FAB CE News

At the end of November 2023 FAB CE’s Joint Civil Military Airspace Coordination Committee (JC-MACC) met to discuss developing technical and operational challenges to improving coordination between civil military airspace managers among airspace alliance air navigation service providers (ANSPs). 

Tomáš Špavelko, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Letové Prevádzkové Alužby (LPS) and Chairman of the FAB CE CEO Committee (CEOC) chaired a FAB CE social dialogue meeting in late November in Bratislava, discussing operational activities, the impact of inflation on controller salaries and other issues of mutual interest. 

FAB CE air navigation service providers have managed the strong airline recovery over summer 2023 with fewer delays than in 2019, despite a major change in air traffic patterns.

Most air navigation service providers (ANSPs) face a huge challenge in recruiting air traffic controllers, as the current generation of candidates has a different attitude from previous generations to extensive vocational training and long-term career paths. It takes at least three years to train a controller and drop-out rates are unusually high among many ANSPs. 

Bosnia and Herzegovina Air Navigation Services Agency (BHANSA) plans strategic capital investments this year that will result in significant improvement of these services at all four airports in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The latest traffic forecasts for the summer 2023 season for FAB CE states suggest the continuing traffic recovery in Europe will push overall flight numbers above the pre-pandemic levels of 2019 for the first time, but with high levels of volatility when measured on a daily basis.