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The pace of change in ATM is hotting up and it will be an exciting year ahead for all of

us affected by the progress of SESAR and the Single European Sky. Paul Ravenhill is our

SES expert, with his finger on the pulse of what's happening. He tells me hes looking

forward to the creation of the SESAR JU and conclusions drawn by the Commission's

new High Level Group on the future regulatory framework - as these developments

could lead the way to much faster deployment of new technology.

In this issue of ON AIR!, we present a conversation with someone familiar to many

in the industry, but only a recent addition to the Helios team: Dr Mike Fairbanks. Our

paths have crossed many times over the years, beginning at NATS in 1989, where we

were referred to as Laurel and Hardy! (Were not sure which one was which). Were

delighted to have him onboard.

The event of the season has to be ATC Maastricht in just a few weeks time see

HOT AIR! for details. It will be the end of an era since we understand that the exhibition

and conference will be moving to another European city in 2008. Well keep you posted.

And finally, thanks to all of you who responded to our electronic Christmas card forcharity. Your festive greetings warmed our hearts and

helped improve the lives of children in Africa.

News and Information

from Helios Technology

CONTENTS

For the first time, European ATM has a true stick to

achieve change. Since the SES legislation came into

force in April 2004, the Commission has launched work

on 16 Implementing Rules. Paul Ravenhill, Helios

Technical Director provides us with a brief overview of

where theyve got to, and whats to come.

Initial Implementing Rules, such as Co-ordinationand Transfer and Initial Flight Plan were designed to

ensure that common procedures and standards already

prevalent in much of Europe were mandated throughout

UPDATE

Single European Sky

NEW RECRUIT

Mike Fairbanks joins

ATM R&D

UK Knowledge Network

SATCOMS

On location

HOT AIR!

Our news section

OFF AIR!

The commuter

W I NT E R/ S PR I NG 2 0 07

Mike Shorthose

T E C H N O L O G Y

Happy New Year to all our readers

the SES area. Further Implementing Rules have defined

common requirements for the way that air navigation

services are provided and charged for.

Not all Implementing Rules have been given an easy

ride by the Single Sky Committee. A good Implementing

Rule should lead to a level playing field by providing

sufficient guidance for national authorities to enforcethe same requirements without over specifying how this

is achieved. And as we move forward the Implementing

Rules will become more difficult. Those on air-ground

Single European Sky UpdateProgress on Implementing Rules


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News and Information from Helios Technology

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Mike Fairbanks recently joined Helios from Booz Allen

Hamilton w here he led the successful aviatio n policy

and regulatory w ork in i ts London office. To introduce him

to ON AIR! readers, weve asked M ike about his consulting

career, his more recent w ork and h is predictions for t he air

transport industry.

Q When did you jo in Hel ios and what type of w ork

w il l you be involved in?

A I joined on 9 October 2006. I guess I bring the ski l ls that

you w ould expect to fin d at Helios in the economics and

policy, and navigation t eams, but also a range of

complement ary experience focused on air transport po l icy,

regulation an d business strategy. For example, in t he air

transport sector I recently led a global pol icy study for t he

World Bank on best practice for private sector participation

in air transport infrastructure airports and ATM.

Q Tell us about the connections you have developed

w ith Hel ios over the years.

A I started my consulting career (too m any years ago to

contemplate) wi th Hel ios M anaging Director M ike

Shorthose at th e then Smit h Associates where w e wo rked

togeth er on a variety of CNS/ATM projects. Some years

later, myself and Andy Sage of Helios worked t ogether in

the Secretariat of the European Triparti te Group. Togetherw e helped to raise the profi le of EGNOS outside of the

aviation sector. In fact, I sti l l ow e Andy 20 from a bet

concerning M anchester Unit ed and t he Premiership/FA

Cup/Champions League treble in 1999!

Q You have also been involved in the Single European

Sky initiative from its very inception. What projects

did you work on?A In 2002 I w orked on the benchmarking of a i r navigat ion

services in the th en 15 EU Memb er States w hilst M artin

Hawley, John Raftery and others wo rked on the paral lel

study benchmarking air navigation services in the 10 new

M ember States. Recently, Ive also been involved in a

num ber of EC projects to assess the econom ic and social

impacts of the Open Aviation Area agreements between

the EU and third countries, including the proposed one

w i th the US.

Q You have been a consul tant for over 15 years. In

your view, what are the most exciting developments

the aviation industry can expect in the next 10 years?

A In a word l iberal isation - the normalisation of the

market moving from state-owned m onopol ies to a more

comm ercially consumer-driven orientation. To a degree

that has happened already in the airl ine sector alth ough

much remain s to be done in terms of t ruly open skies and

consolidation. The process is underway in airports but is

only just starting for ATM . Certainly greater l iberalisation

l ies ahead for aviat ion. The challenge w il l be to balancecommercial drivers with safety and environmental

imperatives.

Toget her a tlast!

M ike Fairbanksjo ins Helios

voice channel spacing and datal ink services wil l be t he first

to specify the need for avionics on aircraft, with potential ly

significant cost implications. We expect th is trend to

continue, as i t is the Implementing Rules that wil l provide

the legislative tools to force the pace of both gro und and

airborne equipage in l ine with the ATM roadmap being

developed by the SESAR project.

Mike Fairbanks (left) with Managing Director Mike Shorthose

What is an Impleme nting Rule?

With in th e SES, an Im plementing Rule extends the legislation in

l ine with the general requirements of the primary legislation. In

general i t is developed by Eurocontrol u nder mandat e from t he

European Comm ission. It becom es law once accepted by the

Single Sky Comm ittee and is binding on al l parties including

Member States, airspace users and service providers.


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News and In format ion f rom He l ios Techno logy

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Win a portable DVD player/games console!

Participate in the new official visitor opinion survey for

ATC Maastricht (run by Helios). Participation is online and

the whole survey takes no more than 10 minutes to

complete. We had 400 responses last year and would like to

get even more this year. Visit www.helios-tech.co.uk and

click on the logo link. But hurry up as the survey will close

on 31st January!

Helios at ATC Maastricht 2007: If you are thinking of

attending ATC Maastricht this year do come along and

say hello. We will be in the same place back wall of the

exhibition centre (stand 473) with fresh case studies and, hot

off the press, the results of the ATM Industry Survey. For moreinformation and free visitor registration, visit

www.atcmaastricht.com.

Multilateration: Helios has won a new contract from

EUROCONTROL to develop a generic safety case for the

use of multilateration to provide separation services in en-route

and terminal airspace. We are working in partnership with

Austro Control, and building upon our expertise in ADS-B and

A-SMGCS safety cases. The project is due for completion in

early 2007.

Conference review: 95 delegates joined us for

ATN2006+, the aviation communications conferenceheld in London on 28-29th November 2006. The FAA were

there to explain how they are working alongside EUROCONTROL

to define the strategy for migration to a future communications

infrastructure; covering the vision, shortlisted technologies and

planned work programme. Military needs were highlighted in

an enlightening presentation by Wulf Ehrhardt. Jim Stenson

talked us through SESAR progress, and airline views were

represented by several speakers discussing the need for unified

technical solutions and sound investment strategies. On day

two, we heard case studies on Electronic Flight Bags and the

'wired aircraft' as well as hearing evidence of the

environmental and cost benefits of Continuous Descent

Approaches using ACARS for Trajectory Agreement. The future

use of IP for aeronautical data link was also touched upon.

Interested in finding out more? Contact [email protected]

to purchase the full conference proceedings on CD-Rom.

What are the priorities for aeronautical

communications? And how can they deliver value

to airlines? The summary results of this exclusive online

survey we ran for ATN2006+ are now available. Contact

[email protected] to receive your

complimentary copy.

New faces - As well as Mike Fairbanks, we are pleased

to welcome a whole raft of new colleagues who started

over the past few months: James Valner, Alex Goman, Alex

Catlin and Marietta Clay.

The UK Air Traffic Management (ATM) industry has an

estimated turnover of around 750 million and

comprises over 100 organisations, including around 6

universities with a strong interest in ATM. Helios has been

working with the Farnborough Aerospace Consortium and

the South East of England Development Agency (SEEDA) to

manage a new knowledge network for UK ATM whose

aim is to bring more R&D projects to commercialisation and

build stronger collaboration between industry and academia.

Early work included taking a strategic view of the

industry, looking at where the market was headed, where

the UKs strengths are, and how to position UK suppliers

and researchers to best contribute to the upcoming R&D

needs of ATM. A series of events held during 2006 brought

the UK industry together and identified plenty of

enthusiasm to collaborate on R&D problems in the UK and

with European partners.

The ATM Knowledge Network is set to continue

through 2007, with the focus on:

Sharing information on the global ATM market developing an active and regular forum.

Mobilising the UK ATM community to be better placed

to access SESAR funding and other collaborative

framework agreements.

Providing opportunities for small businesses and

universities to showcase their products and services.

Adds project leader Martin Hawley: Our work in ATM has

a mostly European or global outlook so it has been very

satisfying to give a focus to the UK and to R&D; the key to

the sustainable development of the ATM industry.For further information on the ATM Knowledge

Network, please contact Martin Hawley at

[email protected].

ATM Research &

DevelopmentMobilising theUK community

ATM Research &

DevelopmentMobilising theUK community


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News and Information from Helios Technology

AHelios-led team has successful ly comp leted a study for

ESA that determined a role for Satellite Communications

(Satcoms) w ithin the bu rgeoning Location Based Services

(LBS) market.

For this study, LBS encompassed any service delivered

to a user that rel ies upon knowledge of dynamic location

based informat ion. Location vendors are eagerly predictingthat the LBS market is almost ready to take off. Operators

have been investing in both location technology and

applications and rol l ing out services in Europe and A sia.

Teaming Helios experience in LBS w ith t hat of Inmarsat,

EADS Astrium and Roke M anor Research, the study w as

able to identify a path for Satcoms to take advantage of

th is ant ic ipated market grow th.

The team ident ified tw o services that offered an

opportunity for Satcoms in LBS. The services were

developed to harness the added value of Satcoms over

terrestrial commun ication: broadcasting, coverage, and

resilience:

1. A Traffic and Weather Broadcast Service providing

traffic and weather information to Europes private road

users, using a terminal to int erface with t he in-vehicle

navigator.

2. A Fleet Telematics Service providing a f lexible fleet

tracking and information service to fleet operators

throug h short, simple m essages.

For Sat coms and LBS, less is more

Greater processing capabil i ties on t odays vehicles allow s

many LBS services to be delivered wit h only small am ounts

of dat a per user, bringing significant potent ial cost

reductions. Both services demonstrat ed an opportu nity for

these service types targeted at the road mass market. The

Sat com s onlocation

For Satcoms andLBS, less is more

team developed a new direction for satcoms terminals,

w ith a tai lored low cost user terminal as a key enabler for

satcoms LBS. To complete th e path, t hey also came up

with an innovative business model, moving away from per

MB charging towards the kind of subscription model seen

in consumer markets.

Wha t is the me ssage f or Satcoms?

These services provide a positive exam ple of the

opport unities for Satcoms role in LBS. To realise this

opportunity the study concluded that Satcoms should buck

the trend t ow ards high speed, internet services and tai lor

low data rat e and broadcast services for the LBS market .

There is also an important role for terminal manufacturers to

provide tailored user terminals to support these services.

For more information on this project, contact [email protected].

For further information, contact Mike Shorthose by email:

[email protected] , telephone: + 4 4 1 2 7 6 4 5 2 8 1 1 or visit

our w ebsite www.hel ios-tech.co.uk.

This newsletter has been writ t en for the int erest of o ur clients and colleagues.We believe the facts are correct at the t ime of print ing, but cannot be held

responsible for any errors or omissions. Please send change-of-address details

to [email protected] . Helios Technology Limit ed, Chamberlain House,

High Street, Bagshot, Surrey, GU19 5AE, UK.

Helios is a technical and business consultancy working in airports, air

traff ic management and navigat ion markets. We help our customers solve

problems and implement technical and operat ional solut ions that will

improve corporate performan ce. Our team has a range of expert isecovering research, planning, simulat ions, feasibility studies, cost benefit

analysis, procurement support and safety studies. Our know ledge covers all

of the technologies that support air traff ic management, as well as satellite

navigat ion and advanced communicat ion systems.

On foot a nd by carAn engineer goes every day by

train to the ci ty where he works.

At 8:30am, as soon as he gets off

the train, a car from w here he w orks picks him up and

takes him to the plant .

One day the engineer takes a train arriving at 7:00am

and starts walking towards the plant. On the way, the car

picks him up and he arrives at the plant 10 m inutes early.

At w hat t im e does he meet the car?

The answer w il l be published in the next edition of ON

AIR!. Please send your solutio ns to laurette.royer@helios-

tech.co.uk. Al l entries must be received by 31st M arch

2007. We wil l give a bottle of champagne to the first

correct answer draw n at random after this date. Good luck!

And the w inner is

The answer to our last puzzle 'What is the pi lot's last

name?' w as Bazso, here's why:

The three passengers live in Bratislava, Stansted, and between Bratislava and

Stansted.

As passenger Choroba has only 2 brothers, he cannot be the passenger who lives

near the chief steward betw een Bratislava and Stansted, as he would need at least 3.

As Jirku lives in Bratislava, then Choroba can only be living in Stansted. Thus, the

chief steward is also Choroba.

As the f irst off icer cannot beat himself at bi l l iards, the pi lot must be Bazso.

Wel l done to Andrew Rose from Br i t ish Ai rways who w ins

the champagne.

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