GRTU’s Tourisms Hospitality and Leisure President Philip Fenech welcomed the announcement made by the Government that Malta is fully committed to the implementation of the Single European Sky.

He said that the GRTU is a prime supporter of this EU proposal and feels that Malta has a lot to gain both as a country and in businesses terms through its implementation.

The Government stated that Malta continues to affirm its ongoing commitment to tangibly contribute to the realisation of an efficient and effective Functional Airspace Blocks (FABs).

This follows a request by the Commission for Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and United Kingdom, members of six different FABs to improve their FABs, a common airspace arranged around traffic flows rather than state boundaries.

FABs are a crucial step towards a more efficient, less costly and less polluting aviation system in Europe.

Philip Fenech said that he had already made GRTU’s position clear during consultation meetings held on the subject, saying “that this is the way forward and that implementing the Single European Sky would result in savings in both time and costs which should positively impact tourism flows. This especially for an island state like Malta.”

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