BRUSSELS HAS MAJOR CONCERNS OVER LACK OF SINGLE SKY PROGRESS
November 1st, 2011
BY GEOFF MEADE
THE EUROPEAN Commission has threatened to take "radical" measures against most European Union (EU) countries unless more is done to deliver a 'Single European Sky' for air traffic control services. It has warned this could include proposing new EU legislation to force member states to do more in forging a unified and efficient EU ATC system.
Five of the 27 member states - Austria, France, Germany, Spain and the UK - have failed to make even "adequate" progress towards achieving aviation sector targets agreed in 2009 as part of ...
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