Single European Sky (SES)
The Commission’s Single European Sky initiative provides for the unification of European airspace. Today, the sectorisation of airspace is still based on national borders, and the sky above Europe is fragmented. SES is aimed at creating a common Europen airspace independent of national frontiers, which will be organised exclusively in accordance with operational requirements and will thus help to make aviation safer, more efficient and cheaper. Main goal is the creation of 5 - 10 Functional Airspaceblocks, making the flow of air traffic over Europe more efficient with less emissions.
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Functional Airspaceblock Central Europe (FAB CE)
Austro Control is working with the Air Navigation Service Providers of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina to implement one of the first Functional Airspaceblocks in the context of Single European Sky (FAB CE).
SESAR - Single European Sky ATM Research
SESAR is the “operational” part to the legislative packages of SES and is proposing a new approach to reform the ATM structure in Europe in regards to innovative technological solutions.
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NORACON (NORth European and Austrian CONsortium)
NORACON, the NORth European and Austrian CONsortium, consists of eight European ANS providers: Austro Control (Austria) and the North European ANS Providers (NEAP) including AVINOR (Norway), EANS (Estonia), Finavia (Finland), IAA (Ireland), ISAVIA (Iceland), LFV (Sweden) and Naviair (Denmark).
The purpose of NORACONs membership in the SESAR Joint Undertaking is to ensure impact from the partners in the development of the future European ATM business.
NORACON together handle approximately 13% of the European IFR traffic and covers an even larger geographical area. Major parts of the NORACON airspace are situated on high latitudes and all the way up to the North Pole.
Within the SESAR Joint Undertaking NORACON will lead WP 8 Information Management and will make significant contributions to both operational and technical areas where the advantages and skills can be best utilised from a European as well as a regional perspective.
Due to the availability of airspace, both continental and oceanic, and complex airports with periods of fairly low traffic and congestions the region is well suited for performing validation through live trials and pre-operational use.