{"id":22589,"date":"2023-06-12T08:33:41","date_gmt":"2023-06-12T12:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/?p=22589"},"modified":"2023-06-12T08:45:48","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T12:45:48","slug":"air-defender-23-hundreds-of-flights-in-europe-to-be-rerouted-each-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/air-defender-23-hundreds-of-flights-in-europe-to-be-rerouted-each-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Defender 23: Hundreds of flights in Europe to be rerouted each day"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are several military exercises planned in Europe until June 22, affecting some busy airspace in Germany (including Maastricht), Czech Republic, northern Poland, and eastern France.<\/p>\n

Air Defender in Germany is going to be the one that will cause the most delays and disruption.<\/strong> It\u2019s happening June 12-22 (Mon-Fri first week, Mon-Thu second week). This is going to be NATO\u2019s biggest ever air exercise, involving 250 military aircraft from 25 countries, and is all about testing their response to a simulated attack on a NATO country.<\/p>\n

\"\"Eurocontrol are going to be working hard to re-route flights – around 800 flights each day, with around 300 of these expected to have at least 60nm added to their routings.<\/strong> They predicted the average delay per flight would be around only 3 minutes (but we have to say that feels extremely optimistic!)<\/p>\n

They are also warning operators not to plan flights that will land close to airport closure times<\/strong>. Several German airports are extending their opening hours on request, although for some you\u2019ll have to prove that Air Defender is the reason you need to arrive\/depart late: EDDS\/Stuttgart, EDDB\/Berlin, EDDF\/Frankfurt, EDDL\/Dusseldorf<\/strong> (there may be more!)<\/p>\n

For more info, in order of usefulness and how painful they are to read (1 = useful, low pain, 4 = bamboozling, not very useful, high pain), check the following:<\/p>\n

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  1. Eurocontrol’s summary of how bad they think it’s going to be. Click here.<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Eurocontrol’s full 65 page briefing. Click here.<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. German AIP SUP 7\/23 of predicted impact in German airspace. Click here.<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Czech AIP SUP 2\/23 of predicted impact in Czech airspace. Click here.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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