Reaching for the
Single European Sky
EUROCONTROL AT 50 | Reaching for the Single European Sky
Editor Simon Michell
EUROCONTROL Editorial Manager Lucia Pasquini
Group Editorial Director Claire Manuel
Managing Editor Lauren Rose-Smith
Sub-Editors Nick Gordon, Samantha Guerrini
Group Art Director David Cooper
Art Editors Nicky Macro, James White, Zac Casey
Group Sales Director Andrew Howard
Sales Manager James Johnston
Sales Executives David Amos, Alexander Smith
Client Relations Director Natalie Cleur
Deputy Chief Executive Hugh Robinson
Publisher and Chief Executive Alan Spence
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CONTENTS
Forewords
9 Reforming our structure for the future
David McMillan, Director General, EUROCONTROL
15 Coordinating evolution
Patrick Gandil, Provisional Council President,
EUROCONTROL
21 A global collaboration
Raymond Benjamin, Secretary General,
International Civil Aviation Organization
25 50 years of EUROCONTROL
Gerry Lumsden, Executive Secretary,
European Civil Aviation Conference
27 Building on success
Antonio Tajani, Vice President Commissioner
for Transport, European Commission
29 Modernising air traffi c management
Patrick Ky, Executive Director, SESAR
Joint Undertaking
31 En-route for the Single European Sky
Simon Michell, editor, EUROCONTROL at 50:
Reaching for the Single European Sky
50 years of innovation
34 In the beginning…
Tim Mahon
38 Little acorns
Ian Goold
42 Proudest moments
Brendan Gallagher
47 The directors general
Thomas Withington
50 The 1960s
Jeff Apter
55 The 1970s
Alan Dron
59 The 1980s
Martin Temperley
63 The 1990s
Anne Paylor
66 The 2000s
Pat Malone
EUROCONTROL today: safety
72 Improving safety management
Jill Taylor
76 Developing a safety culture
Julian Moxon
80 Making airports safer: runway incursions
Jill Taylor
EUROCONTROL today: capacity
84 Expanding capacity through DMEAN
Anne Paylor
88 FAB for growth
David Learmount
94 Evolving the network
Pat Malone
99 Boom in business aircraft traffi c
Simon Michell
Photo: Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
EUROCONTROL today: efficiency
102 Air Traffic Flow and Capacity Management
Julian Moxon
107 Flight efficiency
David Learmount
110 Advancing technology
Edward Downs
114 Air traffic controller tools
Andrew Beadle
EUROCONTROL today: civil-military cooperation
117 The civil-military performance partnership
Giles Ebbutt
122 Airspace and ATM security
Edward Downs
124 Building one sky for Europe
Christina Mackenzie
129 Progress for civil-military ATM/CNS
Brendan Gallagher
EUROCONTROL today: sustainable aviation
132 Reducing aviation’s carbon footprint
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