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FAB CE News

A two-day research workshop took place in Budapest from 14-15 May to examine the positive and negative effects of fragmentation on air traffic management. Academics and stakeholders from all areas of the aviation industry gathered for a mutual exchange of ideas at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

The South East Common Sky Initiative Free Route Airspace (SECSI FRA) with FAB CE ANSPs Austro Control, BHANSA, Croatia Control and Slovenia Control together with SMATSA has won this year’s Single European Sky Award in the category network performance. This is a major success for the project and a recognition for the significant progress being made.

FAB CE will have a major presence at this year’s World ATM Congress in Madrid (12-14 March). FAB CE’s activities will be highlighted with video and other information material at the Air Navigation Services of the Czech Republic (ANS-CR) stand  (#885) with representatives on hand to discuss projects and future plans. Other FAB CE information material will be available on the HungaroControl (#335) and Croatia Control (#1157) stands.

At the start of March 2019 the seven air navigation service providers (ANSPs) of FAB CE will finalise their common approach to meeting the requirements for Air Traffic Safety Electronics Personnel (ATSEP) training required by European Commission Regulation 2017/373, the “Air Traffic Management Common Requirements Implementing Regulation” (ATM IR), which comes into effect on 2 January 2020.

On January 30-31, 18 representatives from Ministries of Transport, National Supervisory Authorities and Air Navigation Service Providers representing 6 FABs (BALTIC FAB, BLUE MED, DANUBE, DK-SW, FAB CE, FABEC) met in Roma Ciampino, Italy, for the “3rd Inter-FAB Performance Workshop”.

As of January 1, 2019 Valerie Hackl and Axel Schwarz have assumed their positions as the new managing directors of Austro Control.

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