The Borealis Alliance welcomed Oro Navigacija, the ANS Provider of Lithuania, as a new member of the Borealis Alliance. The signing ceremony was held in conjunction with the Borealis Alliance Board meeting in Tallinn on 6 March 2025.
The Borealis Alliance Board met 6 March 2025 in Tallinn, where the agenda was filled with status reports on projects and discussions about forthcoming developments. The board specifically discussed development needs on licensing and ongoing environmental activities. The alliance welcomed also a the new member, Oro Navigacija from Lithuania.
The CEO of Oro Navigacija, Mr Saulius Batavičius, said: I am happy that Oro Navigacija can join this unique alliance and hopefully be able contribute to further improve air traffic management in this part of Europe.
Borealis Alliance represents a big portion of the European airspace and Lithuania fits geographically and operationally very well into this cooperation. Major focus areas within the alliance are operational and environmental improvements through Free Route Airspace and other initiatives, offering airspace users opportunities to optimize flight profiles, and improve predictability for flights.
The chairman of the Borealis Alliance Board, Mr Thorsten Elkjær from Naviair, said: We very much welcome Oro Navigacija to our alliance. We are sure we can together show others that joint development and working together, will deliver improved services to our customers, the airspace users.
With the present geopolitical situation, the ANSPs across Europe need to further enhance cooperation and coordinate the use of airspace with focus on cross border activities and the needs of the military stakeholders.
The Borealis Alliance is a leading Alliance of Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs) that enables its members to drive better performance for stakeholders through business collaboration.
Together, the Borealis Alliance members provide air traffic services for over 4 million flights a year across 12.5 million km2 of North European airspace, accounting for almost 40% of European traffic.
