The aviation community is concerned that even small members of the UAV family could cause an accident if they smash a flight deck window or are ingested into an aircraft’s engine at a critical moment of a flight.

EASA said it believes the proposals will provide a framework for the safe operation of drones while allowing the young drone industry to innovate and continue to grow.

The proposed regulation defines technical and operational requirements for drones, including means of remotely identifying the craft and keeping them away from sensitive areas around airports by means of geofencing, in which software embedded in the UAVs’ navigation systems prohibit them flying within forbidden zones.

The proposal also addresses UAV pilots’ qualifications and proposes that all drone operators will have to register themselves, except if operating craft lighter than 250 grams (8.8 oz.).

This proposal suggests all drones meeting these technical requirements should carry the CE (Conformité européenne) marking.

This marking will be accompanied by a classification of the drone in one of five categories from C0 to C4 and by a leaflet setting out good practice that will be included with all newly purchased drones. Based on the drone’s class, an operator will know in which area he or she can operate and what level of competence is required to do so.

The proposal allows a high degree of flexibility for EASA member states, which will be able to define zones in their national territory where either UAV operations are prohibited or restricted, or where a lower level of regulation is required.

For operations that pose higher risks, an operational risk assessment will define the requirements that the operator needs to comply with before flying the UAV.

The proposal also provides lighter regulation for people flying “traditional” model aircraft, to recognize the good safety record of those practitioners.

The Notice of Proposed Amendment proposal has been developed with the support of representatives of EASA member states, the UAV industry, UAV operators, aviation representatives and aero-modeling associations.

Comments on the proposed rules from interested parties will be accepted until Aug. 12. EASA will submit a final proposal incorporating this feedback to the European Commission at the end of 2017.

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This recognition was earned through a consistent commitment to making  air travel better.

“We want to make it easier for passengers to pass through the airport, and we want to provide the optimal conditions for airlines to operate at the airport. Both prongs of our strategy are very much based on digital solutions, automation and utilisation of the vast amounts of data we collect.”—Copenhagen Airport COO Kristian Durhuus.

Self-Service and Technology

Danes like mobile check-in and since the majority airlines serving Copenhagen Airport have this feature available there’s really no need to queue.

For anyone needing or wanting a printed boarding pass, there are sufficient automated kiosks.

Many people pack light in Europe so there’s often no need to check luggage—but Copenhagen airport offers self-bag drop facilities.

Copenhagen even offers a guide to packing light—in case you want tips.

Copenhagen Airport says that Danes are “among the most self-servicing in the world” and I believe it.

Copenhagen has encouraged this behaviour by prioritising technology simplifies air travel.

“Most of our passengers have been checking in themselves for a number of years, and in the past few years many have started using the automatic baggage drop, as well. We were also among the first to adopt self-service scanning of boarding passes before security and at the boarding gates, and our most recent initiative is the introduction this June of automatic passport control. The self-service solutions save the airlines staff costs while also increasing traveller satisfaction,” explained Kristian Durhuss, also highlighting the airport’s insight into the airlines’ processes, passengers’ travel patterns and big data as a means of enhancing efficiency,” explains Copenhagen Airport COO Kristian Durhuus.

“Currently, we are investing heavily in expanding and improving the airport, and this year alone we are spending more than DKK 1 billion on expansion projects. These construction projects are based on advanced models and huge amounts of data, for example derived from some 100,000 passenger interviews annually and from analyses carried out jointly with airlines and ground-handling companies. These include analyses of how we can make it easier to use self-service solutions, analyses of how the ground-handling companies can better utilise data for their baggage team planning and reduce waiting times in the baggage reclaim area or analyses of how airlines can speed up boarding and deboarding of aircraft,” Durhuus adds.

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