SESAR 3 Joint Undertaking’s Post

One step closer to welcoming Iceland 🇮🇸 as our 42nd Member State! 👉 This week saw Icelandic Minister of Infrastructure Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson sign alongside EUROCONTROL DG Raúl Medina the 1997 Protocol consolidating the EUROCONTROL International Convention relating to Cooperation for the Safety of Air Navigation, and the 2002 Protocol on EU accession to the revised Convention. This was an important milestone 📍 on the path for Iceland to join the EUROCONTROL Organisation, which is envisaged for January 2025, and brings us one step further to integrating Iceland into the European aviation network ✈️. Integrating Iceland & its airspace fully into the European aviation network offers many operational and strategical benefits, and builds on our longstanding partnership 🤝, with the State signing a Transitional Agreement in September 2022 & already participating for some years in our decision-making & working groups as an observer. #networkmanagement #flying #iceland

Andreas Georgakopoulos presenting #5GSEAGUL project during the 5G CORRIDORS WORKSHOP 2023 in the session "Roundtable: Lessons learnt from study to deployment". The GUIDE project, with the support of HaDEA and DG CNECT organized the event which was hosted by the European Commission in Brussels on the 10th Oct. 2023 with the aim to review the two 5G Strategic Deployment Agendas published in 2020 in the fields of rail and road. @EU_HaDEA #CEFDigital   Our efforts to promote #WINGSChariot continue. 5G SEAGUL will enable the validation of our WINGSChariot product on logistics, and especially, of the OBU-based control of product transfer, in the 5G corridor deployed from Velestino (Central Greece) to Sofia in Bulgaria by crossing the Greek-Bulgarian border in Promahonas.

I did a couple of reports on the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo's tour of Muritala Mohammed International Airports. This is one of them, and as rightly captioned, this is on the suspension of Nigeria Air and closure of the old terminal for a total overhaul. And guess what, you'll enjoy the expert analysis by Aviation Analysts. https://lnkd.in/dMJentBU

CEO of #RigaAirport Laila Odina, attending today Aviation-Event 2023 discussion “The challenges and opportunities of new emerging markets of Central Eastern European aviation” with Jesús Caballero Pinto, CEO, Sofia Airport, David Ciceo, CEO, Cluj Avram Iancu International Airport, Eldin Dobardžić, Chair of the Board of Directors, Airports of Montenegro underlined: “The Baltic countries have a lot in common with the Balkan countries in the field of aviation: history, aviation restructuring in the nineties of the last century, when the old carriers disappeared and new ones appeared. Latvia's benefit and success from these changes was the national airline "airBaltic", which today is the most important player in our region. At the moment connectivity of these regions is expanding, discovering more and more new routes from the Baltic main Riga Airport to the Balkans. These new destinations strengthen the Riga Airport as a hub of the region and help to replace markets of Ukraine, Russia and Belarus lost due to the war.” #aviation #travel #development #cooperation #baltics #balkans

✈️ Low-cost carrier Ryanair announced a large-scale return to #Ukraine after the war. The company's management announced the large-scale changes after a visit to #Kyiv. Ryanair plans to open 75 routes from #Europe to #Ukraine within eight weeks after the airspace is declared #safe. Also, the low-cost carrier intends to attract significant funds to Ukraine and lead the recovery of the Ukrainian air transportation market: ▪️ Investing about 3 billion dollars ▪️ Placing up to 30 new Boeing MAX aircraft ▪️At the three main airports of Ukraine — #Kyiv, #Lviv, and #Odesa

Air Astana’s low-cost subsidiary FlyArystan gets own AOC, pursues further growth FlyArystan, the low-cost subsidiary of Kazakh national carrier Air Astana, has obtained its own, separate air operator certificate (AOC) from the Aviation Administration of Kazakhstan (AAK). Although launched in 2019 with its own distinct brand and commercial strategy, FlyArystan had previously been operating under Air Astana’s AOC. Read more at: https://lnkd.in/dbsang2F #AviationTalk #aviationnews #avgeek #aviation

During #NATO #Summit there are planned some traffic restrictions. Lithuanian Airports share detailed plan how #Vilnius #airport can be reached at this period. Passengers who have tickets for #flights before the closure of the airspace to commercial aircraft will be able to get to both the airport terminals and the car park by driving along Darius and Girėnas, F. Vaitkaus streets. However, it is stressed that traffic may be impeded during some periods due to additional security measures. Private vehicles will not be allowed on Vikingų, Oreivių and A. Gustaičio streets (past the IKEA store and Nordika supermarket). Passengers planning to travel to #Vilnius #airport during the NATO event are advised to use the city's public transport, which will be free of charge. In addition, the Vilnius-Vilnius Airport train route will be specially upgraded by LTG Link from 10-13 July. Between 24 and 36 daily round-trip train services are planned for these days. We apologies for any inconvenience. For more information visit: https://lnkd.in/ewUQMKSR (LT) https://lnkd.in/epna76Sh (EN) #Lithuanianairports #NATOsummit

⛴ 🛩 Why does #Maritime and #Aeronautical Communication Matter? 🌍 When you travel in #Africa, it's comforting to know that your airplane can land safely without any signal interference. Similarly, if you embark on a boat cruise, it's reassuring to rely on communication systems for emergency assistance. 🇸🇳 This week, the International Telecommunication Union organised a workshop in Dakar. The training aimed to enhance the capacity of #telecommunications #regulators on these crucial topics. The #ITU plays a vital role in #safeguarding the frequency bands used by vessels and airplanes to navigate safely and maintain reliable communication. 📡 By providing recommendations, regulations, and databases, the ITU supports seafarers in their duties, ensuring efficient and secure maritime and aeronautical communication. 📶

Here in Switzerland, the discussion about the possible future institutional framework agreement between Switzerland and EU has gained traction. For aviation, the bilateral air transport agreement between Switzerland and the EU with its acquis communautaire is very important. I published a reply to an article of Carl Baudenbacher in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung NZZ of February 28, 2024, highlighting the improvements the discussed agreement may bring regarding the dispute settlement mechanism and the role of the ECJ.

On January 30, Transport Minister Ilkhom Makhkamov held a meeting with the Director of the International Civil Aviation Organization Regional Bureau for Europe and the North Atlantic, Nicolas Rallo At the meeting, the parties discussed issues of providing practical assistance from the ICAO in the development of priority tasks in the field of civil aviation, as well as the development and implementation of the National Flight Safety Program. During the meeting, an Agreement was signed to provide practical technical assistance to the Republic of Uzbekistan within the framework of the program “Implementation of cooperation in the implementation of ICAO standards.” The objective is to adopt a more strategic approach, and implement priority activities to improve aviation safety, based on collaboration between Uzbekistan, ICAO and partners. In addition, these priority activities will be designed to support Uzbekistan’s national development priorities.