EU Commission to propose air traffic overhaul
The European Commission will propose an overhaul of the EU's aviation sector on Wednesday to clear the way for the likely doubling of air traffic by 2020.
By Agencies |
BRUSSELS: The European Commission will propose an overhaul of the EU's aviation sector on Wednesday to clear the way for the likely doubling of air traffic by 2020.
The plan seeks to make room for more planes, create more fuel-efficient routes and cut 27 national air traffic control systems into nine regional zones.
The EU executive argues a revamp of Europe's air traffic control network is needed if the EU is to meet its climate change targets, end congestion at airports and in the air and provide room for aviation to grow in the years ahead.
Europe's air traffic management sector employs 50,000 people, including 15,000 air traffic controllers, whose wages account for 70 per cent of overall ATM costs, according to EU data.
``The relative absence of fragmentation is one major element helping to make the United States air traffic management system twice as efficient as that of the EU,'' the European Commission says in a report to be released Wednesday.
The EU has worked to open up the continent's highly protected airways since the early 1990s.
It has led to the emergence of low cost airlines but the 27 EU nations still have 60 air traffic control centers. Officials want to simplify that system.
The plan seeks to make room for more planes, create more fuel-efficient routes and cut 27 national air traffic control systems into nine regional zones.
The EU executive argues a revamp of Europe's air traffic control network is needed if the EU is to meet its climate change targets, end congestion at airports and in the air and provide room for aviation to grow in the years ahead.
Europe's air traffic management sector employs 50,000 people, including 15,000 air traffic controllers, whose wages account for 70 per cent of overall ATM costs, according to EU data.
``The relative absence of fragmentation is one major element helping to make the United States air traffic management system twice as efficient as that of the EU,'' the European Commission says in a report to be released Wednesday.
The EU has worked to open up the continent's highly protected airways since the early 1990s.
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It has led to the emergence of low cost airlines but the 27 EU nations still have 60 air traffic control centers. Officials want to simplify that system.
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