FAB CE News

FAB CE experts working on the Operational Excellence Project data to identify potential areas of best-practice among FAB CE air navigation service providers have refocused the programme’s priorities as a result of the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on individual ANSP operations.

To ensure an adequate response to traffic demand in the post-COVID 19 period and beyond, Croatia Control Ltd (CCL) has formed an in-house Training Organization to optimize air traffic controller (ATCO) training and to guarantee there will be an appropriate number of controllers available when the aviation industry recovers.

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.