COLOGNE, October 1, 2024 – The European Union Aviation Safety Agency’s Data4Safety programme expanded to include an additional nine EASA Member States and its first eight airport members, the expansion coinciding with the selection of the initiative for an industry award giving global recognition for EASA’s contribution to aviation safety. Data4Safety (D4S) is a voluntary and collaborative partnership between EASA, the EASA Member States, and the aviation industry, which uses contributed data to proactively identify and manage safety risks at European level. It also supports data-driven changes in the fields of aviation safety and sustainability, drawing on data-centric aviation intelligence. (....)