Shorter night routes in Europe
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More environmentally friendly and more cost savings
10 November 2010 - As part of the harmonisation of European airspace, shorter
night routes are now being offered on 115 cross-border connections. These more
environmentally friendly and cost-saving routes were made possible by FABEC
(Functional Airspace Block Europe Central), where the air navigation service
providers in Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and
Switzerland are working on a joint airspace.
One of the goals of FABEC is to offer pilots in European airspace as many direct
routes as possible. Today, FABEC has shortened 115 routes during the night which
enables the airlines to save 800,000 nautical miles per year, which corresponds
to approximately 1.481 million kilometres. This results in savings of 4,800
tonnes of kerosene and 16,000 tonnes of CO(2). It was possible to offer these
shorter routes to the airlines due to the fact that air traffic decreases
significantly at night and that military training airspaces are also mostly
inactive at this time. The shorter routes are particularly beneficial for cargo
aircraft, which often operate at night. 19 of these new routes cross the
airspace controlled by skyguide.
The FABEC partners view this first measurable success as confirmation of their
intention to press ahead with the harmonisation of European airspace. Not only
will this support better routing, but it will also make a significant
contribution to environmental protection.
Illustrations:
Night Network in the FABEC area
New night routes in the airspace controlled by skyguide
For further information please contact:
skyguide
swiss air navigation services ltd.
media relations
phone: +41 22 417 4008
email:presse(at)skyguide.ch
internet:www.skyguide.ch
FAB Europe Central
media relations
phone: +49 6103 707 4190
email:Roland.Beran(at)FABEC.eu
Internet:www.fabec.eu
FABEC brings together the six States of Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg,
the Netherlands and Switzerland, their civil and military air navigation service
providers as well as EUROCONTROL's four-State air traffic control centre in
Maastricht. The civil FABEC ANSPs employ a total of 17,700 people. 5,400 are
traffic controllers. 55 % of all European traffic takes place in the FABEC area.
Skyguide is responsible for providing air navigation services within Swiss
airspace and in the airspace of certain adjoining regions in neighbouring
countries. The company guides the civil and military aircraft entrusted to its
care - around 3150 flights a day or 1.15 million a year - through some of the
busiest and most complex airspace in Europe. Skyguide is a non-profit limited
company which has its head office in Geneva. The majority of its shares are held
by the Swiss Confederation. The company generated annual operating revenue of
over CHF 362 million in 2009 and employs some 1400 people at 14 locations in
Switzerland.
The media release can be downloaded from the following link:
[HUG#1460921]
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