Originally Posted by
Sam Rutherford
I'm interested - I assumed (!) that flight plan procedures were international. I guess this explains the difficulty in finding an answer that should be a fairly simple question.
Chevvron - this is for both VFR and IFR flights? All countries in Europe?
No, as per the quote, I was referring to IFR flight plans only and it's valid for all countries whose IFR plans are sent via IFPS.
A someone else pointed out, you found a list of requirements for the USA where their rules have to take into account their 'blanket' Class E airspace and the fact that many airfields in the USA aren't connected to AFTN and instead have their own system of forwarding plans from the closest ATCC or FSS (Flight Service Station).