EUROCONTROL 2023 spring forecast expects 2019 levels of flights to be reached in 2025
Eurocontrol today issued its spring 2023 7-year forecast, which is an update of the previously published 7-year forecast in Autumn 2022.Here is a summary...
The new Eurocontrol Director General visits Kyiv, confirms Agency support to Ukraine
Raúl Medina, the new Director General of Eurocontrol has confirmed the Agency’s full commitment to supporting its Member State, Ukraine in a visit to...
Aircraft operators reap rewards of MUAC airspace changes designed to optimise free route airspace
Aircraft crossing the upper airspace over Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and north-west Germany will save on distance, fuel, and carbon dioxide emissions thanks to...
Belgium blocks budget for European Air Traffic Control
The annual budget for Maastricht-based Air Traffic Control in the Benelux countries and large parts of northwestern Germany threatens to fail due to opposition from...
EUROCONTROL Member States approve creation of voluntary solidarity funds to support Member States impacted by war
The 41 EUROCONTROL Member States have today entrusted the Organisation with a new task – the creation of voluntary solidarity funds in support of...
Eurocontrol warns: re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere of space debris of Chinese rocket launch – Spain closes airports
Eurocontrol has warned of the expected re-entry into atmosphere of the large space object Rocket Long March 5B (CZ 5B), launched by China on...
Boeing brings Mobile Newton Room to Belgium
On 3 October, the first Mobile Newton Room in Belgium opened its doors to students from across the country who will learn how to...
Iceland to join EUROCONTROL – A transitional agreement has been signed
Iceland and EUROCONTROL have today signed a Transitional Agreement marking Iceland’s intention to become a Member State of the Organisation on 1 January 2025.The...
Raúl Medina Caballero to take over from Eamonn Brennan as Director General of EUROCONTROL on 1 January 2023
EUROCONTROL’s 41 Member States have today selected Raúl Medina Caballero, Director General of Civil Aviation of Spain as the next Director General of EUROCONTROL....
Five flights converging to Lyon demonstrate potential for greening of aviation
Aviation associations call for policies to support the continued transition to net zero carbon emissions
Today, five European flights will converge on Lyon Airport, applying...
“Europe for Aviation” promotes a more sustainable aviation at the World ATM Congress 2022 in Madrid
The “Europe for Aviation” team, consisting of nine European aviation organisations working to promote the modernisation, sustainability and resilience of a safe European aviation,...
MUAC starts operational use of ATN Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Contract (ADS-C)
ATS B2 Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Contract (ADS-C) via the aeronautical telecommunications network (ATN) is operational at EUROCONTROL’s Maastricht Upper Area Control Centre as...
Reducing aviation emissions by 55% by 2030: Can it be done – and if so, what are the extra costs of decarbonisation measures? A Eurocontrol Think Paper
EUROCONTROL has today published its latest Think Paper, the 16th in a series of thought-provoking studies, providing an in-depth assessment of what cutting emissions...
EUROCONTROL 2050 air traffic forecast showing aviation pathway to net zero
EUROCONTROL has released a new long-term air traffic forecast, looking at how aviation in Europe will grow over the coming decades. For the first...
EUROCONTROL expects 9.3 million flights in 2022, 84% of pre-pandemic level
The latest EUROCONTROL Traffic Scenarios for the period April to December 2022 predict steady growth between April and peak-summer, reaching 89% of 2019 traffic...
Eurocontrol accuses Russia of stealing hundreds of leased aircraft
Eurocontrol, the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation is sounding the alarm bells after Russian airlines are simply keeping their leased aircraft....
Eurocontrol: Re-routing around Ukraine is disrupting traffic flows across a wide area.
The unprovoked invasion of Ukraine has brought commercial flying there to a standstill and stopped overflights of neighbouring Moldova. Elsewhere around the borders of...
Aviation leaders meet in Maastricht to mark 50 years of the EUROCONTROL Maastricht Upper Area Control Centre
Half a century of cross-border cooperation
50 years ago the EUROCONTROL Maastricht Upper Area Control Centre began operations, with its four founding States agreeing to...
EUROCONTROL and ACI EUROPE sign Memorandum of Understanding for enhanced co-operation to aviation’s sustainable future
Eamonn Brennan, Director General of EUROCONTROL, and Olivier Jankovec, Director General of ACI EUROPE, have today signed a joint Memorandum of Understanding to enhance...
[Eurocontrol] Charting the European Aviation recovery: 2021 COVID-19 impacts and 2022 outlook
2021 was the year aviation hoped to get back on its feet after the catastrophic pandemic impacts of 2020. This Think Paper uses Eurocontrol's...