A plan to enhance automation, cyber-secure data sharing and connectivity in air traffic management throughout Europe has been approved by the administrative board of the public-private partnership that coordinates the European Union’s advanced research and development activities for air traffic management.
The Administrative Board of the Single European Sky Air Traffic Management (ATM) Research (SESAR) Joint Undertaking approved the 2020 version of the European ATM Master Plan earlier this week.
The board said the move signaled “strong consensus across Europe’s aviation sector to move ahead swiftly with the digital transformation of Europe’s aviation infrastructure, making air transport smarter, more sustainable and accessible to all.”
The goal is to achieve a “digital European sky” by 2040, with accompanying improvements in air traffic services as well as the inclusion of operations at very low altitudes and high al…
