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Civilian aviation news July 14, 2025

Summer Air Travel in Europe Faces Major Delays Due to Strikes and Staff Shortages

Aviation News – As the peak summer travel season begins, airlines and passengers across Europe are bracing for significant flight delays and disruptions. A perfect…

General Aviation News December 22, 2013

EUROCONTROL welcomes Georgia

On 1 January 2014, Georgia becomes EUROCONTROL’s 40th Member State. Georgia joined ICAO in 1994 and ECAC in 2005. Its Air Navigation Service Provider (SAKAERONAVIGATSIA)…

Civilian aviation news September 26, 2013

Traffic growth in Warsaw urges for system transition

Over the last 5 years Warsaw has experienced significant traffic growth well above the European average. The ATC system upgrade planned at Warsaw ATC centre…

General Aviation News June 10, 2013

Enhanced civil-military arrangements facilitate free routing

Maastricht, the Netherlands – Advanced operating procedures between civil controllers at EUROCONTROL’s Maastricht Upper Area Control Centre (MUAC) and co-located DFS (Deutsche Flugsicherung) Maastricht controllers…

Civilian aviation news, General Aviation News April 10, 2013

Preparing for the next solar storm

Potentially, space weather could be a major problem for European air traffic management, given that it is capable of disrupting aviation’s communications, navigation and surveillance…

General Aviation News February 7, 2013

New online interactive tool to access both the performance data and targets of the Single European Sky

The Performance Review Body of the EU Single European Sky (SES) has produced an online interactive Performance Dashboard under the provisions of its contract with…

Civilian aviation news January 29, 2013

The Network Manager’s contribution to Flight Efficiency in 2012 through Airspace Design improvements

Yet more savings have been made in Europe’s ATM network, thanks to the latest European Route Network Improvement Plan. Benefits in Airspace Improvements achieved in…

Civilian aviation news January 9, 2013

Not the end of the world: 2012 in review

The end of the Mayan calendar may not have been the end of the world, but now that we are safely on the right side…

General Aviation News, Military Aviation News November 6, 2012

Military GAT and OAT flight statistics from 2011 available now

Military general air traffic (GAT) flights continue to decrease – not in absolute numbers but as a percentage of the total number of flights (both…

General Aviation News October 26, 2012

Launch of Edition 2 of the European ATM Master Plan at EUROCONTROL

A new and totally updated electronic version of the European Air Traffic Management Master Plan was launched yesterday at EUROCONTROL. For the first time, all…

General Aviation News, Space News October 11, 2012

World Space Week – bringing security back down to earth

‘Space for Human Security and Safety’: this year’s World Space Week topic is a familiar one for Air Traffic Control (ATC) professionals. What happens in…

General Aviation News October 2, 2012

Seven-Year Forecast published

The Seven-Year Forecast of flights (2012-2018) is now available. This document replaces the medium-term forecast report published in February and the short-term forecast published in…

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