FAB CE News

As part of its 2020 strategic traffic recovery plan FAB CE has started publishing weekly short-term forecasts of expected air transport movements, based on data supplied by the Network Manager, to help FAB CE air navigation service providers (ANSPs) plan their ramp-up of activities in a safe coordinated manner.

Planning a coordinated response to a traffic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, the election of a new chairman, the successful completion of the NAVAID optimisation project and the launch of the communications, navigation and surveillance (CNS) equipment common planning project were some of the key highlights of the FAB CE CEO Committee (CEOC) meeting of 23 June 2020.

Air Navigation Service Providers from Functional Airspace Block Central Europe (FAB CE) and Functional Airspace Block Europe Central (FABEC) signed a Joint Declaration to deepen cooperation with the aim of enhancing Air Traffic Management (ATM) performance.

As States and European Union regulators start the work of planning the aviation’s industry recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, FAB CE has written a letter of support for the European Aviation Safety Agency’s (EASA) Return to Normal Operations (RNO) programme, which recognises the importance of taking a European Union-wide coordinated response to recovery.

More than 30 participants logged on to the virtual Social Dialogue Forum on 22 April 2020 where Valerie Hackl, Chair of the FAB CE CEO-Committee and Matej Eljon, FAB CE Programme Manager and Director of FAB CE Aviation Ltd, presented an update on the latest strategic FAB CE initiatives and discussed with social partners some of the immediate challenges facing FAB CE colleagues and air navigation service providers (ANSPs).

Members of the FAB CE airspace alliance are drawing up a common project charter to harmonise communications, navigation and surveillance (CNS) implementation plans as part of the new FAB CE operational strategy launched in February 2020.