Press Release: Single European Sky: Europeans commit to a greener, safer and more performant aviation in the Madrid Declaration

In a high-level Conference held in Madrid on 25 and 26 February 2010 under the auspices of the European Commission and the Spanish Presidency, all stakeholders of the European aviation community agreed to give the necessary impetus to a timely implementation of the Single European Sky. The Single European Sky is of utmost importance for the future of European aviation. It will cut the cost of flying in half, decrease the environmental impact of flights by 10%, and improve capacity and the already very high safety record of European airspace. Vice-President Siim Kallas, in charge of transport policy, highlighted: "Time for reflection is over. Europe is paying dearly the costs of fragmentation. We now need to act and deliver a seamless, safer, more performant and sustainable single sky for Europe by 2012. I welcome today's results".