EUROCONTROL News
02-Oct-2009
EUROCONTROL is forecasting that the number of flights in Europe will show a year-on-year decline of 6% in 2009 according to the latest short-term forecast. All market segments are affected by the decline in traffic, as are most European countries.
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17-Jun-2009
European ANSPs are already forecast to lose more then EUR1 billion in revenue this year, but worse may yet be to come for ANSPs in what is the world’s most dense and most complicated air traffic control region.
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01-May-2009
The euro area seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate2 was 8.9% in March 2009, compared with 8.7% in February. It was 7.2% in March 2008. The EU271 unemployment rate was 8.3% in March 2009, compared with 8.1% in February3. It was 6.7% in March 2008.
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01-Apr-2009
ACI EUROPE, CANSO, EUROCONTROL and IATA have launched (31-Mar-09) a joint action plan designed to reduce the CO2 emitted by aircraft in Europe by over half a million tonnes a year.
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26-Mar-2009
The economic crunch will take a big bite out of European air traffic in 2009, with a predicted reduction of nearly 5% of flights in 2009 according to the latest short-term forecast issued by EUROCONTROL.
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25-Mar-2009
Thales has been awarded (19-Mar-09) a contract by the Serbia & Montenegro Air Traffic Services Agency (SMATSA) to supply the latest generation EUROCAT management system.
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19-Mar-2009
At 3 pm on 23-Mar-09, EUROCONTROL's Maastricht Control Centre will unveil its new air traffic control system in the presence of official representatives from Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, and the Director General of EUROCONTROL.
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18-Mar-2009
In an important step towards implementing a Single European Sky, the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation, EUROCONTROL, has selected (17-Mar-09) SITA to provide aircraft data link communications services for its Maastricht Upper Area Control Centre.
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17-Mar-2009
The 21st annual European Aviation Safety Seminar kicked off on 16-Mar-09 in Nicosia, Cyprus before an audience of 200. Hosted by the Flight Safety Foundation (FSF), the European Regions Airline Association (ERA), and EUROCONTROL, the seminar will work to ensure that attention continues to be focused on aviation safety during a global economic downturn.
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27-Feb-2009
EUROCONTROL has hosted a workshop on how airlines can cut the costs of compliance with the requirements imposed by the incorporation of aviation CO2 in the European Union’s Emission Trading Scheme (ETS).
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25-Feb-2009
EUROCONTROL reshapes (24-Feb-09) its organisation to ensure that all projects and programmes fully support the Single European Sky with broadest involvement and commitment of all stakeholders.
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11-Dec-2008
In Nov-08 there were 7% fewer flights in Europe than during the same month last year. A decline of this magnitude has not been seen since the months immediately following 9/11. Recession, fuel costs and high ticket prices are biting into demand, whilst the credit crunch is both reducing business travel and making financing of operations more challenging.
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24-Nov-2008
EUROCONTROL Member States have taken decisions concerning the modernisation of the Agency’s governance arrangements which will have a major impact on the delivery of Air Navigation Services across Europe.
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18-Nov-2008
EUROCONTROL has just finalised a three-year plan to organise European route network and airspace in a more efficient manner so as to save fuel and reduce emissions. The plan, ARN Version 6, will be rolled out between 2008 and 2010 and contains more than 400 airspace improvement packages covering approximately 1600 route changes and more than 60 airspace re-sectorisation projects.
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23-Oct-2008
FRANCE :
Air France, Air One and Volkswagen, three of the 18 aircraft operators participating in EUROCONTROL’s ADS-B Pioneer Airlines project, have become the world’s first airlines to obtain EASA’s approval to use ADS-B in airspace not covered by radar.
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10-Sep-2008
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) signed a three-party commitment to a Flight Efficiency Plan with EUROCONTROL, and CANSO (Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation).
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