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EUROCONTROL's official magazine, Skyway, has developed into an authoritative voice, tackling the key issues affecting European aviation.

Skyway issue 80

In this issue

In this issue, we explore the challenges and benefits of digitising Europe's air traffic management system, from low-altitude airspace to near-space operations.

Top aviation leaders share their insights on what digitalisation means for the European aviation industry. They outline the key steps, challenges and strategies needed to develop a fully digitised ATM system in which cyber-secure data can be seamlessly transferred between all stakeholders, enabling the safest and most environmentally friendly routes for both crewed and uncrewed aircraft.

We also examine how artificial intelligence and digital technologies are transforming air traffic control, while emphasising the crucial role humans play in modernising air traffic management.

Raúl Medina
Editorial

Digitalisation: at the heart of ATM transformation

Air Traffic Management, as it exists now, will not be able to handle the traffic in Europe in 2050. By then we are expecting 50% more flights and many new entrants, such as drones, aircraft with new propulsion systems and very high altitude traffic. We also will have to be much more efficient if we are to contribute our share in the drive to Net Zero.

Director General of EUROCONTROL

Helena Sjöström Falk
Insight

Digitalisation and AI in Air Traffic Control: Balancing innovation with the human element

Helena Sjöström Falk, President and Chief Executive Officer, IFATCA

Andreas Boschen
Insight

Being bold to become better

Andreas Boschen, Executive Director, SESAR JU

Florian Guillermet
Insight

Five strategic themes to guide our activities: safe, global, green, innovative, resilient

Florian Guillermet, Executive Director, EASA

Johan Decuyper
Insight

Remote towers – the skeyes DiTo project

Johan Decuyper, Chief Executive Officer, skeyes

Koen De Vos
Insight

Digitalisation of aviation: insights for experts

Koen De Vos, Secretary-General, GUTMA

Klaus Meier
Innovation

Without the states agreeing, the fundamental change will not happen

Klaus Meier, Chief Technology Officer, Skyguide

Anna von Groote
Innovation

Standards as enablers of innovation in the aviation industry

Anna von Groote, Director General, EUROCAE

Hugues de Beco
Innovation

Advancing trajectory-based ATM in Europe with digital connectivity

Hugues de Beco, Head of Multi-Programme Projects and ATM, Airbus

Philip Church
Innovation

Rebooting ATM: towards a digitally enabled, distributed model

Philip Church, Aviation Director, Egis

Mark Cooper
Innovation

NAV CANADA is advancing its digital aerodrome air traffic services programme

Mark Cooper, Vice President and Chief Technology and Information Officer, NAV CANADA

Razvan Bucuroiu
Focus

Europe takes important steps towards Trajectory-Based Operations

Razvan Bucuroiu, Head of Airspace and Capacity Division, EUROCONTROL

Innovation Hub
Focus

EUROCONTROL Innovation Hub an important catalyst to speeding upper & lower airspace management integration

Farah Luu, Project Manager in the Drones Programme & Stefano Tiberia, Validation Expert, EUROCONTROL Innovation Hub

Viktor Jagasits
Focus

MUAC pioneers digital connectivity between ground and air with ADS-C

Viktor Jagasits, Air Traffic Controller, EUROCONTROL MUAC

Mariana Anguelova
Focus

A practical approach to civil-military interoperability

Mariana Anguelova, Stakeholder Relations Manager and Senior Civil-Military ATM Cooperation Expert, EUROCONTROL

Patrick Mana
Focus

Investing early in cyber resilience will avoid major disruptions in the longer term

Interview with Patrick Mana, Cyber Security Programme Manager, EUROCONTROL

Magda Kopczyńska
Insight

From rhetoric to action: accelerating the twin transition in aviation

Magda Kopczyńska, Director General, Directorate-General Mobility and Transport, European Commission

Jan Pie
Insight

What it takes to maintain Europe's competitive edge in aeronautics and ATM

Jan Pie, Secretary General, ASD

Eduardo Santander
Insight

Travel in transition: aviation’s role in shaping the future of tourism

Eduardo Santander, Executive Director, European Travel Commission

Christophe Vivier
Insight

New military technologies will require ATM modernisation to manage airspace more dynamically, safely and efficiently

Christophe Vivier, Head of the Single European Sky Unit, European Defence Agency

Julie Garland
Innovation

The future of Europe's aviation sector: embracing innovation

Julie Garland, CEO, Avtrain

Daniela Richter & Karlotta Victor
Innovation

Revolutionising mobility in cities through UAVs - the airspace design challenge

Daniela Richter, Project Lead BLU-Space at Hamburg Aviation and Karlotta Victor, Legal Researcher on UTM, Air Traffic Department, Ministry for Economics and Innovation

Mariya Tarabanovska
Innovation

Aviation's wind of change: the year that changed us

Mariya Tarabanovska, Founder, Flight Crowd

Eduardo Santander
Innovation

Towards a unified sky vision: integrating ATM & AAM for future air transport

Eduardo García González, Senior Manager Future Skies, CANSO

Marouan Chida
Focus

The European ATM Master Plan and EUROCONTROL’s role in wider ATM transformation

Marouan Chida, Head of the ATM Transformation Unit, EUROCONTROL

Patrick Amar & Miguel Vilaplana
Focus

Advancing U-space implementation through a collaborative approach to simulation

Patrick Amar, Head of Drones Programme, EUROCONTROL, and Miguel Vilaplana, Head of UTM, Airbu

Laurent Renou
Focus

U-space design and implementation: EUROCONTROL’s key role in supporting Member States

Laurent Renou, Head of Air Transport Innovation, EUROCONTROL Innovation Hub

Remus Lacatus
Focus

New entrants drive innovations in civil and military airspace management operations

Remus Lacatus, Innovation, Architecture and ATM Operations expert, Civil-Military Cooperation Division, EUROCONTROL.

Adam Tisza, Marco Vismara, Sevastian Zakora & Humberto Carvalho
Focus

LORD adds speed and flexibility to decisions by Maastricht controllers

Interview with Adam Tisza, Marco Vismara, Sevastian Zakora & Humberto Carvalho, Maastricht Upper Area Control Centre, EUROCONTROL

Steven Moore & Yolanda Portillo
Focus

Preparing for Summer 2024: more traffic, disruptive weather but deeper and more effective collaboration

Steven Moore, Head of ATM Network Operations, Network Management Directorate and Yolanda Portillo, Head of the Network Manager Operations Centre, EUROCONTROL

Paul Bosman & Predrag Vranjkovic
Focus

The new CNS Programme Manager’s role and challenges

Interview with Paul Bosman, Head of ATM infrastructure, EUROCONTROL & Predrag Vranjkovic, Communications, Navigation, Surveillance (CNS) Programme Manager, EUROCONTROL

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