Welcome to the Documentation Hub of Europe Air Sports, your comprehensive resource center for a wealth of critical information, position papers, decisions, European laws, regulations, and invaluable links related to the world of air sports. Here, we have gathered a treasure trove of documents that encompass our organization's stance on important issues, decisions shaping the air sports landscape, and the legal framework governing our activities in Europe.
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EU Flightpath 2050
DG Move - Drones
New Basic Regulation - EAS Paper
EU-COM - Transport
Lisbon Treaty 2009
The EU - General information
The EU in the World
Charter of Fundamental Rights
List of abbreviations
This is a list of commonly used abbreviations in our documentation and articles.
- ABA
Aircraft-relevant Bird Area
- AMC
Acceptable Means of Compliance
- ANS
Air Navigation Services
- ARO
Authority Requirements for Air Operations
- ATCO
Air Traffic Control Officer
- ATM
Air Traffic Management
- ATO
Approved Training Organisation
- ATSP
Air Traffic Service Provider
- BIR
Basic Instrument Rating
- CAT
Commercial Air Transport
- CEF
Connecting Europe Facility
- CPL
Commercial Pilot’s Licence
- DAR
Dynamic Airspace Reconfiguration
- DTO
Declared Training Organisation
- EAPAIRR
European Action Plan for Airspace Infringement Risk Reduction
- EC
Electronic Conspicuity
- ED
Executive Director
- ELT
Emergency Locator Transmitter
- EPAS
European Plan for Aviation Safety
- EPIRB
Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon
- EPL
Electronic Personnel Licensing
- FAA
US Federal Aviation Authority
- FCL
Flight Crew Licensing
- FDM
Flight Data Monitoring
- GM
Guidance Material
- MVCA
Manned Vertical Take off and Landing capable Aircraft
- NAA
National Aviation Authority
- NCC
Non-commercial operations with complex-motor-powered aircraft
- NCO
Non-complex aircraft
- NPA
Notice of Proposed Amendment
- OPS
Operations
- ORO
Organisation Requirement for Air Operation
- PLB
Personal Locator Beacon
- RFFS
Rescue and Firefighting Services
- RMT
Rule Making Task
- SAB
Stakeholder Advisory Board
- SAF
Sustainable Aviation Fuel
- SAR
Search and Rescue
- SARP
Standards and Recommended Practice
- SERA
Standardised European Rules of the Air
- SES
Single European Sky
- SPA
Operations requiring Specific Approvals
- SPO
Specialised Operations
- STC
Supplemental Type Certificate
- TEL
Tetraethylead
- UAS
Unmanned Aviation System
- USSP
U-space service provider
- VTOL
Vertical Take Off and Landing