pre-flight planning, including anticipating potential runway assignments and understanding the airport layout, as well as early preparation during the en ...

French investigation authority BEA believes the prevalence of ILS approaches has obscured an underlying vulnerability of aircraft to the risk of terrain collision arising from incorrect altimeter ...