19 March 2006
Eurocontrol, the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation is moving ahead with its plans to harmonise and simplify European airspace.
It currently numbers 36 Member States and has as its primary objective the development of a seamless, pan-European Air Traffic Management system.
It proposes cutting the current plethora of classifications down to just three, to be called N, K and U. However it is encountering problems over what it calls the Lower DFL – the lowest Divisional Flight Level – where some states like the UK have concerns that military low flying will be affected, while others see problems with infrastructure in airspace where air traffic services must be provided, but where there is only general aviation activity to pay for it.
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