European Airspace on Track to Deliver Significant Cost Savings
CANSO, the Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation, together with its airline and airport partners both in Europe and beyond, recognise that a safe, efficient and cost-effective air traffic management system is crucial to the continued growth of air transport.
European Member States were asked to submit plans by June 2011 to the Commission for the Single European Sky (SES) II Performance Scheme that will deliver incremental savings of 3.5% to airspace users each year for the period 2012-2014.
CANSO Director General Graham Lake said: Managing and improving the safe and efficient growth of the air transport system is extremely complex. The EU SES II Performance Scheme provides the industry with new tools to address the challenges of managing airspace costs on a Europe wide basis.
Remarkable progress has already been made by our Members, the airspace managers, in coordinating, harmonising and consolidating efficiency plans that will deliver real savings, and agreeing on mechanisms for their delivery, measurement and assessment.
CANSOs European ANSP members are working on additional refinements to the National Performance Plans that have been developed in order to deliver the full saving which is in excess of 10% over the period 2012-2014.
The independent Performance Review Body (PRB) report celebrates the fact that for the first time, 26 national and two regional Functional Airspace Block (FAB) Performance Plans have been developed in a harmonised way and in consultation with airspace users. These Performance Plans constitute a very solid and encouraging base for future improvement.
Peter Griffiths, Chairman of the PRB notes the achievements of the Performance Plans in the opening statement of the Final Report: After three years of work, and for the first such planning cycle, the results are significant: there is only a little way to go in order to reach the agreed EU-wide targets. The plans will need to be fine tuned accordingly.
Mr Lake continues Air Transport is truly a global infrastructure made up of interdependent stakeholders. Airports, Aircraft Operators and Air Traffic Management organisations each have a responsibility to work to identify and deliver system improvements. The global financial crisis is driving both the political will and economic necessity to address these difficult challenges. CANSO is already exploring options for the development of collaborative global targets that we can work together with our fellow stakeholders to achieve.
CANSO and its Members are ready and willing to explore every opportunity to further transform the performance of our industry.
CANSO Director General Graham Lake said: Managing and improving the safe and efficient growth of the air transport system is extremely complex. The EU SES II Performance Scheme provides the industry with new tools to address the challenges of managing airspace costs on a Europe wide basis.
Remarkable progress has already been made by our Members, the airspace managers, in coordinating, harmonising and consolidating efficiency plans that will deliver real savings, and agreeing on mechanisms for their delivery, measurement and assessment.
CANSOs European ANSP members are working on additional refinements to the National Performance Plans that have been developed in order to deliver the full saving which is in excess of 10% over the period 2012-2014.
The independent Performance Review Body (PRB) report celebrates the fact that for the first time, 26 national and two regional Functional Airspace Block (FAB) Performance Plans have been developed in a harmonised way and in consultation with airspace users. These Performance Plans constitute a very solid and encouraging base for future improvement.
Peter Griffiths, Chairman of the PRB notes the achievements of the Performance Plans in the opening statement of the Final Report: After three years of work, and for the first such planning cycle, the results are significant: there is only a little way to go in order to reach the agreed EU-wide targets. The plans will need to be fine tuned accordingly.
Mr Lake continues Air Transport is truly a global infrastructure made up of interdependent stakeholders. Airports, Aircraft Operators and Air Traffic Management organisations each have a responsibility to work to identify and deliver system improvements. The global financial crisis is driving both the political will and economic necessity to address these difficult challenges. CANSO is already exploring options for the development of collaborative global targets that we can work together with our fellow stakeholders to achieve.
CANSO and its Members are ready and willing to explore every opportunity to further transform the performance of our industry.
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