Seventeen European aviation organizations are asking the European Commission to implement “an all-inclusive, cooperative approach” to the integration of drones into European airspace.
In an open letter to European Transport Commissioner Adina Vălean, the organizations ─ including representatives of airlines, airports, air traffic controllers, sports aviation, pilots, business aviation, helicopter operators and aircraft manufacturers ─ said the European Commission should begin new, comprehensive consultations on the issue and include representatives from organizations involved with both manned and unmanned aviation.
One of the signers, the European Regions Airline Association (ERA), said in a statement that the organizations “encourage and support the ambition of the European Union to lead global efforts to develop a proportionate regulatory framework for U-Space, which encompasses new services and procedures i…
