21 January 2022 - ECAC President Alessio Quaranta, and Executive Secretary Patricia Reverdy met virtually with CANSO representatives Michiel Van Dorst, CEO of LVNL, and Tanja Grobotek, CANSO Director Europe Affairs, to discuss matters of common interest to both organisations. Topics on the agenda included global ATM performance in Europe, innovation, the environment, and the integration of drones in airspace.
20 January 2022 - As part of the initiatives agreed by the CEP Management Group for 2022-2024, a small group comprising representatives of the CEP participating test centres and the ECAC Secretariat gathered to consider several issues ahead of the 52nd meeting of the CEP Management Group (2-3 February 2022).
20 January 2022 - The ECAC/EU Sustainable Aviation Fuels Task Group held its second meeting in January to agree on a work programme and timeline for 2022.
17 January 2022 - Directors General of ECAC Member States and representatives of the European Commission, EASA and EUROCONTROL assembled online for the first COVID-19 European coordination meeting of the year. They heard updates from EUROCONTROL on traffic developments across Europe, and in particular on the current travel measures, restrictions and possible upcoming changes.
13 January 2022 - ECAC’s Legal Task Force met virtually to prepare for the 38th session of the ICAO Legal Committee (LC/38), which is scheduled to be held from 22 to 25 March 2022.
Under the leadership of the newly appointed chair, Frankie Deckers (Belgium), the task force discussed the progress made by the various working groups reporting to the Legal Committee, and the European priorities for the meeting.
11-12 January 2022 - The ECAC Guidance Material Task Force met virtually to review the division of tasks in the group’s 2022 work programme. Tasks for 2022 will include developing new guidance material on using an explosive trace detection (ETD) test kit, performance-based oversight, achieving one-stop security with another ECAC Member State, and best practices for risk assessment methodologies and vulnerability assessments.