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flight level
noun
Any of several internationally agreed standard altitudes that are based on atmospheric pressure rather than on true height
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"The aircraft was flying at Flight Level 330 [approximately 10,000 metres/33,000 ft] when it disappeared from the radar," said.
"This route had been closed by the Ukrainian authorities from ground to flight level 320 [32,000ft] but was open at the level at which the aircraft was flying".
At 12.53pm, Ukrainian air traffic controllers at Dnipropetrovsk asked MH17 to climb 2,000 feet to flight level 350 over eastern Ukraine, in accordance with the original flight plan, to clear a "potential separation conflict" with another Boeing 777.
For example, when air traffic controllers told the crew to make a broad left turn and descend, the flight crew could have moved the autopilot into a mode called "flight level change," a mode in which the autothrottle does not work to maintain speed.
This analysis has been conducted on the flight level and on the route level.
After that, the flight track was repeated at a flight level of 2,000 m above ground.
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"Anybody that's played anything at top-flight level knows you get challenged at times.
We estimate flight-level price elasticities using a database of online prices and seat map displays.
In particular, the aircraft can perform dynamic velocity, heading, and flight-level changes.
We test and quantify the effect of rail travel time on airline fares, using unique data at flight-level.
In contrast to market-level and route-level elasticities reported in the literature, flight-level elasticities can forecast responses in demand due to day-to-day price fluctuations.
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