What is the SES area (Single European Sky area) ?
The Single European Sky (SES) is an ambitious initiative, launched by the European Commission in 1999, to reform the architecture of European air traffic management (ATM). It puts forward a legislative approach to meet future capacity and safety needs at a European rather than at local level. The European Commission has mandated EUROCONTROL to develop implementing rules for the implementation of the Single European Sky. Each rule is prepared in close consultation with Member States and aviation stakeholders. See http://www.eurocontrol.int/ses EUROCONTROL is also at the forefront of research on the future air traffic management system through its work in the Single European Sky ATM Research Programme (SESAR), the technological dimension of the Single European Sky. The regions of ‘SES area’ are illustrated in this map. In agreement with the SESAR Joint Undertaking, the oceanic airspace is not included in the STATFOR definition of the SES area.
