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Promising years ahead for EU and ROK Aviation Partnership Project
December 2024
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On 29 November, the Service for Foreign Policy Instruments (FPI) of the European Commission, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) of the Republic of Korea (ROK), marked the end of the first phase of their common framework for technical exchanges in the civil aviation domain, the EU-ROK Aviation Partnership Project (APP). Hosted by the EU Delegation to the ROK, the official Closing Event provided a review of the result achieved in the last three years as well as expectations for the years ahead.
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​Supported by FPI, the EU-ROK APP enabled valuable exchanges in the domains of Air Traffic Management, Urban Air Mobility, flight standards, aviation safety, sustainability and others. These successfully enhanced mutual understanding and improved technical insights to tackle common challenges, also largely thanks to the contribution of partners from European and Korean aviation industry and related authorities, who often ensured an inclusive and robust discussion.
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At this closing event, the ROK and European representatives expressed a strong willingness to continue the partnership as well as to deepen the cooperation in for example environmental sustainability and emerging technologies and concepts. EASA and MOLIT are committed to take the positive experiences forward to a new project phase starting next year.
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EASA publishes European Aviation Environmental Report 2022
October 2022
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The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has recently published the third European Aviation Environmental Report 2022 observing the historic and future scenarios of air traffic and its associated noise and emissions.
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The report also summarises the latest scientific understanding of these impacts before focusing on five main impact mitigation areas (Technology and Design, Sustainable Aviation Fuels, Air Traffic Management, Airports and Market-Based Measures) with recommendations on how to further improve the level of environmental protection.
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EASA and MOLIT (Republic of Korea) agree on new cooperation framework for 2022
January 2022​
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To enhance the cooperation in the domain of civil aviation between the European Union (EU) and the Republic of Korea (ROK), the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the ROK’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) signed a Letter of Intent on 20th December 2021 to establish the EU-ROK Aviation Partnership Project (APP). With the initiation of this project, the two authorities are building a platform for technical and policy cooperation between European and Korean experts from the wider aviation community.
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The EU-ROK APP, modeled after successful aviation partnership projects in other regions, will organise concrete project activities bringing authorities as well as industry partners together with the aim to enhance sustainable development of cooperation in international civil aviation. The target areas that are initially envisaged to be covered include Airworthiness, Air Operations, Air Traffic Management (ATM), Aviation Safety, Sustainable Aviation, Aviation Security, and Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) and Urban Air Mobility (UAM) Certification and Traffic Management.
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The signing of this Letter of Intent is another milestone for strengthening relations between the two aviation authorities after a Memorandum of Understanding was signed in 2019. The two sides are hopeful that under the EU-ROK APP they will benefit strongly from the technical exchanges in the years to come.
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Patrick Ky Yong-seog Kim
Executive Director, EASA Deputy Minister for Civil Aviation, MOLIT