Editing Single European Sky (section)

=== Amended SES 2+ (2019–present) ===
By 2019, nothing of the plan had yet been officially realised, adding an extra 6 billion euros in costs, and 11.6 million megatonnes of excess {{CO2}} emissions for that year alone.<ref name="Morgan">{{Cite news |url=https://www.euractiv.com/section/aviation/news/corona-crisis-and-brexit-boost-eu-air-traffic-reform-hopes/ |title=Corona-crisis and Brexit boost EU air traffic reform hopes |author=Sam Morgan |work=Euractiv |date=22 September 2020 |access-date=17 October 2020}}</ref> In September 2019, 21 aviation organisations including Airlines for Europe (A4E), AIRE, ACI Europe, CANSO, ERA and IATA, signed an agreement in Brussels to urge the creation of an SES, and to work together with EU institutions and member states to achieve it.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.luchtvaartnieuws.nl/nieuws/categorie/72/algemeen/luchtvaartorganisaties-dringen-aan-op-single-european-sky |title=Luchtvaartorganisaties dringen aan op Single European Sky |author=Niek Vernooij |work=Luchtvaartnieuws.nl |date=11 September 2019 |access-date=17 October 2020 |language=nl}}</ref> The Commission appointed 15 experts in the field to form a Wise Person's Group to assess the current situation and future needs.<ref name=":0" />

After Brexit was formally completed on 31 January 2020 (eliminating UK objections and the Gibraltar issue), and the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] put the [[Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on aviation|aviation sector into an existential crisis]], the European Commission made a new proposal for a Single European Sky on 22 September 2020.<ref name="Morgan"/> It used the expert group's recommendations to amend the 2013 proposal's text, and introduced new measures; separately, it also drafted a proposal to amend the [[European Aviation Safety Agency|EASA]] Basic Regulation.{{citation needed|date=September 2021}} Instead of relying on top-down regulation, which appeared not to have worked previously, the Commission stimulated voluntary alliances between so-called air traffic service providers.<ref name="Morgan"/> [[Airlines for Europe]] supported the proposal, but stressed the importance of 'enhanced governance structure' to ensure its success.<ref name="Morgan"/> Meanwhile, the FABEC and FAB CE zones, jointly accounting for 8.6 million flights (over 75% of all European air traffic) in 2019, agreed to formalise and intensify their cooperation in June 2020.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.airportzentrale.de/engere-zusammenarbeit-der-luftraumbloecke-fabec-und-fab-ce/66085/ |title=Engere Zusammenarbeit der Luftraumblöcke FABEC und FAB CE |work=Airportzentrale.de |date=20 June 2020 |access-date=18 October 2020 |language=de}}</ref>