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by: STOOZ-Web office| Date | News |
| 21DEC |
B737s LN-RPY and LN-RRT have been upgraded with VDL-2 and ATN Core software. See also the Link2000/CPDLC page and SAS Aircraft Fleet. |
| 16DEC |
B737s SE-DNT and LN-RRR have been upgraded with VDL-2 and ATN Core software. See also the Link2000/CPDLC
page and SAS Aircraft Fleet. HERMES provides TRIN information (passenger transfer information) to the Braathens fleet since last week. |
| 08DEC |
B737s OY-KKH, SE-DNU, LN-RCW and LN-RPW have been upgraded with VDL-2 and ATN Core software. See also the Link2000/CPDLC page and SAS Aircraft Fleet. |
| 02DEC |
The SAS HERMES ground datalink system began providing limited ACARS
services to Braathens 01DEC. Acars-Loadsheet, Notoc
and Freetext messages are supported initially. Passenger
connections (TRIN) will be opened up shortly. The available Acars
services are limted with respect to the different avionics installed in
the Braathens fleet. Initial SAS HERMES services for SPANAIR became operational earlier this week. The SAS Airbus fleets have now all been updated with AOC SAS-H3 -503. Added page with information about Landing Pilot information via ACARS. See also Applications. |
| 29NOV |
B737s LN-RPH and LN-RPS have been upgraded with VDL-2 avionics and ATN Core software. See also the Link2000/CPDLC page and SAS Aircraft Fleet. |
| 26NOV | D-ATIS has become operational at Manchester MAN/EGCC. See the D-ATIS page. |
| 25NOV |
ARINC has activated a new ACARS ground stations at TFS/GCTS Tenerife-Sur, Canary Islands, Spain. See Ground Stations. |
| 24NOV |
SPANAIR is a new user of the SAS HERMES Datalink Ground Datalink System. Spanair's fleet of Airbus A320-series aircraft will be
supported by the SAS
HERMES system and associated ACARS applications. See SAS Aircraft Fleet. ARINC has activated a new ACARS ground stations at LPA/GCLP Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain. See Ground Stations. |
| 01NOV |
MD-80 OY-KGT has been equipped with a new Mini-ACMS function,
embedded as an application on the Rockwell-Collins DLM-900 ACARS MU.
The Mini-ACMS function is planned to be installed on all SAS MD-80s. It
provides ACMS data without need to install dedicated ACMS hardware. |
| 14OCT |
B737s SE-DNT and SE-DNU have been upgraded with VDL-2 avionics and AOA
Core sw. Both are planned to be loaded with Link2000/CPDLC
sw later. Additional Q400s have been updated with the Unilink UL-700 ACARS, See SAS Aircraft Fleet. |
| 04OCT |
The first MD-80 installation of VDL-2 datalink has been completed in OY-KHM. The aircraft was test flown ARN-CPH on Friday 01OCT. Photo of the test flight crew. |
| 30SEP |
B737 OY-KKG has been upgraded with VDL-2 datalink and Link2000 CPDLC
capability. This brings the number of CPDLC B737s to 12. The first MD-80 OY-KHM is being upgraded with VDL-2 datalink this week. VDL-2 is the next-generation datalink after ACARS. Aircraft with VDL-2 are bilingual ie they use either ACARS or VDL-2 depending on local coverage. The MD-80/90 fleet is not getting the additional Link2000 CPDLC capability at this time. See also Avionics and SAS Aircraft Fleet. Updated the Ground Stations list. |
| 27SEP |
B737 LN-RPY and LN-RPW have been upgraded with VDL-2 and AOA
Core sw. Both are planned to receive Link2000/CPDLC
software soon. |
| 16SEP |
Updated the page on the Link2000 CPDLC
program. There is now a list of the SAS aircraft equipped with CPDLC. Updated the Ground Stations list. |
| 09SEP |
B737 LN-RRP has been upgraded with VDL-2 and Link2000 CPDLC capability. See SAS Aircraft Fleet. |
| 02SEP |
B737 LN-RPG has been upgraded with VDL-2 and Link2000 CPDLC
capability. This brings the Link2000 fleet to 10 airplanes. See SAS Aircraft Fleet. ARINC changed its European base frequency to 131.825 on 31AUG. |
| 25AUG |
B737-883 SE-DTR Saga Viking was delivered BFI-ARN on 25 Aug. She is equipped with a Collins CMU-900 -151 with VDL-2 capability. See SAS Aircraft Fleet and Avionics. |
| 23AUG |
B737s LN-RCT and LN-RRU have been upgraded with VDL-2 and Link2000 CPDLC
capability. This brings the Link2000 fleet to 8 airplanes. Q400 LN-RDA and LN-RDB have been equipped with the Unilink UL-700 ACARS. This brings the Unilink fleet to 12 airplanes. See SAS Aircraft Fleet. |
| 04AUG |
B737 LN-RRO has been upgraded with VDL-2 and Link2000 CPDLC capability. |
| 29JUL |
A brand new B737-883 SE-DTR Saga Viking is due for delivery BFI-ARN
on 18 Aug. She is equipped with a Collins CMU-900 -151 with VDL-2/AOA
capability. See SAS Aircraft Fleet and Avionics. Update of the in-service B737NG, MD-80 and MD-90 fleets with ACARS Core 7.2 is in progress. About 60% of the fleet completed to date. It is required to support ARINC Europe 131.825. The Dash-8-Q400 fleet with Unilink UL-700 ACARS has increased to 9 airplanes. See SAS Aircraft Fleet. |
| 14JUL |
B737 OY-KKH has been upgraded with VDL-2 and Link2000 CPDLC capability. |
| 09JUN | The Ground Stations list has been updated and edited. |
| 03JUN |
Updated the Ground Stations list: New SITA
stations at DTM/EDLW Dortmund, Germany, ETZ/LFJL Metz, France, BGY/LIME
Bergamo, Italy, MOL/ENML Molde, Norway, KSU/ENKB Kristiansund, Norway, IBZ/LEIB
Ibiza, Spain, VGO/LEVX Vigo, Spain and OVD/LEAS Asturias, Spain. Other
minor changes. |
| 11MAY | Two further Q400s have been updated with Unilink UL-700 ACARS. OY-KCD and OY-KCF. See SAS Aircraft Fleet. |
| 05MAY |
A "No ACARS" uplink advisory from HERMES has been added. It is sent to the cockpit at Initialization
if the Destination or an Alternate airports do not have ACARS ground
coverage. |
| 29APR | Four B737
aircraft have so far been upgraded with Link2000
CPDLC capability over VDL-2/ATN in European airspace (Maastricht).
They are: LN-RRX, LN-RRY, LN-RRZ and LN-RPU. The plan is to have 20
equipped aircraft by the end of 2004. Installation of AOC 4B in the MD80/90 fleet is completed. |
| 27MAR |
ARINC has re-deployed its ground station to SFT/ESNS Skellefteå, Sweden
to support re-opening of SAS service from 28 March 2004. See the Ground Stations page. |
| 23MAR | Universal
Avionics Unilink UL-700 ACARS equipment is being introduced on the SAS
Commuter Dash-8-Q400 fleet. The first aircraft is OY-KCE recently
delivered from the Exeter, UK, modification center. See SAS Aircraft Fleet and the Q400 ACARS equipment overview. ARINC deployed new ground stations to ALC/LEAL Alicante, Spain and CFU/LGKR Corfu-Kerkira, Greece. See the Ground Stations page. |
| 10MAR |
Added a new page with some background information on Link2000
CPDLC. |
| 01MAR |
Installation of AOC-4B is in process on the B737. 30+ aircraft completed so far. MD-80/90 installations not yet started. See current status under SAS Aircraft Fleet. |
| 25FEB | B737-600
LN-RRY has been upgraded with VDL-2 AOA/ATN and CPDLC capability. It is
the 2nd SAS B737NG aircraft with CPDLC and the 3rd with VDL-2. Eurocontrol Link 2000 CPDLC operations are scheduled to begin March-04, initially in the Maastricht UAC sector. Updated SAS Aircraft Fleet regarding B767-300ERs leased to Air Holland, B737-800s leased to AirOne, B737-600s leased to Air Europa and B737-800s sold to Hainan Airlines (China). Updated the D-ATIS page. North Atlantic FANS Phase 3 operations started Dec-2003 meaning that additional FANS-CPDLC messages are now used operationally. Iceland plans to start FANS operations in April 2004. See also FANS-ADS. |
| 18FEB |
Installation
of AOC-4B has started on the B737 and MD80/90
fleets. See also under SAS Aircraft Fleet. |
| 31JAN | Updated the Ground
Stations page. SAS Acars Loadsheet is now available in DUB, GVA, TFS and
ZRH. Updated the AOC Overview page. Added descriptions for AOC 5B and AOC 4B. AOC 4B (ACARS) and AOC 5B (AOA/ATN) have been released. They are functionally equivalent but compatible with different platforms. Installation of AOC 5B started Dec-03. See News 19DEC2003. Installation of AOC 4B is expected to start Feb-Mar 2004. |
| 22JAN | Updated the Ground
Stations page with coverage information for AGA. FNC, SHH, MIR, PDL. Updated the SAS Aircraft Fleet page. AOC C4A is now installed in most B737, MD80 and MD90 aircraft. Updated the Applications page. Landing pilot reporting is introduced with AOC C5B/C4B and in parallel an enhancement to the interim landing report system has been implemented. SAS' 4th Airbus A330 SE-REF Erik Viking is due for delivery from TLS in January. |
| 01JAN2004 | Happy New
Datalink Year 2004! Looking back, 2003 was quite a productive year for SAS Datalink. A number of goals/milestones were achieved, including: - SAS joined the Eurocontrol Link2000 program (CPDLC in European airspace) - Decision to upgrade Collins-fleet to VDL-2 AOA capability - SAS started FANS-CPDLC operations in North Atlantic airspace (A330/A340) - ACARS Landing Data Calculation LDC application implemented for B737NG - ACARS TODC implemented for A330, MD90 and Q400 - Hermes 6 ground system into production - Preliminary Load Info implemented - Airbus ATSU upgraded to CSB2.2B, CLR3.6B and common SAS AOC database - Collins DLM/CMU-900 upgraded to Core 7.1, AOC C3H and C4A - Certification of CMU-900 with VDL-2/AOA and ATN-CPDLC (Link2000) capability on B737NG |
| 19DEC2003 | The 1st
installation and certification of VDL-2 with AOA, ATN and LINK2000 CPDLC
was achieved on SAS' B737-600 LN-RRZ on Thursday 18DEC2003 after a 100%
successful test flight. SAS will upgrade the B737, MD80 and MD90 fleets to
VDL-2 AOA. Twenty B737s will additionally get ATN capability for
operational use of CPDLC in the Eurocontrol LINK 2000 program Pictures of the aircraft LN-RRZ and the certification team after completing the test flight in CPH. The Ground Stations page has been updated. A new ACARS ground station have been deployed by ARINC at Innsbruck, Austria (INN/LOWI). |
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