EUROPEAN AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT MASTER PLAN

Abstract

In the article the issue of prospects development of airspace and air traffic of Europe is considered. Main problems of the existed air navigation system have been reviewed. Some actions to be undertaken in Ukraine to improve its airspace indicators and increase the number of aircraft served by ATS units have been proposed. A performance based navigation concept is used by authors as a method to solve the problem. The concept is based on the principal of strict focus on desired results and well informed decision making process. The structure of the Master Plan and its stepwise implementation in the Europe airspace is described. The methods proposed to follow the plan structure appropriately have been reviewed. The performance based navigation concept can serve a key point in researches aimed at finding efficient ways to develop airspace and air traffic in Europe. The role and functions of ATS units within the framework of the performance based navigation concept are considered. In future more research of this issue will be conducted and new results will be published.