Safety
EASA Lays Out Priorities in European Air Safety Plan
Latest safety plan includes 19 new rulemaking tasks
EASA headquarters in Cologne, Germany
EASA, which is headquartered in Cologne, Germany, has just published the 2024 edition of its European aviation safety plan.

The 2024 edition of its annual European Plan for Aviation Safety published by EASA reflects the European air safety agency’s most current assessment of strategic priorities for EU member states. The document includes updates to the Volume I strategic priorities document covering 2023 through 2025, as well as 19 new action items spelled out in Volume II and an updated safety risk portfolio in Volume III.

Among the new rulemaking tasks set by EASA is an action to address safety concerns over “erroneous takeoff parameters and position errors” in airline operations. The new report also calls for a new regulatory framework to address the “trustworthiness” of artificial intelligence and the safe integration of higher airspace operations.