On March 6th, researchers traveled to Toulouse for the GEESE project. The meeting focused on the project status, achievements, upcoming challenges, and the implementation of WER operations. The list of partners and contributors includes AIRBUS, NATS, EUROCONTROL, INDRA, DSNA, Air France, AIRNAV, French Bee, Boeing, DELTA, VIRGIN, Oro Navigacija, BULATSA, FREQUENTIS, CIRA, UAB, UCLouvain, DLR, […]
Managing en‑route air traffic is increasingly complex due to rapidly changing conditions such as traffic density, weather, and route variability. Traditional flow management measures struggle to adapt quickly, often leading to overloaded sectors and inefficient regulations. ANTICIPATE introduces a more dynamic, capacity‑on‑demand approach to airspace management. By enabling workload balancing between adjacent air traffic control sectors, the project […]
AirST-Frame: Operational Enhancement of Airspace Capacity The rapid growth of air traffic is putting increasing pressure on airspace capacity and on air traffic controllers. While existing measures help manage demand peaks, current mechanisms lack flexibility and often lead to workload imbalances between neighbouring sectors, with some overloaded and others underused. AirST‑Frame introduces a more dynamic, capacity‑on‑demand approach to […]
Migratory birds save energy by flying in formation, benefiting from the airflow created by others ahead. Wake Energy Retrieval (WER)applies the same principle to aviation, allowing aircraft to reduce fuel consumption and emissions by flying in optimised formations. This project explores how WER operations could be safely introduced into European air traffic. It defines an initial Concept […]