Mr. Philip Hughes:

Datalink, at a really simple level, is like text messaging for aeroplanes. Rather than me talking to you and saying "Listen, turn right, turn left or go to this level", I send a text message and you go, and I can see from your flight management system where you are going. At the moment, we are using some old technology to do that. We think that one of the big near-term efficiencies we can do is if we introduce better quality datalink. That will increase the range of the message set and increase its efficiency. We already know from Maastricht because we have enhanced the datalinking there. It increases the flight profile efficiency by 40%.

It also makes the air traffic controller's job easier. For me, that is the single biggest piece.

The third element is about airspace redesign in the sense of flexible use of airspace and better integration with the military whereby there is better use of military airspace where it is delegated in a more dynamic way. That is something we can work on.

Those are the three elements that need to be put in place to do that.