Environmental considerations in the Single European Sky: a Delphi
approach
Efthymiou, MarinaORCID: 0000-0001-8611-5973 and Papatheodorou, AndreasORCID: 0000-0001-9484-7517
(2018)
Environmental considerations in the Single European Sky: a Delphi
approach.
Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 118
.
pp. 556-566.
ISSN 0965-8564
This paper uses a Delphi approach to analyse policy issues related to the environmental aspects of
the Single European Sky (SES). SES aims to organize the airspace uniformly, with air traffic
control areas based on operational efficiency rather than national borders. One of the main aspects
of SES is performance evaluation in four areas namely cost efficiency, capacity, safety and
environment. This paper focuses on the latter using a two-round Delphi approach. The sample
consists of thirty experts from airlines, Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs), Civil Aviation
Authorities, Individual experts/consultant/academics, Governmental institutions, EUROCONTROL
and the International Air Transport Association (IATA). The Delphi analysis is also supported
qualitatively by five interviews with senior experts from the European Commission,
EUROCONTROL and IATA. Among others, delays in implementation and the slow progress of the
policy scheme are highlighted. Policy recommendations are also provided in the paper to effectively
deal with the identified problems.
Item Type:
Article (Published)
Refereed:
Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:
Aviation; Single European Sky; Functional Airspace Blocks;
Air Navigation Service Providers; Environmental performance regulation;
Delphi method; Aviation policy