Eurocontrol Council Agrees to Create a Performance-Based ATM System

Eurocontrol's 38 member states have agreed to create a performance-based ATM (air traffic management) system for Europe and adopted targets for safety, capacity and delays and cost-efficiency.

At a meeting held on November 14-15, the organization adopted a performance target for en-route air traffic management delays of one minute per flight over the next five years; a reduction of the distance flown by each aircraft of two kilometers per year, which is equivalent to removing 24,000 flights from the European system; and a real unit cost per kilometer reduction of 3% a year for the next five years.  It also endorsed the Eurocontrol Agency Business Plan for the next five years (2008-2012) with funding for SESAR (Single European Sky ATM Research) and its activities for the first time.

The Council also set a minimum level of safety for all of its air traffic control service providers and state regulators by the end of 2008.  11-16-2007.

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