Air traffic control

Pan-European air traffic control agency Eurocontrol on April 10 warned airlines to exercise caution in the eastern Mediterranean due to the possible launch of air strikes into Syria in next 72 hours.

The prime minister's office reacted to Monday's incident near Ro saying that the Turkish helicopter was flying near the eastern Aegean islet with its navigation lights out, but did not violate Greece's airspace.

The lights-out flight ostensibly occurred in the context of "safe provocativeness," it said, adding that such tactics carry the risk of potential accidents.

India’s state-run carrier Air India said March 16 it will fly over Saudi airspace to Tel Aviv, a move that ends a decades-long Saudi ban on the use of its airspace for flights to Israel.

The first regular air line between Sofia and Ljubljana will be opened within a few months. This was announced by Deputy Minister of Transport Velik Zanchev during the first aviation event of the program of the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

Montenegrin Defense Minister Predrag Boskovic has confirmed that Italian and Greek fighters will take over the defense of Montenegro's airspace within NATO's Air Policing mission, reports Macedonian media NetPres quoted by Focus.

Boskovic specified that the agreement should be signed with the SMTPSA (Air Traffic Control Agency) of Serbia and Montenegro.

Air traffic growth will force airlines worldwide to appoint more than 600,000 pilots by 2036. However, this emerges as a challenge in terms of aging of the population, the International Civil Aviation Organization (IAEA) said.

Several hundred Romanians were blocked on Sunday at London Luton Airport due to unfavorable weather conditions, Romanian newspapers reported today.

Since British airports do not have snowmobiles, relying on the fact that on the archipelago is expected rain and not snow, several snowflakes have created chaos in air traffic, according to Romania Libera.

A Turkey-made invisible fabric that cannot be spotted by radars and thermal cameras will soon be sold to NATO countries.

A number of major airlines are asking the state to intervene and prevent non-necessary infrastructure works from going ahead at Thessaloniki's Makedonia Airport, as that would entail having to slash traffic considerably.

Turkey has reacted to the scheduled commencement of drilling for oil exploration in field 11 in the Cypriot waters by issuing a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) and Navigational Telex (NAVTEX) for search and rescue operation exercises for Wednesday, July 12 and Thursday, July 13.