MORE EFFECTIVE USAGE OF AIRSPACE

Abstract

In air transportation the rate of delayed flights because of the limited airspace is high, about 25% of all delays. Controllers cannot handle more than 20-25 planes in an hour, and the demand is more than this. Therefore new methods are necessary, most of them are developed by Eurocontrol, European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation, which organizes the air traffic over Europe. This paper introduces the three most important methods, and another opportunity to grow the airspace capacity.