Global Aviation Faces Growing Safety Risks from Conflicts and Drones, EASA Warns
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has warned that global air traffic safety is increasingly threatened by armed conflicts restricting airspace and multiplying drone threats, with a top EU regulator highlighting new dangers and Europe drafting rules to counter 'hybrid warfare' drone threats at airports.
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Safety risks disrupt global aviation amid many wars
• Top EU regulator warns of new dangers as conflicts squeeze flight paths; Europe drafts rules to counter ‘hybrid warfare’ drone threat at airports • Oil shock expected to widen gap between strong and struggling airlines • Carriers face ‘perfect storm’ as fare hikes risk deterring travellers COLOGNE: Wars, including a widening conflict in the Middle East, are heightening risks for aviation as flight corridors are squeezed and drones become more widespread, Europe’s top aviation safety regulat...
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Multiple active conflicts are squeezing flight corridors and multiplying drone threats to civil aviation, Europe’s top aviation safety regulator has warned, as the month-old Iran war adds to disruptions already caused by the wars in Ukraine and between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Florian Guillermet, executive director of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), told Reuters […]
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