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Report on operations

• Free Solution (Free Route Environmental and Efficient Solutions) which has as
its main objective the consolidation and experimentation of more efficient
operational solutions based on innovative requirements and procedures for a
more efficient management of the reference European air space. Such objective is
pursued through the implementation of a series of ad-hoc test flights focused on
specific applications and/or operational methods that refer to the implementation
of Free Routing, Direct Routing and City Pairs operations and a more flexible use
of civilian/military air space in superior air space. For ENAV, the Free Solutions
project represents an excellent opportunity to define, coordinate and conduct
in a transversal manner a series of preliminary cross-border activities for the
implementation of the abovementioned operational concepts which form part of
the operational implementation plans for 2017.

Moreover, in 2015 ENAV was actively involved in monitoring various international
technical, operational and/or demonstrational initiatives and projects also in order to
influence, or to channel its strategic vision by seeking at the same time to align EU
options to company medium to long term objectives.
It is in this context that the company participated in the Horizon 2020 program,
which places an accent on the implementation of the so called third step of the
European ATM master plan and identifies innovative solutions that are considered
useful for accelerating the implementation of the Single European Sky by 2020.
Horizon 2020 is a program that addresses the 2014–2020 period for the integrated
financing of research and innovation promoted by the European Commission.

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