MUAC support for better flight planning, flow and air traffic management bring environmental benefits, fuel savings and greater punctuality / Maastricht, December 2022 - Aircraft crossing the upper airspace over Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and north-west Germany will save on distance, fuel, and carbon dioxide emissions thanks to recent airspace changes championed by the EUROCONTROL Maastricht Upper Area Control Centre (MUAC). With MUAC making the best use of free route airspace thanks to optimised sectors and airspace changes (a project known as MAASERATI - Maastricht Sectorisation Review After the Implementation of Free Route Airspace Deployment 2), aircraft operators and computerised flight plan service providers are benefitting from additional route options, shorter routes, lower fuel consumption, lower emissions and therefore greater sustainability. (....)