The joint European booth is being visited by various personalities during the “Towards one sky”, ICAO’s key event.

Today, Matthias Ruete, Director General of the DG Move – European Commission - has spent sometimes with Patrick Ky and Alberto Varano from Eurocontrol. Patrick Ky was underlining that” “Global interoperability is at the heart of SESAR. The SESAR Joint Undertaking strongly welcomes the GANIS initiative and is fully committed to the ICAO approach. I would just like to reiterate the vital importance of worldwide interoperability for the end-users of all the regional ATM modernisation programmes.” This position echoes the opening speech that M. Ruete has delivered this morning in the Assembly hall in front representatives from all Members States & Industry.