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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has urged the German Chancellor, Ms Angela Merkel, who recently hosted the G-8 Summit, to make a political commitment to deliver a Single European Sky within five years to save annually 12 million tonnes of unnecessary CO₂.

"The single most important step we could take today to reduce aircraft emissions is to turn the dream of a Single European Sky into a reality within five years and this will be an example for G-8 partners to follow", said Mr Giovanni Bisignani, IATA's Director-General and CEO, in a letter to Ms Merkel. The letter came after IATA's annual general meeting and the World Air Transport Summit in Vancouver, Canada.

A Single European Sky would effectively unite Europe's 35 air service providers into one. Such a consolidation, it is felt, would result in energy efficiency gains by reducing delays and making routings more rational.

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