European skies milestone achieved

Norwegian air navigation service provider, Avinor, has officially joined the iTEC collaboration, marking another step toward aligning air traffic management systems in support of a Single European Sky (SES). SES is the plan to reduce the myriad existing divisions of European airspace to increase air traffic efficiency. The scheme has been progressing slowly as a result of a combination of a lack of support from national govts and opposition from some air traffic controllers concerned at the prospect of job losses. iTEC is a common flight data processing system, a major step toward the creation of a single, efficiently structured European airspace. The agreement paves the way for Norway to join the UK, Germany, Spain and Netherlands in the use of iTEC. <br/>
ATW
http://atwonline.com/air-traffic-management/european-skies-milestone-achieved
6/20/16