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Feb 24, 2015 (newstodate): In the future, airlines will be able to plan and take the most cost effective, fuel efficient and timely routes across the entire airspace from the eastern boundary of the North Atlantic to the western boundary of Russian airspace in the North of Europe.
From the start, the work is initiated through the three existing Functional Airspace Blocks, FABs the Danish-Swedish, UK-Ireland and North European FABs and the North European Free Route Airspace program, but is voluntarily being expanded by more ANSPs.
The program will build on the existing areas of free route airspace that already exist in Iceland, Ireland, Denmark and Sweden, with the addition of the airspace of Estonia, Finland, Latvia and Norway in 2015 and the particularly complex airspace of the UK in stages, starting from 2017.
The interface with the oceanic airspace, beyond 2020, will also be considered as part of the program.
From the start, the work is initiated through the three existing Functional Airspace Blocks, FABs the Danish-Swedish, UK-Ireland and North European FABs and the North European Free Route Airspace program, but is voluntarily being expanded by more ANSPs.
The program will build on the existing areas of free route airspace that already exist in Iceland, Ireland, Denmark and Sweden, with the addition of the airspace of Estonia, Finland, Latvia and Norway in 2015 and the particularly complex airspace of the UK in stages, starting from 2017.
The interface with the oceanic airspace, beyond 2020, will also be considered as part of the program.