FAB CE News

FAB CE air navigation service providers (ANSPs) within the UAS traffic management (UTM) Coordination Group (UCG) met in Zagreb at the end of 2022 to discuss harmonised approaches in response to the European Union Regulation establishing U-space areas within the EU, which came into force on January 26, 2023.

According to traffic forecasts provided by the Eurocontrol Network manager, extracted and formatted for the FAB CE region by SloveniaControl, the start of the airlines’ summer season in April this year will see traffic demand exceed 2019 levels for the first time since the pandemic – with a considerable business rebound.

Senior representatives of FAB CE will be at Airspace World in Geneva from March 8 to 10, as exhibitors and speakers.

FAB CE’s Safety Sub Committee has developed The Safety Toolbox, a collection of the harmonised FAB CE safety activities and best practices used by FAB CE air navigation  services providers (ANSPs), which is now available on the Publications and Documents pages of the FAB CE website.

Following the update of concept-of-operations documents and a comprehensive safety analysis, the Czech Republic is on course to join the South East Europe Free Route Airspace (SEE FRA) area in the first quarter of 2023.

FAB CE air navigation service providers (ANSPs) took part in the InterFAB research workshop Single European Sky and Resilience in ATM in Sofia, Bulgaria, in September. Organised by Danube FAB, Functional Airspace Block Europe Central (FABEC) and the German Aviation Research Society (GARS), the workshop brought together senior academics, high-level industry experts and regulators to exchange views on how to manage increasing uncertainty in air traffic management.