EUROCONTROL and Civil Aviation University of China sign a cooperation agreement
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The agreement focuses on benchmarking between China and Europe, cooperation in the development of test plans and data processing plans to ensure the integrity of satellite signals and cooperation on specific aviation-related topics of interest to both organisations.
Air traffic in China is currently lower than in Europe (approximately 45%), but it is growing with an enormous rate of 10 – 15% per year. Over the years, Europe has developed an advanced methodology to measure and drive ongoing performance improvements even in a very congested air transport system. The cooperation between EUROCONTROL and CAUC in this area aims to improve ATM performance in Europe, China, and ultimately globally through ICAO, resulting in further improvements in safety, punctuality, environmental efficiency and cost-efficiency.
The second key area of cooperation will be in the development of test plans to ensure the integrity of satellite signals for aviation. The objective here is to increase the integrity and interoperability of satellite systems and thus have a positive impact on safety of the global aviation industry.
“As air traffic grows across the globe, we need to keep our focus firmly on improving the performance and the interoperability of our air traffic management systems. Cooperation between China and Europe in this regard is an obvious step. It will bring clear benefits to improve the air traffic management systems through an increased understanding and knowledge of both partners,” said Frank Brenner, Director General of EUROCONTROL.
Source: http://www.eurocontrol.int/ Date: 09 Dec 2014