ICAO’s Global Air

Navigation Plan (GANP)

Neil Halsey Technical Officer (Meteorology), Aerodrome Operations and

Interoperability, ICAO

WMO Congress 2015

ICAO’s Role in ATM Modernization “Increase the capacity and improve the efficiency of the global civil aviation system”

• Through the GANP, offer a long-term vision to assist all aviation stakeholders, and ensure continuity and harmonization among modernization programmes

• Through the Aviation System Block Upgrades (ASBU), provide a consensus-driven modernization strategy for integrated planning

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PRIORITIES

PERFORMANCE BASED NAVIGATION (PBN)

CONTINUOUS DESCENT AND CLIMB OPERATIONS (CDO/CCO)

COLLABORATIVE DECISION-MAKING (CDM & A-CDM) & ATFM

Global Air Navigation Plan (GANP) Objectives and Priorities

Meteorology ASBU (AMET)

• A plan for the development of aeronautical meteorological requirements from 2015-2028 and beyond

• Meteorology is an enabling or supporting function for multiple elements of the plan in all performance improvement areas

New concepts

• Trajectory-based operations (TBO)

• System-wide information management (SWIM)

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Trajectory-based operations

• New requirements to enable “free-flight”

• Primary inputs from NextGen and SESAR

• Will require supporting meteorological information – particularly in congested airspace

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System-wide information management

• Operational need to harmonize information support to aviation

• Focus on data rather than products

• Need for unified digital environment

• WMO has expertize in data management

• Data policy required to protect meteorological service providers and aviation users

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Important dates

• July 2016 – termination of SADIS broadcast

• November 2018 – Establishment of global and regional space weather centres

• November 2018 – Digital exchange of METAR, SPECI, TAF and SIGMET becomes a Standard (mandatory)

• November 2020 – Expected restructuring of ICAO Annex 3

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Thank you

Questions are welcome - I will be here until the end of Friday

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