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European ATFMFrom current operation towards

the future

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Flow and Capacity Management today

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A large, intricate network

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Congested sector

Departure airport

End of ATFM intervention

Allocation of ATFM departure slot

Regulated flight cycleRegulated flight cycle

ATFM system ATFM system operations operations

AO + airportAO + airport

AO + ATC AO + ATC

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Congested sector

Departure airport

Regulated flight cycleRegulated flight cycle Allocation of ATFM

departure slot Allocation of ATFM

departure slot

Increasing risk of Drifts from ATFM

Increasing risk of Drifts from ATFM

plans plans

ATFM system ATFM system operations operations

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ATMAirports

AOs

Service to PassengersService to Passengers

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Flow and Capacity Management today

The European Air Traffic structure is a large, intricate network

Different actors, with different and potentially conflicting interests

The Flow Management system must be taken to a new level

Any clear capacity breakthrough??

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Pave the way for the future

Introduce flexibility in the Flow Management system

Do it in a collaborative Manner Involve all the relevant partners

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Flexibility

Airlines know better what’s good for them Local entities can take more immediate

actions Implementation of new tools or operational

procedures should be prototyped in small scale but real operational environment

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Flexibility: FAM

Congested sector

Departure airport

End of ATFM intervention

Allocation of ATFM departure slot

CDMAirborne Flow Management

Delegation of Responsibility

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Collaboration

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ATMAirports

AOs

Service to PassengersService to Passengers

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ATMAirports

AOs

Service to PassengersService to Passengers

CDM

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ATMAirports

AOs

Common Awareness

Service to PassengersService to Passengers

New Measures

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Collaboration

“Think European”: Flow Management measures must be implemented collaboratively and in a global manner

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Think European

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Think European (2)

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Collaboration

“Think European”: Flow Management measures must be implemented collaboratively and in a global manner

Airports operating constraints must be taken into consideration

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Airport-optimalSequence

ATFM-impactedAirport Sequence

Taking into account Airports constraints

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Airport-optimalSequence

Airborne Sequence

Airports constraints with airborne flow management

Airborne FlowAirborne FlowManagementManagement

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Collaboration

“Think European”: Flow Management measures must be implemented collaboratively and in a global manner

Airports operating constraints must be taken into consideration

Airlines know better what’s good for them

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Enlarge the array of ATFM options offered to airlines

Level Capping

Rerouting

Speed Control

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Airlines operations managers are more influential than Airlines operations managers are more influential than captainscaptains

Buffer time

Total delay

Single delay

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Airline-optimalSequence

Airborne Sequence

Flights have different values to airlines

Airborne FlowAirborne FlowManagementManagement

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En route to en-route

Converging flows create high workload and complexity

A sequence “contract”is defined to de-complexify traffic flows

•C1 RTA•C2 RTA•C3 RTA

•A1 RTA•A2 RTA•A3 RTA

•B1 RTA•B2 RTA•B3 RTA

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En route to airport

An optimal arrival sequence iscalculated (*)

The controllers candelegate separationmonitoring (stationkeeping)

The station keepingcontracts are passed onto upstream centres

(*) With potential input from AOS

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Conclusion CDM is a part of a more global concept:

. Collaborative ATM Co-operation is needed not only between different

actors, but also within the same category: this is the Single Sky spirit

The implementation approach should be users-oriented, validated via small-scale experiments.

It is the sine qua non condition to safer and more efficient skies