In line with SES legislation, the SESAR Programme moves beyond the traditional national perspective of ATM leading to a more efficient, cost-effective, safer, and crucially greener, wider context.

In this way, Europe will synchronize and integrate plans from research to operations, delivering a traffic capacity of three times above the current amount, with halved en-route unit costs, improving safety by a factor of 10 and reducing the environmental impact by 10%.

By 2020, it is estimated that a total savings for the system of about 40 billion Euros will be achieved, i.e.: 9 billion less thanks to the increase in airspace capacity, 8 billion Euros saved due to the increased efficiency of ATM services, 8 billion less costs due to fuel savings for about 50 million tons, 2 billion saved due to the containment of the effects caused by adverse weather conditions. Additionally, reduced delays due to the increased efficiency of the system will result in a savings of almost 13 billion Euros for passengers.

SESAR unites the whole aviation community. Experts from air navigation service providers, airspace users, airports, manufacturing industry, aviation associations, military, Regulation and Certification Authorities work together to make the programme a success.
ENAV actively fostered and participated in the Definition Phase - ended in 2008 - substantially contributing to the European ATM Master Plan - approved by the European Council of Ministers in March 2009 - which defines how to develop and deploy the new ATM system supporting the SESAR ATM concept required to contribute to the overall Single European Sky objectives by 2020.

The ongoing Development Phase has taken over from the Definition Phase and shall result in the validation of new technologies to improve performances and services, consolidating the ATM Master Plan. It is working on "early benefits" which can be delivered in 2010-2011 with a view to synchronise and integrate plans from research to operations, with a multi-stakeholders approach providing fit-for-purpose solutions from almost 300 projects already launched.

The work programme will continue through the Deployment Phase (2014-2020) which will see the planning translated into reality with large scale deployment of new systems and implementation of associated functionalities of the new ATM system by 2020 (completion date of SESAR Implementation Phase).

For ENAV, membership in SESAR JU, (which also involves the subsidiary Techno Sky and SICTA Consortium) besides confirming its leading role in shaping future of ATM in Europe, also constitutes a unique opportunity, interest and will to drive the change process fully geared towards the new generation of a European ATM system - safe, effective and modern - satisfying the needs of its customers and world-wide.

Link to site: http://www.sesarju.eu/