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📊 2.3K fewer flights week-on-week on Mon 10.03, with Week 11 finishing on 26,124 daily flights ✈️, ▼1% vs Week 10. 👉 That reflected a full-day strike across most major German airports, with 2,424 fewer flights in Germany that day contributing strongly to that cross-network drop of 2,287 flights. Over the week, that pushed down 🇩🇪 top 10 daily averages: ▼11% Lufthansa (4th busiest airline with 954 daily ✈️) ▼12% Frankfurt (6th busiest airport with 1,018 daily ✈️) ▼9% Munich (9th busiest airport with 732 daily ✈️) ▼8% Germany (3rd busiest State with 3,973 daily ✈️). Overall, daily traffic dipped week-on-week in ↘️ 8/10 #airlines/airline groups (but ↗️ in 8/10 year-on-year) ↘️ 8/10 #airports week-on-week (but ↗️ in 7/10 year-on-year) ↘️ 7/10 States week-on-week (but ↗️ in 9/10 year-on-year). Other key data: 📌 After last week's 🏁 photo finish at the top, Istanbul Airport went back into first with 1,300 daily ✈️, marginally more than in W10, pulling ahead of Amsterdam Schiphol on 1,292, with London Heathrow on 1,268 (▼0% & ▼2% respectively). 📌 The 3 busiest airline groups were all down (Ryanair 2,692 daily ✈️ & ▼0%; easyJet 1,454 daily ✈️ & ▼1%; Turkish Airlines 1,306 daily ✈️ & ▼1%). 📌 And alongside Germany, the busiest & 2nd busiest States also saw less traffic, with the UK 🇬🇧 handling 5,026 daily ✈️ (▼0%) & Spain down ▼1% on 4,497 daily ✈️. 📌 The busiest intra-European flow stood at 20,004 daily ✈️, like the global total, down ▼1%. 📌 However, larger week-on-week decreases were observed to ◁▷ 3rd largest flow North Africa with 1,119 ✈️ (▼6%) ◁▷ 8th largest flow South America with 196 daily ✈️ (▼4%). ⏰ arrival punctuality was steady at 85%. 📊 For more unique aviation data in your pocket, 24/7, 👉 check out our EUROCONTROL DATA app on Apple/Google Play.

✈️ This week's big event: the ✈️ EUROCONTROL Flight Dispatcher Days ✈️ to discuss how we can best collaborate to #thinkNetwork 🧠✈️ as ops actors prepare for ⬆️5% air traffic this summer vs 2024. 🔑 A key message: every local decision taken can potentially have a significant impact on the air traffic network as a whole. Over the 3 days, our EUROCONTROL Network Manager (#NM) experts will be sharing updates on some of the most essential tools for aircraft operators, such as NMP flight, as well as doing demos on EUROCONTROL tools and services such as: 📊 FATHOM – our interactive analysis tool sharing operational performance data to improve efficiency and sustainability 💻 MIRROR – our innovative flight visualisation tool that helps ops stakeholders predict & mitigate delays ✈️ NM rerouting tools including the Group Rerouting Tool 🔎 Airport tools such as #AirportCorner. The #FlightDispatcherDays are supported by Airlines 4 Europe, IFALDA, EUFALDA, IATA and European Regions Airline Association. They include: 📌 contributions from aircraft operators, sharing best practices via practical demos & discussions 📌 insight from air navigation service providers (#ANSPs) on how they are supporting aircraft operators, in particular with regards to flight plan adherence. ✨The Flight Dispatcher Days will also take a look at the implementation of FF-ICE, with particular attention on the challenges and solutions associated with the new flight plan format. More info: https://lnkd.in/d7iS2rmj

EUROCONTROL Stakeholder Forum: Towards a new model for ATM service delivery with a service-oriented architecture

🎙️ You won't want to miss our latest #RaisingTheAviationBar #podcast in which our Directors Tânia Cardoso Simões, Peggy Devestel & Céline Shakouri-Dias share #leadership insights. Made to mark #IWD2025 earlier this month, Tânia, Peggy & Céline, who head up our European Green Sky Directorate, Maastricht Upper Area Control Centre and Directorate of People respectively, talk to #RTAB host Anita Zech in our studio for a special podcast episode that ranges over: 🚩 their personal career journeys & the challenges they faced along the way 🚩 the barriers to achieving equal gender representation in top management 🚩 the benefits of diverse teams 🚩 how organisations can #AccelerateAction to foster #genderbalance & #inclusion 🚩 the various ways the Agency is supporting greater #diversity, #equity & #inclusion in our sector 🌈 Tune in for an interesting discussion on how organisations can move forward & what still needs to be done: https://lnkd.in/e_42kzbW

🚩 Talking to top #aviation stakeholders from our newest Member State Iceland 🇮🇸 at #EIH the EUROCONTROL Innovation Hub 💡. 💬 For EUROCONTROL DG Raúl Medina Caballero, the visit was for the delegation headed by Jon Gunnar Jonsson, Icelandic Transport Authority (#ICETRA) DG, "a perfect opportunity to talk to Tânia Cardoso Simões & her team about the work of our European Green Sky Directorate and our Innovation Hub, and start to identify some future areas of collaboration". The delegation comprised representatives from Isavia ANS, Isavia Keflavik Airport, Isavia Regional Airports, Icelandair & the industry from our 42nd Member State. 👉 They shared their innovation challenges - while we outlined the support #EIH could provide them in the future on such matters as: 📌 pan-European R&D 📌 #simulation & validation activities 📌 #EATIN - our agile innovation projects 📌 the EIH's work on integrating new airspace entrants. For more information, contact Giuseppe Murgese.

📡 Making Europe's #datalink network stronger ahead of busy summer traffic ✈️ with the operational community 🌍. This week we hosted the 18th Datalink Programme Management Group (#DPMG) & the 14th Datalink Support Group (#DSG), bringing together 🤝 the whole #datalink community - represented by 70+ experts from air navigation service providers (#ANSPs), #airlines, original equipment manufacturers (#OEMs), communication service providers (#CSPs) & institutional partners. 👉 Main discussion focus? On finalising the readiness plan for Summer 2025 traffic including the need for everyone to #thinkNetwork 🧠✈️, plus some initial reflections on likely priorities for Summer 2026. Key topics included: ✨ boosting #datalink network performance & logon rates 🔧 enhancing coordination during maintenance & outages 📡 supporting the gradual rollout of SATCOM & ADS-C services 📊 aligning monitoring metrics & technical processes. Ensuring the resilience and performance of the datalink network is vital to unlock the full operational benefits of controller-pilot datalink communications (CPDLC), reduce controller workload, and improve flight efficiency. ✈️ 🙏 A heartfelt thank you to all participants for their engagement, expertise & collaborative spirit - helping build a more connected & efficient European #ATM environment. 👉 To learn more about our initiatives & how you can get involved, feel free to reach out to Ludovic Legros, EUROCONTROL Datalink Programme Manager. #EUROCONTROL #Datalink #CPDLC #ThinkNetwork #NetworkResilience

Happy birthday Paris CDG - handling its first commercial flight 51 years ago yesterday. Average daily flights ✈️ at #CDG - right now the European #aviation network's 4th busiest #airport - over the last 7 days stand at 1,233, or 617 daily departures. That very first flight on 13.03.1974 was an arriving TWA 747, but that carrier ceased to fly almost 25 years ago. Today, the Air France Group accounts for over half of traffic across the European aviation network & beyond on 314 daily departures ✈️, followed by the easyJet Group on 55 ✈️. Top #airport destinations? 📌 Amsterdam Schiphol & London Heathrow on 14 daily departures ✈️ 📌 Milan Malpensa & Barcelona on 12 daily departures ✈️ Busiest country flows? ✈ 71 daily intra-France 🇫🇷 departures ✈ 55 daily departures to Italy 🇮🇹 & the UK 🇬🇧 ✈ 46 daily departures to Germany 🇩🇪 ✈ 45 daily departures to the US 🇺🇸 69% of all flights are intra-European (423 daily departures), with the next 3 largest flows: 📍 55 daily departures to North America 📍 38 daily departures to the Asia-Pacific region 📍 33 daily departures to North Africa 📊 For more unique aviation data in your pocket, 24/7, 👉 check out our EUROCONTROL DATA app on Apple/Google Play.

🤝 Strengthening partnership in the areas of #aviation regulation & #standardisation with EUROCAE ✈️. 👉 This renewed agreement, which replaces the previous MoC signed in 2021, marks a new chapter in EUROCAE-EUROCONTROL collaboration. 💬 EUROCONTROL DG Raúl Medina Caballero: "This new Memorandum of Cooperation is a testament to our ongoing commitment to collaborate on standardisation matters that are fundamental to the #aviation sector. Robust & timely standards are vital to ensuring that European aviation remains #safe, efficient & #sustainable – both now and in the future". 💬 EUROCAE DG Anna von Groote: "Standards are the cornerstone of innovation in #ATM. They provide the essential framework that enables the development, integration & widespread adoption of cutting-edge technologies. These standards are vital in ensuring safety, fostering global interoperability & promoting international harmonisation". 🔗 Read the full press release here: https://lnkd.in/eM-krjWR

The latest European Aviation Overview (#EAO) covering the period 3 to 9 March reveals that passenger numbers already went past pre-pandemic levels last year, as demonstrated by the latest ACI EUROPE statistics of 2.5 billion passenger movements through its airports. ✈️ Key Highlights: 📊 Flight Activity: 📌 The network recorded an average of 26,476 daily flights, marking a 6% increase compared to 2024 📌 Week-on-week traffic rose by 2.0% across the top 10 European states, with all countries (except Türkiye) seeing an increase in flight numbers ⏱️ Punctuality Gains: 📌 Network punctuality improved with arrival punctuality up by 4.8 percentage points vs 2024, reaching 84.6% 📌 Departure punctuality increased by 5.6 percentage points vs 2024, reaching 79.7% 📌 Compared to March 2019, punctuality across both arrivals and departures is better by +5.5pp and +4.5pp, respectively For a full breakdown of the numbers, check out the detailed European Aviation Overview below 👇 https://lnkd.in/eT4_bwZu

📍 Live next Friday | 21 March: Our 💻 #StakeholderForum Webinar on how a service-oriented architecture (#SOA) could be a new model for #ATM - register now! 👉 Exploring the issue this Friday, 21 March ⌚️14:00-15:00 CET, are SESAR Joint Undertaking Chief Technology & Strategy Alain Siebert, Skyguide Chief Technology Officer Klaus Meier, SESAR Deployment Manager Head Strategy & Technical Execution Heiko Teper, and Gartner Senior Director Consulting Services Ralf Herrmann, expertly moderated by Philip Hughes, EUROCONTROL's Head of European Aviation Plans, Cooperation & Stakeholder Support. #SOA - modern, data-driven & cloud-based - is a cornerstone of the European ATM Master Plan, driving transformation across 5️⃣ key areas: 🔑 trajectory optimisation 🔑 data volumes 🔑 automation 🔑 dynamic airspace 🔑 the role of human operators. #SOAs' interoperable, reusable and user-driven information services promise ✓ faster feature deployment ✓ enhanced interoperability ✓ increased innovation ✓ greater automation ✓ seamless integration across airspace & the tech systems used by all air navigation service providers (#ANSPs). 📌 Join us for a fascinating & timely discussion on the future of #ATM service delivery in Europe - and remember, as well as joining in the debate on the day, you can also pose your Qs upfront! 👉 Register here https://lnkd.in/eXaSi5AB