The project aims to demonstrate that direct routes and initial Free Routing operations are possible in Europe and can help reduce flight times, congestion and the impact on the environment.  The project will specifically show how direct routes can be applied to city couples, across borders and can involve various ATM stakeholders. Furthermore, the project intends to demonstrate ATM functionalities such as Flexible Airspace Management and Free Route and Network Collaborative Management, by collecting and analysing data in order to facilitate the deployment of these solutions. Against this background, three types of exercises will be executed:

• City pairs: optimisation will be proposed;
• Direct Routing (DCT)during weekends and week days including Airspace Management (ASM) and Flexible Use of Airspace (FUA);
• Free Routing in across a Functional Airspace Block area.

The project will also look how military airspace can be tactically used to better manage flight planning. A performance assessment, including safety, will be conducted thanks to a series of flight trials as part of the project.

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