Air Traffic Management innovation cycle

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From 2024 to 2025
DG MOVE wants to assess SESAR and explore future frameworks for the Air Traffic Management (ATM) innovation cycle. TML analysed scenarios for future EU intervention in ATM modernisation.


European airspace faces ongoing challenges, including fragmentation, increasing environmental pressures, and the need for modernisation. To address these issues, the European Commission’s DG MOVE launched a study to evaluate the effectiveness of the SESAR project and explore future frameworks for the ATM innovation cycle.

DG MOVE awarded the contract to Ramboll, who was supported by Global Infrastructure Advisors (ALG) and Transport & Mobility Leuven for the daily management and execution of the study. Together with ALG, TML evaluated SESAR’s contributions to ATM performance, identified lessons learned, and used data-driven insights to build scenarios for future EU interventions. These scenarios help shape policies and guide efforts to modernise ATM systems, ensuring they are efficient and aligned with environmental goals.

As part of this project, TML supported the quantitative analysis of SESAR’s impact on innovation and performance. Using data modelling and statistical methods, the study assessed how SESAR has supported progress in ATM and highlighted opportunities for improvement. Our work also fed into scenario development, helping to frame potential paths forward for sustainable and effective air traffic management.


This project was funded by the European Commission.

Period

From 2024 to 2025

Client

DG MOVE

Partner

ALG Global Infrastructure Advisors

Our team

Christophe Heyndrickx, Saskia Van der Loo
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