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There is still a high safety level in German airspace. Even though the number of aircraft movements has significantly increased over the past few decades, the number of aircraft proximities since 2003 has remained at a single-digit level.

DFS maintained this high level of safety in 2009. The independent committee of experts known as APEG classified four aircraft proximities as category A (risk of collision) and three as category B (safety not assured). DFS was not responsible for any of these cases.

It is worth remembering that the traffic level today is four times as high as that of the mid-1970s. In 1975, for example, the German air navigation services controlled 744,000 flights. In the same year, there were 210 aircraft proximities.

Aircraft proximities are investigated and categorised by an independent committee of experts called the Aircraft Proximity Evaluation Group (APEG), which comprises representatives of airlines, general aviation, the German Air Force, German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Investigation, German Cockpit Association and DFS.

Category A: Risk of collision
Category B: Safety not assured

Year	Total number of controlled flights	AIRPROX category A	AIRPROX category B	AIRPROX category A+B
2009	2,927,000	4	3	7
2008	3,150,000	1	3	4
2007	3,115,000	3	3	6
2006	2,983,000	0	2	2
2005	2,866,000	2	1	3
2004	2,719,000	3	3	6
2003	2,548,000	4	4	8
2002	2,488,000	5	8	13
2001	2,561,000	10	5	15
2000	2,584,000	7	5	12
1995	2,034,000	13	10	23
1990	1,553,000	12	28	40
1985	1,012,000	17	31	48
1980	940,000	23	27	50
1975	744,000	104	106	210


24/02/2010	PRINT