The International Air Transport Association (IATA) warned of wasted emissions and unnecessary delays if air navigation service providers (ANSPs) and governments throughout Europe do not improve their air traffic management (ATM).

Data from the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation, or Eurocontrol, show that 20% of flights in June were delayed, with an average delay time of 17 minutes.

The majority of these 210,000 delays were due to a lack of capacity in air traffic control systems, caused by staff shortages, inflexible scheduling and poor prediction of disruptive events.