This document also contains guidance material related to delegation of the provision of the air traffic services (cross border provision of air traffic services).
The edition 6, effective from July 2023, introduces additional guidance for specific interfaces such as TWR-APP and ACC-APP, as well as promoting harmonised solutions for dynamic and flexible conditions for coordination and transfer of control, for enabling continuous climb and descent operations, for accommodating arrival management across control units and a thorough review of the guidelines for the use of surveillance in the transfer of control.
Common Format Letter of Agreement Between Air Traffic Services Units
EUROCONTROL Guidelines
The Common Format Letter of Agreement between Air Traffic Services Units provides guidance for negotiating, establishing, and describing the conditions for coordination and transfer of aircraft and describing the specific ATS coordination procedures in the operational Letters of Agreement to be agreed between ATS units of the ECAC Member States.