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GATE Aviation Training expands with new academy in Southern Spain

Polish Air Navigation Services Agency (PANSA) and ENAIRE strengthen technical cooperation in air navigation communication systems

FREQUENTIS and DFS lead Europe’s first-ever rollout of scalable, resilient ATM service model

Swiss air navigation services strengthen its foundation in a challenging environment

FREQUENTIS supports Latvian airspace with digital transformation

July saw busiest day since pandemic for UK flights

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Managing summer traffic – ENAIRE

19/08/2025

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Increasing Efficiency: Luxembourg’s Administration of air navigation’s innovative initiatives on horizontal and vertical flight management

In the ever-evolving landscape of air traffic management, Luxembourg Administration of air navigation (ANA) has been at the forefront of initiatives aimed at enhancing both horizontal and vertical flight efficiency. The focus on Continuous Descent Operations (CDO) and Continuous Climb …

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Why flight plan adherence matters

Johnny Pring, Manager for Policy and Advocacy at CANSO Europe, explains how disciplined flight plan execution can ease summer capacity constraints. Summer 2025 – crowded skies, stretched capacity The skies across Europe have been as busy as ever this summer as demand …

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Strategic Sky: How Azerbaijan’s airspace became a pillar of global resilience amid geopolitical turbulence

In June 2025, heightened geopolitical instability in the Middle East forced many airspace closures, affecting Iran, Israel and their neighbouring countries. This triggered an urgent reassessment of routing options for international carriers travelling between Europe and Asia. With minimal disruption, our …

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How ENAIRE managed airspace when the lights went out

On 28 April, a nationwide power outage affected Spain, Portugal and parts of southern France, massively disrupting public services, businesses and homes. This immediately posed an enormous challenge to ENAIRE, whose mandate is to keep Spanish airspace open to traffic at …

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Greener skies – achievements and long term challenges for ROMATSA

After overcoming the worst economic period in its history during the pandemic, European aviation is facing both the opportunity and challenge of becoming the most efficient and environmentally friendly in the world over the next 25 years. While the spotlight is …

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CANSO drones exhibition wins over European Parliament

In February, CANSO Europe, with the support of MEP Jan-Christoph Oetjen, organised an exhibition in the European Parliament entitled “Drones – Innovation to Shape our Future Skies”. This brought together ANSPs, European Agencies and SESAR3 JU projects to show how they …

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Increasing Efficiency: Luxembourg’s Administration of air navigation’s innovative initiatives on horizontal and vertical flight management

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Why flight plan adherence matters

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Strategic Sky: How Azerbaijan’s airspace became a pillar of global resilience amid geopolitical turbulence

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How ENAIRE managed airspace when the lights went out

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Greener skies – achievements and long term challenges for ROMATSA

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CANSO drones exhibition wins over European Parliament

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Increasing Efficiency: Luxembourg’s Administration of air navigation’s innovative initiatives on horizontal and vertical flight management

Navigating COVID-19Show all

CEO Series: Anne Kathrine Jensen, Entry Point North (video)

View the full CANSO mini-series featuring short conversations with industry key players across the globe here. In these 10-minute sessions, CEOs offer insight into the …

CEO Series: Jean Ferre, Thales (video)

View the full CANSO mini-series featuring short conversations with industry key players across the globe here. In these 10-minute sessions, CEOs offer insight into the current …

CEO Series: Richard Parker, Altitude Angel (video)

View the full CANSO mini-series featuring short conversations with industry key players across the globe here. In these 10-minute sessions, CEOs offer insight into the current …

Passenger enthusiasm to return to the skies dampened by quarantine rules, new research reveals

New research has revealed the extent to which the UK public is keen to return to international travel, but also that their enthusiasm is being undermined …

14/07/2021

Aviation sector welcomes updated EASA-ECDC Aviation Health Safety Protocol calling for harmonised and risk-based COVID-19 travel measures – Member States must now implement

Leading aviation associations1 welcomed the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)’s latest COVID-19 Aviation Health Safety …

18/06/2021

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Maintaining safety focus during the COVID-19 pandemic

Patrick Gontar, Head of Safety Intelligence at DFS, Katharina-Maria Kalina BSc, MSc, IMS Risk & Performance Manager at Austro Control, and Dr. Ioana Koglbauer, Human Factors …

16/06/2021

CEO Series: Anne Kathrine Jensen, Entry Point North (video)

View the full CANSO mini-series featuring short conversations with industry key players across the globe here. In these 10-minute sessions, CEOs offer insight into the …

CEO Series: Jean Ferre, Thales (video)

View the full CANSO mini-series featuring short conversations with industry key players across the globe here. In these 10-minute sessions, CEOs offer insight into the current …

CEO Series: Richard Parker, Altitude Angel (video)

View the full CANSO mini-series featuring short conversations with industry key players across the globe here. In these 10-minute sessions, CEOs offer insight into the current …

Passenger enthusiasm to return to the skies dampened by quarantine rules, new research reveals

New research has revealed the extent to which the UK public is keen to return to international travel, but also that their enthusiasm is being undermined …

14/07/2021

Aviation sector welcomes updated EASA-ECDC Aviation Health Safety Protocol calling for harmonised and risk-based COVID-19 travel measures – Member States must now implement

Leading aviation associations1 welcomed the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)’s latest COVID-19 Aviation Health Safety …

18/06/2021

Blog

Maintaining safety focus during the COVID-19 pandemic

Patrick Gontar, Head of Safety Intelligence at DFS, Katharina-Maria Kalina BSc, MSc, IMS Risk & Performance Manager at Austro Control, and Dr. Ioana Koglbauer, Human Factors …

16/06/2021

CEO Series: Anne Kathrine Jensen, Entry Point North (video)

View the full CANSO mini-series featuring short conversations with industry key players across the globe here. In these 10-minute sessions, CEOs offer insight into the …

CEO Series: Jean Ferre, Thales (video)

View the full CANSO mini-series featuring short conversations with industry key players across the globe here. In these 10-minute sessions, CEOs offer insight into the current …

CEO Series: Richard Parker, Altitude Angel (video)

View the full CANSO mini-series featuring short conversations with industry key players across the globe here. In these 10-minute sessions, CEOs offer insight into the current …

BlogsShow all

CANSO drones exhibition wins over European Parliament

In February, CANSO Europe, with the support of MEP Jan-Christoph Oetjen, organised an exhibition in the European Parliament entitled “Drones – Innovation to Shape our Future Skies”. …

Increasing Efficiency: Luxembourg’s Administration of air navigation’s innovative initiatives on horizontal and vertical flight management

In the ever-evolving landscape of air traffic management, Luxembourg Administration of air navigation (ANA) has been at the forefront of initiatives aimed at enhancing both horizontal …

Why flight plan adherence matters

Strategic Sky: How Azerbaijan’s airspace became a pillar of global resilience amid geopolitical turbulence

How ENAIRE managed airspace when the lights went out

On 28 April, a nationwide power outage affected Spain, Portugal and parts of southern France, massively disrupting public services, businesses and homes. This immediately posed an enormous …

Greener skies – achievements and long term challenges for ROMATSA

After overcoming the worst economic period in its history during the pandemic, European aviation is facing both the opportunity and challenge of becoming the most efficient …

CANSO drones exhibition wins over European Parliament

In February, CANSO Europe, with the support of MEP Jan-Christoph Oetjen, organised an exhibition in the European Parliament entitled “Drones – Innovation to Shape our Future Skies”. …

Increasing Efficiency: Luxembourg’s Administration of air navigation’s innovative initiatives on horizontal and vertical flight management

In the ever-evolving landscape of air traffic management, Luxembourg Administration of air navigation (ANA) has been at the forefront of initiatives aimed at enhancing both horizontal …

Why flight plan adherence matters

Strategic Sky: How Azerbaijan’s airspace became a pillar of global resilience amid geopolitical turbulence

How ENAIRE managed airspace when the lights went out

On 28 April, a nationwide power outage affected Spain, Portugal and parts of southern France, massively disrupting public services, businesses and homes. This immediately posed an enormous …

Greener skies – achievements and long term challenges for ROMATSA

After overcoming the worst economic period in its history during the pandemic, European aviation is facing both the opportunity and challenge of becoming the most efficient …

CANSO drones exhibition wins over European Parliament

In February, CANSO Europe, with the support of MEP Jan-Christoph Oetjen, organised an exhibition in the European Parliament entitled “Drones – Innovation to Shape our Future Skies”. …

Increasing Efficiency: Luxembourg’s Administration of air navigation’s innovative initiatives on horizontal and vertical flight management

In the ever-evolving landscape of air traffic management, Luxembourg Administration of air navigation (ANA) has been at the forefront of initiatives aimed at enhancing both horizontal …

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Airspace Q3 2019 – The meaning of success – NATS and NAV CANADA

CANSO Award of Excellence in ATM Finalist NATS and NAV CANADA – Replacing traditional paper strips with an electronic computer display system (ExCDS) into London Terminal Control In 2018, …

26/08/2019

Airspace Q2 2019 – A time for action

European ANSPs need to accelerate the implementation of new technologies and concepts now if they are to accommodate the demand for air transport in the long term.&…

14/05/2019

Remarks of Simon Hocquard, Deputy Director General CANSO, to ENAIRE 2019 Annual Day in Madrid on 12 March 2019

In his remarks to the ENAIRE Annual Day in Madrid on 12 March, CANSO Deputy Director General, Simon Hocquard, spoke about the future of air traffic management (ATM) …

22/03/2019

ANSPs deliver summer season capacity

Johnny Pring, Manager for Policy and Advocacy at CANSO Europe, explains how air navigation service providers (ANSPs) addressed the revival of passenger numbers in Europe. In the 2022 …

07/10/2022

Through turbulence to our destination

Farhan Guliyev, Director of AZANS, explores lesson’s learned from COVID-19, and the solutions and requirements for restart and recovery. Turbulence is one of the most unpredictable …

19/06/2020

Airspace Q4 2019 – Put an end to isolation

Farhan Guliyev, Director, AZANS, outlines the ANSP’s provision of cost-efficient, safe, secure, flexible and sustainable ATM while implementing advanced technologies and solutions. Today, every part of …

15/11/2019

Airspace Q3 2019 – The meaning of success – NATS and NAV CANADA

CANSO Award of Excellence in ATM Finalist NATS and NAV CANADA – Replacing traditional paper strips with an electronic computer display system (ExCDS) into London Terminal Control In 2018, …

26/08/2019

Airspace Q2 2019 – A time for action

European ANSPs need to accelerate the implementation of new technologies and concepts now if they are to accommodate the demand for air transport in the long term.&…

14/05/2019

Remarks of Simon Hocquard, Deputy Director General CANSO, to ENAIRE 2019 Annual Day in Madrid on 12 March 2019

In his remarks to the ENAIRE Annual Day in Madrid on 12 March, CANSO Deputy Director General, Simon Hocquard, spoke about the future of air traffic management (ATM) …

22/03/2019

ANSPs deliver summer season capacity

Johnny Pring, Manager for Policy and Advocacy at CANSO Europe, explains how air navigation service providers (ANSPs) addressed the revival of passenger numbers in Europe. In the 2022 …

07/10/2022

Through turbulence to our destination

Farhan Guliyev, Director of AZANS, explores lesson’s learned from COVID-19, and the solutions and requirements for restart and recovery. Turbulence is one of the most unpredictable …

19/06/2020

Airspace Q4 2019 – Put an end to isolation

15/11/2019

Airspace Q3 2019 – The meaning of success – NATS and NAV CANADA

CANSO Award of Excellence in ATM Finalist NATS and NAV CANADA – Replacing traditional paper strips with an electronic computer display system (ExCDS) into London Terminal Control In 2018, …

26/08/2019

Airspace Q2 2019 – A time for action

European ANSPs need to accelerate the implementation of new technologies and concepts now if they are to accommodate the demand for air transport in the long term.&…

14/05/2019

Remarks of Simon Hocquard, Deputy Director General CANSO, to ENAIRE 2019 Annual Day in Madrid on 12 March 2019

In his remarks to the ENAIRE Annual Day in Madrid on 12 March, CANSO Deputy Director General, Simon Hocquard, spoke about the future of air traffic management (ATM) …

22/03/2019

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CEO Series: Richard Parker, Altitude Angel (video)

View the full CANSO mini-series featuring short conversations with industry key players across the globe here. In these 10-minute sessions, CEOs offer insight into the current challenges …

CEO Series: Janusz Janiszewski, PANSA (video)

Following the Global Conversations: CEO Series earlier this year, CANSO has launched a new mini-series featuring short conversations with industry key players across the globe. In these 10…

17/12/2020

CEO Series: Farhan Guliyev, AZANS (video)

Following the Global Conversations: CEO Series earlier this year, CANSO has launched a new mini-series featuring short conversations with industry key players across the globe. In these 10…

11/12/2020

CEO Series: Anne Kathrine Jensen, Entry Point North (video)

View the full CANSO mini-series featuring short conversations with industry key players across the globe here. In these 10-minute sessions, CEOs offer insight into the current …

CEO Series: Jean Ferre, Thales (video)

View the full CANSO mini-series featuring short conversations with industry key players across the globe here. In these 10-minute sessions, CEOs offer insight into the current challenges …

CEO Series: Richard Parker, Altitude Angel (video)

View the full CANSO mini-series featuring short conversations with industry key players across the globe here. In these 10-minute sessions, CEOs offer insight into the current challenges …

CEO Series: Janusz Janiszewski, PANSA (video)

Following the Global Conversations: CEO Series earlier this year, CANSO has launched a new mini-series featuring short conversations with industry key players across the globe. In these 10…

17/12/2020

CEO Series: Farhan Guliyev, AZANS (video)

Following the Global Conversations: CEO Series earlier this year, CANSO has launched a new mini-series featuring short conversations with industry key players across the globe. In these 10…

11/12/2020

CEO Series: Anne Kathrine Jensen, Entry Point North (video)

View the full CANSO mini-series featuring short conversations with industry key players across the globe here. In these 10-minute sessions, CEOs offer insight into the current …

CEO Series: Jean Ferre, Thales (video)

View the full CANSO mini-series featuring short conversations with industry key players across the globe here. In these 10-minute sessions, CEOs offer insight into the current challenges …

CEO Series: Richard Parker, Altitude Angel (video)

View the full CANSO mini-series featuring short conversations with industry key players across the globe here. In these 10-minute sessions, CEOs offer insight into the current challenges …