The International Air Transport Association (Iata) – the representative body of the global airline industry – and the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) have signed an agreement to expand automated meteorological data reporting by commercial aircraft. Currently, some 40 airlines and several thousand airliners and freighter aircraft participate in the WMO’s Aircraft Meteorological Data Relay (Amdar) system. Amdar provides the WMO with coverage of areas where there are few other meteorological data sources. The new Iata/WMO agreement is expected to significantly increase the number of airlines participating in the programme.
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