The DANUBE FAB Governing Bodies held their seventh meetings on 20th and 21st April 2016 in Bucharest, Romania

The management of ROMATSA and BULATSA met in Bucharest on 20th April for the seventh meeting of the Air Navigation Services Providers (ANSP) Board.
The co-chairs of the two ANSPs underlined their joint commitment to organizing air traffic management within the airspace of the DANUBE FAB and pointed the significant efforts invested from both sides to enable the route network to be updated to cope with the large increases in traffic predicted for the 2016 summer season.
Also, the management of the two ANSPs noted with satisfaction the close and long standing relationship within the FAB, and wished for the pragmatic cooperation to continue in order to continue the improvement of operations in DANUBE FAB airspace.
Mr. Alain Siebert, Chief Economist and Master Planning from the SESAR Joint Undertaking (SJU) was welcomed to the meetings, and presented an overview of recent SESAR developments and future priorities, along with potential opportunities for DANUBE FAB, noting that forging a growing relationship between the SJU and FABs is a priority for the SJU.