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EUROCONTROL History: 1963-2003

"40 Years of Service to European Aviation"

When commercial jet aircraft first took to the skies in the late 1950s, the face of aviation changed forever. It was in this regard that the Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation, EUROCONTROL, was created, for the purpose of maintaining safety within the field of air traffic management. In these pages you will find an overview of EUROCONTROL's history:
  1960s the beginnings
  1970s the formative years
  1980s capacity challenges
  1990s European challenges
  2000 from now to the future
  Acrobat The History in PDF format 400 K
 
  Last validation: 15/10/2009