EUROCONTROL
EUROCONTROL Supporting European Aviation
An overview
FOUNDING MEMBER NETWORK MANAGER About us
EUROCONTROL is a civil-military intergovernmental organisation with 41 Member States and 2 Comprehensive Agreement States; our States stretch from Ireland to Armenia, Norway to Morocco.
Our mission is to support European aviation to become safer, more efficient, more cost-effective and with a minimal impact on the environment. We do this working closely with our Member States the European institutions and our stakeholders, which include air navigation service providers, civil and military airspace users, airports and aircraft and equipment manufacturers.
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We deliver technical excellence and civil-military expertise The Central Route Charges Office runs an effective and across the full spectrum of air traffic management. Our centralised system that bills, collects and disburses some activities touch on operations, service provision, concept €9 billion each year in route charges while maintaining a development, research, Europe-wide project implementation, recovery rate of 99.8%. performance improvements, and support to the future evolution and strategic orientation of aviation. We work in close partnership with the SESAR Joint Undertaking, of which we are a founding partner and main EUROCONTROL has been nominated Network Manager contributor, to drive innovation, research and development. by the European Commission for the period up to 2029 and At our Research Centre in Brétigny, in addition to covering in this role we manage a seamless European airspace by the range of ATM disciplines, we have also developed linking together the disparate elements of the European air unique simulation and validation tools used to test new traffic management system and working to ensure smooth operational concepts on behalf of our Member States and flow of traffic while addressing performance challenges other partners. strategically, operationally and technically. Together with our partners, we also develop solutions to meet current With a major focus on driving forward the sustainability and future airspace and ground capacity needs. of aviation, we provide a strong and growing service to airlines, air navigation service providers, airports and The EUROCONTROL Maastricht Upper Area Control States to support them in their decision-making and with Centre is the only cross-border civil-military air navigation regulatory requirements in this area. service provider in Europe, delivering the highest possible level of performance through safety, punctuality, cost- Through our operational and research activities, we own effectiveness and environmental responsibility. At the and have access to an impressive wealth of data, which we same time, it has one of the highest levels in controller make available to our Member States and partners to assist productivity and sector throughput in the core of Europe. them in analysing and improving their performance. Our structure
CIVIL & MILITARY MEMBER STATES’ REPRESENTATIVES
PERMANENT COMMISSION
CIVIL & MILITARY Audit Board MEMBER STATES’ Performance REPRESENTATIVES Review Commission PROVISIONAL Enlarged Committee COUNCIL for Route Charges Standing Committee on Finance Civil Military Stakeholder Committtee
AGENCY Air Navigation Director General Military ATM Board Services Board E. Brennan
Private Office Legal Service
Internal Audit Language Service
Corporate Communications Service Central Secretariat Service
Network Directorate Directorate Human Maastricht Management European Central Route Resources Upper Area Directorate Civil-Military Charges Office & Services Control Centre Aviation & Finance I. Prissinotti P. Merlo A. Heerbaart S. Depicker J. Santurbano Founded in 1963, EUROCONTROL has a staff of over 1,800 spread across four different sites – Brussels, Maastricht, Luxembourg and Brétigny sur Orge.
Our offices Brussels - Belgium Headquarters Rue de la Fusée 96 B-1130 Brussels, Belgium Tel: +32 2 729 90 11
Maastricht - The Netherlands Maastricht Upper Area Control Centre Horsterweg 11 – NL-6199 AC Maastricht-Airport, the Netherlands Tel: +31 43 366 1234
Brétigny - France EUROCONTROL Experimental Centre Rue de la Mare aux Joncs - CS 41005 - 91220 Le Plessis-Pâté, France Tel: +33 1 6988 7500
Luxembourg - Luxembourg Institute of Air Navigation Services 12, rue Antoine de Saint-Exupéry – L-1432 Luxembourg, Luxembourg Tel: +352 4360 611 For more information on our activities, visit: www.eurocontrol.int