How much of a priority is environment for EUROCONTROL and ATM?
Environmental issues at and around airports are a key and growing constraint on the European ATM system. The adverse impacts of air transport degrade people’s quality of life and constitute a growing European economic burden. Across ECAC States these internal (ATM) and external (Society) costs run to hundreds of million of EURO per annum. Environment Objectives for the EUROCONTROL Organisation and Agency are highlighted in the Revised Convention (article 1) and the ATM 2000+ Strategy. The Member States have made environmental protection part of EUROCONTROL’s mission through their approval in April 2001 of the EUROCONTROL Environmental Policy and Strategy.
