Press Release: Air transport: Single European Sky performance targets agreed; will lead to savings of more than one billion euro

The committee of experts from European Member States have unanimously agreed the performance targets for the Single European Sky, presented by the European Commission in the areas of environment, capacity/delays, and cost-efficiency for the period 2012 to 2014. The package will deliver significant safety improvements, fewer delays, lower costs and reduced CO2 emissions. For example, airspace users are expected to save €340 million per year or more than €1 billion over the whole period, while at the same time harmful CO2 emissions will be reduced by 500,000 tons a year.

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ESO: Background Information: Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Switzerland sign agreement towards the Single European Sky http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-belgium-france-germany-luxembourg-the-netherlands-and-switzerland-sign-agreement-towards-the-single-european-sky/

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