On Monday, September 7, Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk held a meeting with Director General of the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation, Eurocontrol Frank Brenner.

The Prime Minister of Ukraine expressed gratitude for the technical assistance from Eurocontrol and support in the implementation of a Single European Sky initiative. The participants of the meeting discussed a possibility to increase air traffic over Ukraine and the western part of the Black Sea, as significant part of it had been lost through the temporary occupation by Russia of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.

The interlocutors acknowledged that the document prepared jointly by Ukraine and Eurocontrol confirms the effectiveness of our cooperation in the assessment of safety of flights in the aforesaid airspace.

During the meeting the parties also considered the enhancement of cooperation between Ukraerorukh State Enterprise for Ukrainian Air Traffic Management and Eurocontrol. In particular, an emphasis was made on Ukraerorukh participation in providing centralised Eurocontrol’s services by the entire European community within the framework of the creation and development of a single European system for air traffic management.