On 11 November, the Sky and Space Intergroup of the European Parliament organised a hearing on SESAR.|| Members of the group were interested to learn more about the current status of the work programme, its main technical advantages compared to today’s system and the next steps for the coming year. However, one of the main questions of the Parliamentarians evolved around SESAR’s deployment. Patrick Ky, Executive Director of the SESAR Joint Undertaking, emphasised that Europe needed to focus on efficient and innovative ways to finance the deployment of SESAR to ensure European Industry remains a world leader in the global air traffic management market. He furthermore underlined that SESAR is a model for EU’s 2020 priorities by improving aviation, preventing Europe’s skies from becoming deadlocked, keeping its passengers flying safely and lessening the environmental impact of flight in the future.