Key points in this update Two new types of GPS spoofing being reported, one leading to new critical nav failures Three distinct scenarios (Baghdad, Cairo, and Beirut types) - Spoofing Map published ALL CALL summary available in your Dashboard It's been 5 weeks since the real-world disc| International Ops 2025 - OPSGROUP
South Korea is gearing up to host the APEC Leaders Summit in Gyeongju from Oct...| International Ops 2025 – OPSGROUP
An OPSGROUP member on a recent westbound NAT flight from the Middle East received the following message via CPDLC: The crew contacted Shanwick via HF, who requested their RNP capability and operational status. The controller explained that due to their point of departure (OMAA/Abu Dhabi) they wa| International Ops 2025 - OPSGROUP
South Africa is going through some troubled times on the aviation front right now. Fuel issues, power outages, and now, apparently, they are losing a whole load of their instrument approaches nationwide. The Fuel Thing Not as serious as their 'fuel thing' in 2022 (when floods disrupted the main tr| International Ops 2025 - OPSGROUP
April 10 marks an important date for operations in South Africa — it was the original deadline for the expiry of extensions granted to a large number of instrument procedures in urgent need of re-validation. Then just yesterday, news broke that the South African Aviation Authority (SACAA) has re-| International Ops 2025 - OPSGROUP
CPDLC has been fixed in the FAJO/Johannesburg Oceanic FIR following yesterday’s outage. That’s the only thing ATC have currently got to communicate with aircraft, as their radios have been out of action since November. The FAJO/Johannesburg Oceanic FIR covers a pretty big chunk of airspace:| International Ops 2025 - OPSGROUP
Two South African airports have recently had their licences revoked. Why has this happened and does it mean anything bigger for aviation, particularly commercial aviation, in South Africa? FAPP/Polokwane Polokwane International Airport in the Limpopo Province had their airport status downgraded| International Ops 2025 - OPSGROUP
Sharm El Sheikh reopens 03NOV HESH/Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt has reopened to international traffic, with a number of airlines starting services again on 01NOV. However, there are conflicting views on security at the airport, depending on your state of registry. Read article. New ICAO Phraseologies| International Ops 2025 - OPSGROUP
Here’s something we’ve been meaning to do for a long time. It seems there’s no...| International Ops 2025 – OPSGROUP
We’ve said it before, but it’s worth repeating: OPSGROUP runs on you. Almost every Ops...| International Ops 2025 – OPSGROUP
Some big changes came into effect in Uzbekistan on October 2. The country has officially...| International Ops 2025 – OPSGROUP
Update – 29 Sep 2025 Eurocontrol has confirmed that from 4 Nov 2025, the IFPS...| International Ops 2025 – OPSGROUP
Big update on Shanwick’s plans: they’ve now confirmed that the move to the new Oceanic...| International Ops 2025 – OPSGROUP
Key Points The last two weeks has seen a significant increase in Russian military activity...| International Ops 2025 – OPSGROUP
Update: 24 Sep We’ve heard from OPSGROUP member reports that some operators and handlers in...| International Ops 2025 – OPSGROUP
Update - Sep 10: Not directly related to this article, but thought we'd mention it here for the next few days just FYI! Ops Alert - Sep 10: So far the Israeli airstrike in Qatar on Sep 9 has not triggered major disruptions in adjacent FIRs. There are no new airspace restrictions to report, and OTH| International Ops 2025 - OPSGROUP
Update Aug 2025: BOEs Move to eAPIS (No More Email Applications) Until now, getting a Border Overflight Exemption (BOE) was an email game. You’d draft up a message to CBP with your operator details, compliance statement, and a few other bits depending on whether it was a new application, renewal, o| International Ops 2025 - OPSGROUP
New Issue: July 2025 A new issue has emerged with South Africa's already miserably bad permit approval process (see original story below). New issue: if there are any changes to your flight schedule (timing, routing, pax or crew details) you must have your original landing permit revalidated by th| International Ops 2025 - OPSGROUP
Another nationwide strike is taking place in Belgium on Wednesday, 25 June, and it’s going to cause significant disruption at the country’s main airports - EBBR/Brussels and EBCI/Charleroi. While the focus is on airport staffing and security issues, the timing overlaps with the 2025 NATO Summit (| International Ops 2025 - OPSGROUP
Each day thousands of aircraft routinely cross the NAT and use airports in Greenland as enroute/ETOPS alternates - mainly BGSF/Sondrestrom and BGBW/Narsarsuaq. It’s big business for Greenland’s major airports, but over the next few years major changes are coming that will directly impact on the o| International Ops 2025 - OPSGROUP
A period of temporary relief of the North Atlantic Datalink Mandate (NAT DLM) rules ended in Feb 2021. So since then, aircraft need to be CPDLC and ADS-C equipped to operate between FL290-410 throughout the NAT region. Exceptions - areas where you DON'T need datalink - Everything north of 80°North| International Ops 2025 - OPSGROUP
In OPSGROUP, we talk a lot about the North Atlantic. Whether it's a Plotting Chart you need, or an explanation of the Datalink Mandate, or a summary of big changes stretching back to the dawn of time - we've got you covered. We love the NAT so much we even enjoy asking ourselves annoying questions a| International Ops 2025 - OPSGROUP
Member Meetup November 2024 November 6, 1500 UTC North Atlantic Special Release of 2025 NAT Guide and NAT Plotting/Planning Chart Non-members welcome to attend this one (see below) Member Meetup November 2024 Hi everyone! This months OPSGROUP Member Meetup has a special focus: th| International Ops 2025 - OPSGROUP
The new OPSGROUP NAT/North Atlantic Plotting and Planning Chart 2025 is released today! This is our chart showing North Atlantic Oceanic Airspace and adjoining domestic airspace, with easy to read NAT Tips, Airspace Requirements, Emergency Procedures, and much more! OPSGROUP members - you can| International Ops 2025 - OPSGROUP
Most traffic crossing the North Atlantic Airspace (NAT) occurs from FL290-410 through the North Atlantic High Level Airspace (NAT HLA). Over the years, advances in navigation, communication, and surveillance equipment have led to additional requirements for operators so ATC can safely reduce aircraf| International Ops 2024 - OPSGROUP
Applying for Letters of Authorization (LOA) from the FAA can be a tricky old process. Because there are so many different things you need permission for, you might need various LOAs. An LOA is a formal “you’re allowed to do that” certificate given to an operator, permitting them to conduct a specif| International Ops 2024 - OPSGROUP
The latest edition (2025) of the NAT Guide ("My First North Atlantic Flight is Tomorrow") has now been published. This 24-page guide is for pilots and dispatchers, to help you understand the basics of North Atlantic flying. Contents: 1. What's different about the NAT? 2. Changes| International Ops 2024 - OPSGROUP
No Datalink - Where can we go? You can make a crossing at FL280 or below, or FL430 or above You can cross via the Iceland-Greenland corridor if you have ADS-B You can enter NY Oceanic, the Bodo and Azores corridors, GOTA, and fly down T9/290. Datalink is defined as CPDLC and ADS-C.| International Ops 2024 - OPSGROUP
Key Points Final Report of the GPS Spoofing Workgroup published today 950 participants across full spectrum of aviation industry Significant concern regarding safety impact of GPS Spoofing Report download below Final Report Published The Final Report of the GPS Spoofing WorkGrou| International Ops 2024 - OPSGROUP
In August 2024, OPSGROUP co-ordinated a GPS Spoofing WorkGroup, to investigate the GPS Spoofing problem. The aim of the WorkGroup was to assess the impact, analyze safety risks, gather best practices and guidance for Flight Crew, and provide recommendations to industry. 950 people took part, from ai| International Ops 2025 - OPSGROUP
Key Points Operators bringing passengers to most countries in Europe will soon need to be registered with the EU’s new electronic Entry/Exit System for passenger screening. Update 24 Oct 2024: The EES phase of this program (the digital system to replace the manual stamping of passports at t| International Ops 2024 - OPSGROUP
From September 14, the US is no longer limiting international arrivals from higher risk countries to specific airports. Under previous rules, any passenger from China, Iran, the Schengen area of Europe, the UK, Ireland and Brazil had to enter the United States through one of fifteen centralised airp| International Ops 2024 - OPSGROUP
Key Points New rules apply to carrying a dog into the US, effective August 1. These rules depend on where the dog has been in the past six months. If the dog has not been a high-risk country, there is only one form to fill out. If the dog has been in a high-risk country, it will onl| International Ops 2024 - OPSGROUP
Overflights risks of the OLBB/Beirut FIR are increasing. The outbreak of a larger scale conflict between Israel and Hezbollah is increasingly likely. Several airlines (Air France, Eurowings, Lufthansa, Swiss, Transavia and Middle East Airlines - the Lebanese flag carrier) have temporarily suspen| International Ops 2024 - OPSGROUP
Aside from being the oldest operating airport in the New York City area, KTEB/Teterboro is far from quiet. In the good ol’ pre-Covid days of 2019 it saw over 124,000 aircraft movements – that’s 340 every single day. And even last year in the height of the pandemic, it was well on the way back to| International Ops 2025 - OPSGROUP
This started off as (and still really is) a very specific post just aimed at folk who operate into KTEB/Teterboro - because the runway 06/24 rehab project has begun! So we copied all the information from the Teterboro User’s Group site and threw it into here. But then we realised the 'problem' wi| International Ops 2025 - OPSGROUP
The skies over New York have been quieter over the past year or so, and it’s not hard to guess why. With lower traffic levels, there have been a number of operational changes at nearby KTEB/Teterboro. Here’s a rundown of what you might have missed recently... Noise is a bigger issue than ever It m| International Ops 2025 - OPSGROUP
You may have heard the news. Long story short, KHTO/East Hampton airport is being de-activated as a public use airport, and then re-opened as private use only. The US FAA have given the plans a green light. A raft of new rules will come into effect on May 19 that will heavily affect how commercial o| International Ops 2025 - OPSGROUP
We've made a little game to help with Oceanic Clearances changes on the NAT. You can download it here. Updated June 19, 2024 - Edition 4! Why the game? By Christmas of 2024, all OACC's on the NAT will stop transmitting an Oceanic Clearance to you. They still want you to send an "RCL" mes| International Ops 2025 - OPSGROUP
GPS spoofing is fast becoming a real headache in aviation, causing confusion and navigation problems for pilots in several hotspots around the world. We first saw this happening in September 2023, when we started getting reports of spoofing across the Middle East, including instances near Iraq, I| International Ops 2025 - OPSGROUP
An OPSGROUP member reported a new GPS spoofing encounter yesterday in the Ankara FIR, while flying southbound between UDVET and INPOR. The encounter began around 1200Z, when both selected GPS positions began to show the aircraft position as being over OLBA/Beirut - approx 120nm away. The c| International Ops 2025 - OPSGROUP
Hey! Are you here for our World Famous International Ops Bulletin? The one where you get all this weeks new dangers and changes in International Ops? The one that 50,000 people read every week? Cool. Here's how to get it. Every Wednesday, OPSGROUP issues a weekly International Ops Bulletin for| International Ops 2025 - OPSGROUP
For some time now, the problematic RUUDY 6 SID out of KTEB has been causing trouble. In fact, just prior to the pandemic the FAA reported it had resulted in nearly two hundred pilot violations in just six years. If you’re not familiar with it, it is a departure from Runway 24. Here's the chart:| International Ops 2025 - OPSGROUP
An increasing issue for the NAT Oceanic FIR's is how to handle aircraft with an in-flight degradation of GPS. This normally follows a GPS Spoofing encounter somewhere prior to Oceanic Entry, leading to a degraded RNP capability. If you run into GPS issues before entering the Ocean, you will likel| International Ops 2025 - OPSGROUP
GPS Spoofing Risk changes, grows 900 flights a day on average are now encountering GPS Spoofing Safety risks changing and growing: EGPWS primary concern GPS Workgroup established to address issue Troubling data shows a significant spike in GPS Spoofing over the last few months, wi| International Ops 2025 - OPSGROUP
Since publishing Monday's risk warning on complex navigation failures following fake GPS signals, we have received further concerning reports from operators, mirroring the same events. The impact of the nav failures is becoming clearer, with one operator almost entering Iranian airspace without clea| International Ops 2024 - OPSGROUP
