The European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navi gation

ATFMWorld ATM Congress 2015The Future ATM Generation

ATFMWorld ATM Congress 2015The Future ATM Generation

Kenneth Thomas Head of Network Operations Coordination/ EUROCONTROL Network Manager

Madrid, 11 March 2015

Kenneth Thomas Head of Network Operations Coordination/ EUROCONTROL Network Manager

Madrid, 11 March 2015

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ATM Structure in Europe

One singleFlow Management

System overEurope

One singleFlow Management

System overEurope

42 States

65 En-route centres = 1750 Sectors

1940 Aircraft Operators

520 Airports

61 FMPs

6700+ connected end-users

Peaks 32 600+ flights a day

9 670 000+ flights a year

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Network Operations Management 4

European Air Traffic

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The Network ManagerOperations Centre (NMOC)The Network ManagerOperations Centre (NMOC)

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Partners

Flight PlanProcessing

Air Traffic Flow& Capacity

Management(ATFCM)

Airspace DataManagement

EAD &AeronauticalInformation

(EAB)

Network Operations Services

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In addition to aeronautical information (AIS) data: ACC LOAs, flow restrictions, ATC operational procedures…

23500 aerodromes and navigation points

13000 routes

11000 restrictions

5500 flows, 5000 traffic volumes,3000 reference locations

23000 Air navigation units22

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Partners

Flight PlanProcessing

Air Traffic Flow& Capacity

Management(ATFCM)

Airspace DataManagement

EAD &AeronauticalInformation

(EAB)

Network Operations Services

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IFPU1

IFPU2

ACK

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IFPU1

IFPU2

30000 Flights every day

1 Flight Plan processed every3 seconds

And above 60000 Flight Plan electronic messages every day

96% of messages processed automatically

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Network Operations Services

Partners

Flight PlanProcessing

Air Traffic Flow& Capacity

Management(ATFCM)

Airspace DataManagement

EAD &AeronauticalInformation

(EAB)

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(ATFM Adjacent Areas)+

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IS

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ATFM

ATFM basic principle

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Avoiding congestionSafety Issue

Sequencing the traffic

Benefits:• Safer• Fuel savings• Less CO2 emission

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ATFCM Tool Set

• ATFM restrictions / slots• Re-routeing• Level-capping• Civil-Military coordination• Sector Configuration

Management• Cherry picking• …..

ATFM ATFCM

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The evolving role of ATFM

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The objectives of ATFCM

• The objective of ATFCM is:• To optimise the usage of available capacity (ATFCM)

• To adapt the excess of demand to the resulting capacity (“classic” ATFM)

Traffic

(demand)ATFCMCapacity

(resources)

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Capacity

ATFCMNetworkOperations

Capacity

EmissionsFlight

Efficiency

ATFM

Delay

Network Operations

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NEFAB

UK-IR

FAB EC

SW Portugal-Spain

DK-SE

Baltic

CEFAB

Blue MED

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Coordination based on FABs

TNM 1 TNM 2

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Improved Procedures

Better consideration of the

airspace dynamicity

Enhanced ASM

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Before After

Such solutions requireNetwork Wide implementation required by both ANSPs and AOs

Network ASM ATFCM Solution

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Optimising Airport Operations

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Network Operations Plan Portal

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• Program initially launched in 2004 by JAAs & ECAC

• New agreement between Eurocontrol and the European Commission to enforce the EU “Black List” (list of banned aircrafts)

Safety Assessment offoreign aircraft

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IFPU1

IFPU2

ABC005

ABC AIRWAYS

CNAA(Competent National Aviation Authority)

CNAACNAA

CNAACNAA

CNAA

Alarm for over flights

Ramp inspection, legal action…

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• Coordinate the best solution from a Network

perspective

• Help AOs to operate in a complex airspace

• Crisis management and coordination

Network Operations at a glance

The European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navi gation

Thank You!

Kenneth ThomasHead of Network Operations Coordination