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European Authorities Set Up Conflict-Zone Intelligence-Sharing System for Airlines

European intelligence agencies and air-safety officials have created the first formal intelligence-sharing network to warn the region’s airlines about dangers of overflying various conflict zones world-wide.

The new system seeks to coordinate and update such threat assessments under the auspices of the European Union, and then quickly disseminate the information to European carriers, according to the region’s top aviation safety official.

Patrick Ky, executive director of the European Aviation Safety Agency, described the effort in an interview Thursday. He said the initiative, under discussion since late 2014, was approved days earlier by the EU’s Council of Ministers.

The goal, Mr. Ky said, is to ensure his agency can provide carriers with the best possible guidance about avoiding airspace where fighting on the ground poses potential hazards for commercial aircraft.