Press Release: Single European Sky: Commission urges Germany, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg to make a decisive move towards a common airspace.

On 16 April 2014, the European Commission formally requested Germany, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg to improve their Functional Airspace Block (FAB), a common airspace arranged around traffic flows rather than state boundaries.

FABs are a crucial step towards a more efficient, less costly and less polluting aviation system in Europe.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: MEPs back proposals to speed up reform of air traffic control services http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-meps-back-proposals-to-speed-up-reform-of-air-traffic-control-services/

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/

European Commission: RAPID: MEMO/14/293: April infringements package: main decisions http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-14-293_en.pdf

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