{"id":40827,"date":"2026-05-11T15:21:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T14:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aerospaceglobalnews.com\/?p=40827"},"modified":"2026-05-11T15:21:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T14:21:46","slug":"eurocontrol-air-traffic-management-ai-modernisation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aerospaceglobalnews.com\/news\/eurocontrol-air-traffic-management-ai-modernisation\/","title":{"rendered":"EUROCONTROL prepares Europe\u2019s skies for AI-assisted air traffic management"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

EUROCONTROL<\/a><\/span><\/strong> is in the midst of a significant digital modernisation programme, and has revealed its plan to replace parts of its ageing infrastructure with a modern, cloud-enabled platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The organisation, which coordinates air traffic<\/a><\/span><\/strong> flows across 42 member states, is working with Red Hat to update its 25-year-old technology backbone with something fit for the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Taking advantage of the cloud for our mission-critical systems will improve the ability of the network to safely and efficiently scale capacity up or down depending on the growth or decline of air traffic,” says Antonio Licu, Head of Technology Division at EUROCONTROL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moving to a cloud-enabled platform will give EUROCONTROL more operational resilience and will support integration of real-time operational analysis and future AI<\/a><\/span><\/strong> tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EUROCONTROL readies for soaring air traffic demand<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Air traffic management has become dramatically more complex over the past few decades, as rising flight volumes and increasingly data-driven operations place growing demands on Europe\u2019s aviation infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After handling 11.12 million flights in 2025, EUROCONTROL expects annual traffic across its network to rise to around 12.4 million flights by 2031.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That growth is placing mounting pressure on the systems that underpin European<\/a><\/span><\/strong> air traffic management, which must process ever larger volumes of operational, routing and network data in real time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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By moving to Red Hat\u2019s OpenShift platform, EUROCONTROL aims to unify these previously fragmented data streams into a single management environment, creating the foundation for more advanced automation, operational analysis and future AI-assisted tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRed Hat’s collaboration with EUROCONTROL showcases the power of open hybrid cloud in transforming critical infrastructure while retaining full control over the resulting stack,” says Leonard Bodmer, vice president at Red Hat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“By embracing Red Hat OpenShift, EUROCONTROL is gaining the flexibility it needs to adapt its organisation and maintain digital sovereignty according to rapidly evolving European aviation dynamics.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

\n \n Also read: FAA takes first major step towards modernising US air traffic control with radar upgrades<\/span>\n Also read: FAA takes first major step towards modernising US air traffic control with radar upgrades<\/span>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n\n\n

How EUROCONTROL says cloud infrastructure will improve operations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

EUROCONTROL says moving towards a hybrid cloud-based infrastructure will allow Europe\u2019s air traffic management network to become more scalable, resilient and data-driven as flight volumes continue to rise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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