EU FINANCIAL WATCHDOG SLAMS SINGLE SKY PROGRAMME
November 1st, 2017
THE COURT of Auditors – the European Union’s (EU) financial watchdog – has criticised the EU’s Single European Sky (SES) programme for failing to deliver its goals, saying it should be reviewed. The court noted in a report that EUR730 million had been spent on SES, with EUR3.8 billion spending projected by 2020. Looking at the key SES functional airspace blocks (FAB), the court found that while they provide “a forum for cooperation between neighbouring stakeholders”, they “have proved ineffective at targeting fragmentation in airspace management, ...
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