DECEA, Brazil’s Department of Airspace Control, and EUROCONTROL have published the 2025 edition of the Brazil-Europe Comparison of Air Navigation System Performance, marking the fifth edition of this long-standing collaborative reporting series. The report was released during Airspace World 2026 in Lisbon, with the support of Lieutenant-Brigadier Sérgio Rodrigues Pereira Bastos Junior, Director General of DECEA, and Dr Piotr Ikanowicz, Chairman of the Performance Review Commission.
Jointly developed by DECEA’s Performance Section and EUROCONTROL’s Performance Review Unit, the report reflects a mature technical partnership built on shared data, harmonised methods and a common commitment to performance-based air navigation management. By placing Brazil and Europe side by side, it helps both regions better understand how different operational environments, airport systems, network structures and traffic patterns shape day-to-day performance.
This edition extends the analysis through 2025, capturing the transition from post-pandemic recovery to a new period of more stable traffic growth. Among other findings it highlights (....)