Pakistan airspace is open! In a clearly written, yet quietly announced in-the-dead-of-night Notam, Pakistan has…
Mark Zee15 July, 2019
What does your overnight look like when you are downroute? After you've checked in to…
Mark Zee30 June, 2019
The FAA has issued an Emergency Order to US Civil Aircraft, prohibiting all American aircraft…
Mark Zee20 June, 2019
Effective today, June 5th, no US private aircraft will be allowed to travel to Cuba.…
Mark Zee5 June, 2019
At 8.30pm tonight, the FAA issued a new "Do Not Fly" instruction to US operators,…
Mark Zee30 April, 2019
I love how the hive-mind works. We have 5000 members, and so it shouldn't be…
Mark Zee13 November, 2018
Here’s the level of inconsistency we’ve reached in international air transport: we take each passenger,…
Mark Zee24 September, 2018
Ethiopian ATC on strike, no Notams, government hush up OPSGROUP alert for the Addis Ababa…
Mark Zee29 August, 2018
OpsGroup is today removing all airspace warnings regarding North Korea from our guidance to aircraft…
Mark Zee14 May, 2018
Update: OpsGroup removed North Korea warnings on May 14, 2018 A friend of mine is…
Mark Zee8 May, 2018
OK. We're done writing articles about it, and making goat jokes - we've moved the "Fixing…
Mark Zee23 March, 2018
Update: FSB removed North Korea warnings on May 14, 2018 July 2017: First launches of…
Mark Zee10 August, 2017
This article was originally published on medium.com In any one of the plausible alternative endings…
Mark Zee31 May, 2017
Interim report finally released by the German BFU Flight Service Bureau version of events confirmed…
Mark Zee21 May, 2017
New guidance issued to OpsGroup by Flight Service Bureau New warnings to be issued by…
Mark Zee20 March, 2017
I learned a lot this week. On Wednesday, I published an article in our International…
Mark Zee16 March, 2017
This article created a firestorm of engagement - several hundred emails and 127,000 people…
Mark Zee15 March, 2017
Most conflict zone guidance from Aviation Authorities is based on the risk posed by MANPADS – Man…
Mark Zee25 January, 2017