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Integrating Airports into the future Air Traffic Management System

Aviation has been especially badly hit by the economic crisis.…

5 April 2010 | By David McMillan, Director General, EUROCONTROL

Aviation has been especially badly hit by the economic crisis. Airlines worldwide lost €7.9 billion in 2009 and a further €4 billion loss is forecast for 2010. Traffic in Europe declined by 6.6% in 2009 – the biggest fall on record and one which has had a severe impact on…

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The continuing rise of continuous descents

Continuous Descent Approaches (CDA) are on the rise: March 2009…

11 December 2009 | By David McMillan, Director General, EUROCONTROL

Continuous Descent Approaches (CDA) are on the rise: March 2009 marked the launch of the European Joint Industry CDA Action Plan, backed by IATA, CANSO, ACI-EUROPE and EUROCONTROL1. Since then, according to EUROCONTROL's CDA Implementation Support Team, implementation progress has been non-stop. Why are CDAs gathering this momentum?

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EUROCONTROL’s Challenges of Growth 2008 Report

EUROCONTROL publishes a series of studies aimed at providing decision…

3 December 2008 | By David McMillan, Director General EUROCONTROL

EUROCONTROL publishes a series of studies aimed at providing decision makers with up-to-date assessments of the challenges presented by the increasing demand for air transport. The latest, ‘Challenges of Growth 2008’1, is the third in the series and looks at those long-term challenges needing long-term solutions.

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Change and challenge in European Air Traffic Management

It might be a truism, but change is gradually changing.…

30 May 2008 | By David McMillan, Director General, EUROCONTROL

It might be a truism, but change is gradually changing. This can be seen in the accelerating rate that new inventions are adopted wide-scale. The World Bank recently conducted a study into this and found that in the past, it took a long time before new technology was adopted.