FAB CE News

The new FAB CE operational strategy launched in February 2020 sets out some important near-term project milestones for its key joint programmes.

The new FAB CE operational strategy was endorsed by chief executive officers (CEOs) at the FAB CE CEO Committee meeting in Vienna on 18 February.

A major milestone along the path to harmonising assessment for Air Traffic Safety Electronics Personnel (ATSEP) among all seven FAB CE air navigation service providers (ANSPs) was reached in December 2019 with finalising the standardised questionnaire (and the corresponding rules, “QUASAR Terms of Use”) covering all phases and domains of ATSEP Initial Training.

Valerie Hackl, Chair of the FAB CE Chief Executive Officer Committee (CEOC) has written to Eurocontrol Director General Eamonn Brennan to outline the actions to be taken by FAB CE air navigation service providers (ANSPs) in support of the Network Manager’s (NM) European Airspace Architecture Study (EAAS) airspace re-configuration programme Transition Plan.

Traffic flows during 2019 in the FAB CE area have demonstrated a high degree of volatility, according to Eurocontrol STATFOR (Statistics and Forecast Service) figures, with some States recording annual increases of more than 10% in overflight traffic demand, while others have seen a decline.

Just after midnight on December 4, 2019 Bosnia and Herzegovina Air Navigation Services Agency (BHANSA) took control of air traffic in the entire airspace of Bosnia and Herzegovina.