Deletion of Blue Spruce Routes

If you’re new to the NAT (North Atlantic) Operations, the Blue Spruce Routes have been around since forever. These are special routes that go via Greenland and Iceland, designed to help aircraft with limited navigation capabilities. The Blue Spruce Routes will be officially deleted in March 2025. The ‘Iceland-Greenland corridor’ will replace Blue Spruce Routes…… Continue Reading →

NAT-HLA Operations

The airspace of the North Atlantic (NAT), which links Europe and North America, is the busiest oceanic airspace in the world. It is rightly considered extremely complex in terms of regulations and associated procedures. Direct Controller Pilot Communications (DCPC) and ATS Surveillance are unavailable in most parts of the NAT Region. Aircraft separation, and hence…… Continue Reading →