Keywords
aviation crisis management
European air traffic management network
Network Manager
Single European Sky
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Abstract
Crisis situations in civil aviation pose a serious threat to the safe operation of aviation stakeholders (airports, airlines, air navigation service providers) as well as to passengers using air transport. Therefore, there is a need for an aviation crisis management system that identifies threats, assesses the risk of their occurrence and takes preventive action. The purpose of this paper is to present the determinants of air traffic crisis management in the European Air Traffic Management Network (EATMN). This paper analyses the evolution of this process from the perspective of the EU Single European Sky (SES) legislation. The author also presents lessons learned from the crisis situation that have occurred in European airspace over the last two decades and emphasizes the role of the Network Manager (NM) in resolving them. This article has been developed using a combination of research on EU aviation legislation and background documents and the case study method.
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