All on board to shape EU air traffic management

The SESAR Joint Undertaking, a unique public-private partnership in air traffic management research and development, has signed contracts September 2009 with Air France & Régional, KLM, Iberia, Lufthansa Group including SWISS and LCAG, SAS Scandinavian Airlines, TAP Portugal, Novair, a consortium coordinated by EBAA including Netjets Europe and Dassault Aviation, as well as IATA, and IAOPA to engage their technical experts in the SESAR programme.

The SESAR Joint Undertaking is now poised to tackle its vital mission: to develop a user-driven, modernised and affordable Air Traffic Management system for Europe, which will prevent crippling congestion of the European sky and reduce the environmental impact of air transport.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: SESAR http://www.europeansources.info/record/website-sesar/

SESAR JU: Press Release, 15.9.09: Major airlines, business & general aviation, associations on board of SESAR to modernise the European sky http://www.sesarju.eu/sites/default/files/documents/press-releases/pr_airlines_sju_0809_en.pdf

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