EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT BACKS SINGLE SKY REFORMS, BUT CAUTIOUS ON ATC SUPPORT SERVICE LIBERALISATION

THE EUROPEAN Parliament has backed proposals to boost the implementation of the European Union’s (EU) beleaguered Single European Sky reforms, although MEPs passed amendments that would delay some proposed liberalisation measures.Voting today in Strasbourg (March 12), the parliament’s plenary gave a first reading approval to this proposed regulation and also a related regulation reforming the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). This would streamline its work – transferring some ATC responsibilities to Eurocontrol and policy issues to the European ...


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