Functional airspace block

A functional airspace block ( FAB abbreviation of English functional airspace block) is a part of European airspace. Through the Single European Sky legislative package of the European airspace is to be divided into nine blocks, which are replacing the national areas or be summarized as indicated:

  • BALTIC FAB: Lithuania, Poland
  • BLUE MED: Greece, Italy, Malta, Cyprus, ( Albania, Jordan, Tunisia )
  • DANUBE: Bulgaria, Romania
  • FABCE (FAB Central Europe): Bosnia- Herzegovina, Croatia, Austria, Slovakia, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Hungary
  • FABEC ( FAB Europe Central): Belgium, Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Switzerland
  • Nefab ( North European FAB): Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Norway, Sweden
  • NUAC (Nordic Upper Airspace Centre): Denmark, Sweden
  • SW FAB: Portugal ( Lisbon FIR), Spain
  • UK- IRELAND FAB: Ireland, United Kingdom
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