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?EUROCONTROL celebrates the 10th anniversary of RVSM

Brussels, Belgium - It was on January 24, 2002

Today marks the 10th anniversary of the Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum (RVSM) programme, one of the most important air traffic management projects Europe has ever seen. On 24 January 2002, at 01:00 UTC, 6,000 air traffic controllers in 41 States allocated aircraft to 6 new flight levels: from one minute to the next, aircraft were safely separated by 1,000 feet instead of 2,000. With the...

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Rome, Italy, 01/24/2012 19:25
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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