Although COVID has had a major impact on traffic levels and also on the expected rate of growth in the future, EUROCONTROL’s latest long term forecast is for some 16 million flights in 2050, 5 million more than in 2019. Accordingly, Europe’s ATM system will need to evolve, including introducing concepts such as Virtual Centres.
The Performance Insight looks in detail at a number of different approaches to virtualisation and examines what progress is already being made in this area. It also looks at what benefits might be expected and what issues need to be addressed.
