A regular 64 meeting of CANSO EC3 Committee Europe Region Office (CANSO – Civil Air Navigation Services Organization), was held on Thursday, 23th May this year in Brussel. Members of EC3 Committee (European CANSO CEO Committee) are CEOs of the Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs) in Europe. Mr Predrag Jovanović, the CEO of Serbia and Montenegro Air Traffic Services SMATSA LLC and Mr Nenad Šakić, АТМ Director participated at the meeting.

Current topics relating Air Navigation Service Providers business plans domain were discussed, with particular emphasis on new architecture study of European air space, being developed by SEASAR Joint Undertaking.

Pursuant to European Commission requirements, the new study is focused on ECAC states air space reorganization possibilities in order to have rational costs and to introduce completely new operational technologies and business operations of all aviation participants in the period from 2030 to 2035.

The meeting was held in very constructive atmosphere. Apart from these a regular financial, personnel and organizational reports, in connection with CANSO.Europe Region Office operations were discussed.

European providers have prepared and agreed upon common opinion for next global CANSO summit, too, which will be held in the middle of June 2018 in Bannock.