Traditional European airspace management consists of a patchwork of national systems operated by up to 60 control centers and 37 different monopoly air navigation service providers. Fragmentation of EU airspace is widely portrayed as a serious problem causing safety hazards, reduced efficiency, as well as increasing costs and harmful emissions. The solution to the identified inefficiencies was to be the Single European Sky (SES) initiative under construction from the beginning of the 21st century. However, despite some improvements, promised progress has not yet been achieved. This issue should now be explored considering the pressing problem and the latest action by the European Commission to update the SES regulatory framework as part of the European Green Deal.
KBN Analysis no. 1 (96) / 2022
3 January 2022
Traditional European airspace management consists of a patchwork of national systems operated by up to 60 control centers and 37 different monopoly air navigation service providers. Fragmentation of EU airspace is widely portrayed as a serious problem causing safety hazards, reduced efficiency, as well as increasing costs and harmful emissions. The solution to the identified inefficiencies was to be the Single European Sky (SES) initiative under construction from the beginning of the 21st century. However, despite some improvements, promised progress has not yet been achieved. This issue should now be explored considering the pressing problem and the latest action by the European Commission to update the SES regulatory framework as part of the European Green Deal.
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