Conversation Aviation 2-2026 - Go Safe Together This Summer

Go Safe This Summer — Together

Summer is one of the busiest and most demanding periods in aviation. Higher traffic levels, unpredictable weather, operational pressure, fatigue and changing conditions can all combine to increase risk across the aviation system.

The latest edition of Conversation Aviation focuses on the practical challenges organisations face during the summer season and explores how strong teamwork, effective communication and positive safety cultures help keep operations safe.

Building on this year's Go Safe Together campaign, the magazine brings together operational insights, practical safety advice and real-world examples that can be used to stimulate discussion across airlines, airports and the wider aviation community.

Download the magazine at the bottom of the page. If you would like the full Adobe Creative Cloud files, please email us at safetypromotion@easa.europa.eu.

What's inside?

This edition includes articles on:

• Managing summer operational pressure: Fatigue, sticking to the basics and speaking up early.
• Summer weather: Heat, thunderstorms, turbulence and the operational challenges they create.
• Jet A and Jet A-1 fuel awareness: Why clear communication matters.
• GNSS jamming and spoofing: Understanding the growing operational threat.
• New recommended phraseology for GNSS interference: Helping improve reporting and shared situational awareness.
• Wildlife hazard management: Why effective mitigation extends beyond the airport fence.
• Maintenance occurrence reporting: Ensuring operational events lead to timely maintenance action.
• Passenger behaviour: Encouraging everyone to put themselves in "Flight Mode".
• Safety promotion: Practical ideas for engaging operational staff beyond posters and emails.
• The future workforce: Attracting and developing the people aviation will need tomorrow.

Throughout the magazine, each feature concludes with a practical Safety Map, helping organisations turn key messages into actions across six connected themes: Mindset, People, Equipment, Compliance, Risks and Learning.

Who should read it?

This edition is intended for anyone involved in aviation safety, including safety managers, flight operations, cabin crew, ground handling, maintenance organisations, airports, air navigation service providers and regulators.

Whether you use it as part of a safety briefing, a toolbox talk or your own summer safety campaign, we hope it helps spark positive conversations about safety throughout the season.

Because safe summer operations are built together.