Austria implements first phase of Free Routes airspace

Austria’s air navigation services provider Austro Control has begun implementing Free Routes airspace in the Vienna Flight Information Region (FIR), with the official publication of 37 ‘Night DCTs’ (Night Direct Routings). Within Free Routes airspace, users can plan routes between a defined entry point and a defined exit point, without reference to the ATS route network, but subject to airspace availability.  Flights remain at all times subject to air traffic ...