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Maastricht, November 25, 2022. The annual budget for Maastricht-based Air Traffic Control in the Benelux countries and large parts of northwestern Germany, threatens to fail due to opposition from Belgium. The Air Traffic Controllers' union TUEM (Trade Union EUROCONTROL Maastricht) warns of serious consequences for air traffic in 2023.

Maastricht, 28 April 2022. The air traffic controllers' union Trade Union EUROCONTROL Maastricht (TUEM) expects traffic volumes in European air traffic to increase significantly in over the summer. The union warns that some air navigation service providers in Europe are not yet prepared for this. In Eastern Europe in particular, there is a threat of flight cancellations as a result of Corona austerity measures.

Maastricht, December 9, 2021: Air traffic in Europe is threatened in the 2022 holiday season by similar conditions as in the "summer of delays" in 2018. Back then, bad planning in air traffic control led to massive disruptions in European air traffic. The reason for this is that the current capacity planning of the air navigation service providers is too low.