Pan-European trial to study benefit of flight-plan adherence

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/08/20/346364/pan-european-trial-to-study-benefit-of-flight-plan-adherence.html


Eurocontrol is gearing up for a two-day pan-European exercise aimed at improving airspace efficiency through ensuring that all traffic strictly adheres to flight-planned altitudes.

The 'Flight Level Adherence Days' will be conducted over a 48-hour period on 29-30 September.

During this time flights will not be granted the normal clearance by air traffic controllers to operate at different altitudes to the requested levels in the flight plan.