Single European Sky

Single European Sky is an ambitious bid to reform the architecture of European air traffic control to meet future capacity and safety needs.

Improved air traffic and aircraft positioning and communication technologies, such as GALILEO - which are at the heart of the Single European Sky - offer opportunities for significant improvements in the efficiency and safety of air travel. Visit: European Commission

Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) is the name given to the collaborative project that is intended to completely overhaul the European airspace and its Air Traffic Management (ATM) using those advanced technologies. Visit: SESAR Joint Undertaking


FABEC members present first joint report

In 2012, the service quality provided by the seven FABEC air navigation service providers ANA (Luxembourg), Belgocontrol (Belgium), DFS (Germany), DSNA (France), LVNL (Netherlands), MUAC … More ››

Posted: May 21st, 2013

Video: DSNA demonstrates Point Merge

Paris Area Control Centre and its partners carried out live trials of Point Merge in extended TMA for handling North-West and North-East flights to Paris-CDG … More ››

Posted: May 16th, 2013

FABIEN ready for operation

The chiefs of all FABEC air navigation service providers have confirmed the operational setup of the so-called ‘FABEC Interconnection of Existing IP Networks’, in short, … More ››

Posted: May 15th, 2013

ETF calls halt to European ATC jobs jeopardy

The European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) has announced that that air traffic management (ATM) employees will mobilise for a European Action Day on 12 June … More ››

Posted: May 13th, 2013

Falling demand creates FABEC concerns

The first quarter of 2013 saw a further decline in traffic volume in the airspace of the FABEC partners ANA (Luxembourg), Belgocontrol (Belgium), DFS (Germany), … More ››

Posted: May 9th, 2013

NM debuts instant flight plan filing

Flight plan service provider RocketRoute and Europe’s Network Manager has taken flight plan filing into a new era of information exchange with the release of … More ››

Posted: May 8th, 2013

Commission eyes more ambitious targets

The European Commission has adopted revised implementing regulations on performance and charging, setting the framework for the upcoming negotiations on targets for the second reference … More ››

Posted: May 8th, 2013

Skyguide virtual vision gains IATA support

Airline industry body IATA is backing Swiss air navigation service provider Skyguide’s cloud-based Virtual Air Traffic Control Centre concept as part of a renewed effort … More ››

Posted: May 7th, 2013

ENAV vows closer links with Airbus

Italian air navigation service provider ENAV has hosted a bilateral meeting with Airbus and Airbus ProSky. Massimo Garbini ENAV CEO jointly with Mauro Iannucci ENAV … More ››

Posted: May 7th, 2013

Brussels launches the deployment of SESAR

The European Commission has adopted a new Regulation establishing governance and incentive mechanisms to facilitate the effective and timely deployment of SESAR, the European Union’s … More ››

Posted: May 7th, 2013