Air traffic management (ATM) affects when, how far, how high, how fast and how efficiently aircraft fly. In turn, this influences how much fuel aircraft burn, the level of greenhouse and other gases emitted from their engines, and how much noise they emit. The environmental performance of...

SESAR's mission is to build the future air traffic management system, able to cope with an expected doubling of flights in Europe by 2020. This new system does not only have to cater for safety, efficiency and capacity of air transport, but it also needs to allow for a sustainable growth. The...