Hey guyswell, all the political stuff about the noise levels being too high at brussels have had another effect, a big number of SIDS and STARS have been cancelled and replaced...asif that wasnt enoughThe European-UK airspace airway configuration has changed drastically...HEre's the official itemA1103/2003 NEW IN THE LAST 24 HRSFrom : 27/11/2003 00:01 Until : 11/12/2003 00:01Text : TRIGGER NOTAM PERM AIRAC AIP AMDT 11/03 - ATS AIRSPACE CLASSIFICATION (AIRSPACE CLASS A CHANGED TO CLASS C) - BANK HOLIDAY INFORMATION - ROUTES MODIFIED (A5, B29, G1, J115, J524, J904, J906, J910 AND R7) - ROUTES CANCELLED (G104 AND R110) - ROUTES MODIFIED (UA24, UB29, UG110, UG120, UH110, UJ158, UJ906, UW64 AND UW70) - ROUTES CANCELLED (UG104, UG109, UJ115 AND UR110) - ROUTES MODIFIED (L607,T853, UL159, UL607, UL608, UL610, UM170,UM615, UM617, UM624, UN852, UN853, UN857, UN858, UN872, UN873, UT27, UT180, UT853, UY131,UY157, UY283, UY862, UY863, UZ29, UZ310, UZ319, UZ703, UZ706, UZ707, UZ709, UZ717, UZ907, UZ993, Y283, Z110 AND Z905) - ROUTES ADDED (M150, T181, T857, UM150, UQ50, UT856, UT857, UT880, UY180, UY181, UZ104, UZ111, Y180, Y181 AND Z104) - ROUTES CANCELLED (T180, UT247, UZ714 AND UZ917) - ROUTES MODIFIED (TG1 AND TL4) - LIST OF SIGNIFICANT POINTS - EN-ROUTE CHARTS - ICAO (ROUTES UPDATED) - ATS AIRSPACE CLASSIFICATIONS WITHIN THE BRUSSELS FIR (AIRSPACE CLASSIFICATION UPDATED) So you all keep this in mind when planning routes... this also means all the DATABASES containing flightplans need to be checked again....CheersBTW: with Class A becoming Class C, does this mean we can start flying our birds on VFR flightplans ? ;)

Keep the above changes in mind, however wait for an official announcement from Vatsim-UK or Vatsim-Eur to see when/how they will implement the changes before changing your routes.

Lenny,27th Novemeber 2003 - Every Major Airway in the UK will be renamed.LaterMark

Sounds like fun. :-)

Every Major Airway in the UK will be renamed.Well, only 14, to be precise, together with their associated Upper ATS Routes - and a couple of others to give a grand total of 19 - are being renamed although the actual routes will remain the same. This process of airway designator rationalisation has been going on for years and I'm surprised that this particular set seems to have attracted attention although I suppose it is the largest tranche of changes for some while.It is, however, the end of an era for the UK as we finally loose all of our low-numbered airways - A1, R1 etc. - which we got by having the first organised airways system outside the US. At one stage we had a complete set of '1s' but from next month they'll all be gone including the UK's (and Europe's) very first airway - Green 1, later Golf 1 (G1) - which will slip into annonimity as L9.Oh well, all things must pass. Pete