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Dear Giovanna, thank you for your message. We would to let you know that your request was taken over by the Frontex press office as it constitutes a request for information. Please find the information regarding the number of flights below and the flight hours and number of assets deployed attached. From 1 January 2018 till 24 June 2022, Frontex surveillance aircraft performed a total of 3123 mission flights: * 2018 → 420 flights * 2019 → 592 flights * 2020 → 1030 flights * 2021 → 468 flights * 2022 (till 24th of June) → 613 flights Kind regards, Frontex press office

Dear Frontex Press Office, Thank you very much for your reply. I would like to ask some follow-up questions to better understand the information you have provided: 1) Does the number of "Frontex surveillance aircraft" flights include drones and other unmanned aerial vehicles? 2) Assuming that FASS is short for Frontex Aerial Surveillance Service and FSA for Frontex Surveillance Aircraft Services, could you explain if there are any differences between these Services? 3) Could you break down the data from the table you provided by years or even by months? 4) Could you clarify what the specific contracts 1-29 entail? Thank you very much. Sincerely, G. Reder Anfragenr: 251819 Antwort an: <<E-Mail-Adresse>> Laden Sie große Dateien zu dieser Anfrage hier hoch: https://fragdenstaat.de/anfrage/251819/upload/358ff51fc877ccdaa69c579c2a7687c6f023bb25/ Postanschrift Giovanna Reder << Adresse entfernt >>

Dear Giovanna, apologies for the late response, please see the answers below. 1) Does the number of "Frontex surveillance aircraft" flights include drones and other unmanned aerial vehicles? The provided table contains only the manned aerial means. Frontex deployed until now the following unmanned aerial assets: (MALE RPAS) a) Specific Order 1: 1200 flight hours delivered, implementation period: 05 May 2021 - 05 Nov 2021; b) Specific Order 2: 1870 flight hours contracted, implementation period: 06 May 2021 - still ongoing; c) Specific Order 3: 1200 flight hours contracted, waiting to be started; 2) Assuming that FASS is short for Frontex Aerial Surveillance Service and FSA for Frontex Surveillance Aircraft Services, could you explain if there are any differences between these Services? - no difference between the services. Please be informed that FASS is the acronym for Frontex Aerial Surveillance Services for Border & Coast Guard Functions Framework Contract, under which Frontex provided aerial surveillance services to support surveillance operations in period 2015 till 2021 (FASS I and FASS II). FSA I is the acronym for ongoing framework contract, Frontex Surveillance Aircraft Services for Border & Coast Guard Functions, from 2021, under which Frontex continues to provide aerial surveillance services to support surveillance operations. FSA - Frontex Surveillance Aircraft is also a general term referring to the all aircrafts leased under any framework contract. 3) Could you break down the data from the table you provided by years or even by months? - extended table is attached 4) Could you clarify what the specific contracts 1-29 entail? - Deployment of Aerial Surveillance Aircraft for Frontex maritime border surveillance and technical assistance to EFCA (European Fisheries Control Agency) Regards, Frontex press office