en route phase

i. As it pertains to helicopters, that phase of the flight from the end of takeoff and the initial climb phase to the commencement of the approach and landing phases.
ii. As it pertains to fixed-wing aircraft, it is the phase from the top of climb to the top of descent.

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Under the LR-ATFM concept, long range international flights will be assigned arrival times well in advance to allow for the most fuel efficient en route phase of flight when a delay is required because of demand and capacity imbalances at the arrival airport.

Australia : Metron wins air traffic flow management contract from Airservices Australia

There may be little to no en route phase of flight to scale back from the process of departure and to select, brief, load and execute the approach.

Smarter Than Direct: You rarely get a direct routing to your destination in busy airspace, so you can either anticipate what ATC will throw at you or push buttons all the way

Cross-border arrivals management--or XMAN--which is managed by air traffic services provider NATS, sees controllers in the UK working with counterparts in France, Ireland, Belgium and the Netherlands to slow down arriving traffic in the en route phase to minimise holding over London.

New ATC procedure for Heathrow

The focus of this section is on the horizontal component of the en route phase. This particular analysis compares two types of flight trajectories: the length of the en route flight part of routes according to the last version filed in the flight plan and changed by the radar, which is called "actual distance", and hypothetical direct distances.

The comparison of the en-route horizontal flight trajectory components/ Horizontaliu marsrutiniu skrydziu trajektorijos komponentu palyginimas

It must continue during the en route phase of flight and on into the arrival/approach/landing phase.

Go? Or No-Go: It's often not a simple yes-or-no decision, and the answer can change with the phase of flight

The Marine Corps ERCS and Air Force CCATTs appear to be steps toward state-of-the-art care during en route phases of casualty management.

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The departure and en route phases were routine, and soon I was letting down for my destination.