Why is EUROCONTROL involved in Environment?
Aviation brings many positive contributions to society’s sustainability such as employment, economic development, mobility and leisure, poverty reduction and cultural enrichment. But these benefits are made more fragile by aviation’s environmental impacts both in terms of adversely affecting the quality of life of citizens and the economic burden associated with human health and welfare. The regulatory and policy response to these adverse impacts can include capacity constraints, non-optimal aircraft operations, increased costs and reduced efficiency. Air Traffic Management (ATM) and the ATM network/system can play a major role in determining the impact of aircraft (i.e. where, when and how they are flown). But at present the response to this challenge varies enormously across Europe and some solutions need a Europe-wide and international level scope. ATM will only optimise its contribution to minimising adverse impacts through collaboration both between operational stakeholders and wi
