Thierry Dubois has specialized in aerospace journalism since 1997. An engineer in fluid dynamics from Toulouse-based Enseeiht, he covers the French commercial aviation, defense and space industries. His expertise extends to all things technology in Europe.
Europe’s technology program for air traffic management (ATM) modernization, airline operations control centers (OCC) have begun using a so-called extended flight plan (EFPL) to optimize agreed—as opposed to requested—trajectories.