Objectives

European airspace is divided into flight information regions, which are subdivided into sectors to provide safe separation services for aircraft travelling through the airspace. Changing this to a flight-centred structure without reference to geographical sectors opens up the opportunity to distribute the traffic more evenly, and to avoid lost productivity in under-loaded sectors.  The project will develop the flight-centric concept for an ECAC-wide implementation in medium density traffic areas considering the existing national boundaries. Furthermore, the project includes the development of *ECAC-wide deployment scenarios, which are consistent with the limitations of the VHF spectrum for voice communications.

*European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) covers the 27 EU Member States and 15 other states.