FAB CE News

FAB CE is once again preparing for a challenging summer season. Traffic forecasts for Summer 2026 indicate sustained and significant growth, particularly along the South‑East Axis. 

In 2025, FAB CE completed its benchmarking on the ATCO career lifecycle, following earlier work on selection (2023) and training (2024). 

Organized by BHANSA, the FAB CE Social Dialogue Forum was held in Mostar, bringing together representatives of air navigation service providers and social partners from the Functional Airspace Block Central Europe (FAB CE) region. 

BHANSA organised the 53rd meeting of the FAB CE CEO Committee in Mostar, one of the key forums bringing together the heads of air navigation service providers in Central Europe.  

The FAB CE U-space Coordination Group is currently in the process of preparing a demonstration of drone use cases, with a public demonstration and validation exercises scheduled to take place during May 2026 in Rijeka, Croatia. 

The Functional Airspace Blocks (FABs) of Europe gathered in Budapest this week for the first full-scale in-person InterFAB Forum since the pandemic, signaling a determined relaunch of InterFAB cooperation.