Enforcing economic regulation of the Single European Sky

Regula Dettling-Ott

Chapter 4 in Challenges in Transport Regulation in Europe and Beyond, 2025, pp 60-83 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Air traffic management in the Single European Sky (SES) area has long been criticised for failing to provide efficient services and sufficient capacity. For years, a few air navigation service providers have failed to meet the targets in their performance plans, which has impacted the entire network. As the revision of the basic SES regulation in 2024 did not bring substantive structural changes, enforcing the economic regulation gains importance. The Commission is using its tools, such as infringement procedures, against member states more often but airspace users could also increase pressure on national supervisory authorities and air navigation service providers (ANSPs) to bring their performance in line with binding targets. In 2022, the European Court of Justice for the first time recognised that the Single Sky regulatory framework protects the economic interests of airspace users and allows them to claim damages against ANSPs if they fail to provide the services to which they are legally obliged.

Keywords: Single European Sky; Economic regulation; Performance review body; Charging scheme; European Court of Justice (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781035369157
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