The event was part of the broad consultation process undertaken by the SJU on the latest edition of the European ATM Master Plan. The common ATM stakeholder view will now go in the form of a ‘EUROCONTROL Position Paper’ to EUROCONTROL’s Provisional Council in November for approval, enabling Eamonn Brennan, EUROCONTROL Director General, to convey this position on behalf of the whole EUROCONTROL Organisation to the SJU Administrative Board in December.
“The European ATM Master Plan is a central document for all actors: the SESAR Joint Undertaking, the European Commission, EUROCONTROL and aviation in general”, Philippe Merlo, EUROCONTROL Director European Civil-Military Aviation, emphasised, underlining that EUROCONTROL plays a key role in “keeping all members on board including those who are not part of an EU Member State, in a document whose value is acknowledged worldwide”.
In her welcome address, Christine Berg, DG MOVE Head of Single European Sky Unit, highlighted that “what is important for the Commission is that all actors have come together and agree on the fact that we need a reform of the ATM System”, and voiced her appreciation that this Master Plan “aims to unlock the twin challenges of digitalisation and decarbonisation“.
