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Action required to prevent summer flight delays | FairPlane UK / 13.03.2018
Travel Weekly, a UK publication aimed at the travel industry, reported this week that there was growing concern regarding a potential repeat of last summer’s widespread flight delays across Europe.
The concern was raised by Airlines for Europe (A4E), the aviation trade body for Europe.
Warnings have been issued regarding “understaffed air traffic control” and “the insufficient capacity of the system” could contribute to a 300% increase in flight delays at some airports.
Left unchecked, these shortfalls in operations would inevitably lead to frustrating delays for passengers.
Brussels was the meeting place for recent discussions between airline chief executives and industry stakeholders where the main topic of conversation was how to make European air traffic more reliable for passengers.
Thomas Reynaert managing director of A4E said:
“While recognising that some member states have taken measures to alleviate the situation, we remain cautious as still more needs to be done in terms of staffing and investments in automation.”
“Turning to 2018, traffic is expected to continue to grow significantly.
“Therefore, there is an urgent need to pursue network-wide improvements in 2018 and beyond – which we are actively addressing with all air navigation service providers.”
