Seamless ATM Plan – Asia/Pacific

CANSO APAC Regional Conference

8 May 2015

Yoshiki ImawakaDeputy Regional Director - ICAO Asia/Pacific Office

Air Transport Growth

2000

1.7

2020

4.1

2013

3.1

2030

6.3

Annual passengers carried for the World (in Billions)

How can we provide the necessary air transport capacity to enable the growth and also continue to enhance safety, efficiency and reduce environmental impact

APAC Region

• Rapid growth in air traffic

– Air Traffic in Asia represents over 30 % of all air travel in the World.

• Different level of aviation activities and economies

• Lack of access to airspace administered by military

– Impede efficient utilization of airspace, efficient operations, safety concerns

• Diversified air navigation infrastructure

• Vast oceanic airspace

• States / ANSPs have developed their own infrastructure tailored to suite their own national needs, and established future plans.

• No means of coordinated / harmonized ATM modernisation plans, like SESAR or NextGen.

Seamless ATM Plan

• The 46th DGCA Conference (Osaka, 2009) committed to a Seamless ATM Asia/Pacific by issuing the Kansai Statement.

• DGCA agreed APANPIRG be platform to discuss and plan a future ATM system for the Asia Pacific Region.

• APANPIRG formed the APSAPG to develop a Seamless ATM Plan, consistent with the Global ATM Operational Concept (Doc 9854) which contains a vision of an integrated, harmonized, and globally interoperable ATM System with a planning horizon up to and beyond 2025.

• Aviation System Block Upgrade (18 ASBUs) were only a part of the solution

– SAR, civil/military cooperation aspects not covered.

• Asia/Pacific Seamless ATM Plan, developed by APSAPG was endorsed by APANPIRG/24 in June 2013 – Conclusion 24/54.

Asia/Pacific Seamless ATM Plan

http://www.icao.int/APAC/Pages/edocs.aspx

• Two Phases

– Phase 1 (12 November 2015), and

– Phase 2 (8 November 2018).

– Neither phase, nor any element is binding on any State, but should be considered as a planning framework. The timing is not mandatory, but if applicable, States need to achieve these dates as close to the targets as possible.

• The Seamless ATM Plan was intended to determine the minimum requirements for seamless ATM operations

– Harmonization, Interoperability.

– Efficiency focus for aircraft operations.

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• 1st Priority – Phase 1 (12 November 2015)

Note : Priority 1 = critical upgrade, Priority 2 = recommended upgrade, Priority 3 = may not be universally implemented.

Seamless Implementation Elements

Specification title Module Priority

Air Traffic Flow Management/Collaborative Decision-Making (ATFM/CDM) B0-NOPS 1

Performance-based Navigation (PBN) Approach B0-APTA 1

Ground-based surveillance B0-ASUR 1

ATS Inter-facility Data-link Communications (AIDC) B0-FICE 1

Situation display integrating surveillance data B0-ASUR 1

ADS-C, CPDLC B0-TBO 1

Aeronautical Information Management B0-DATM 1

Civil Military use of SUA B0-FRTO 1

Strategic Civil Military coordination Regional 1

Tactical Civil Military coordination Regional 1

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Specification title Module Priority

ATC Sector Capacity Regional 2

Airport Collaborative Decision-Making (ACDM) B0-ACDM 2

Continuous Descent Operations (CDO) B0-CDO 2

Continuous Climb Operations (CCO) B0-CCO 2

Standard Instrument Departures/Standard Terminal Arrivals (SID/STAR)B0-CCO

B0-CDO2

Arrival Manager/Departure Management (AMAN/DMAN) B0-RSEQ 2

Performance-based Navigation (PBN) Routes B0-FRTO 2

Performance-based Navigation (PBN) Airspace Regional 2

Seamless Implementation Elements• 2nd Priority – Phase 1 (12 November 2015)

Note : Priority 1 = critical upgrade, Priority 2 = recommended upgrade, Priority 3 = may not be universally implemented.

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Specification title Module Priority

Safety Nets B0-SNET 2

Airborne Safety Systems B0-ACAS 2

Airspace classification Regional 2

Flight Level Orientation Scheme (FLOS) Regional 2

Flight Level Allocation Schemes (FLAS) Regional 2

Automated Transfer of Control Regional 2

ATS Surveillance data sharing Regional 2

ATM systems enabling optimal PBN/ATC operations B0-APTA 2

ATC Horizontal separation Regional 2

Seamless Implementation Elements• 2nd Priority – Phase 1 (12 November 2015)

Note : Priority 1 = critical upgrade, Priority 2 = recommended upgrade, Priority 3 = may not be universally implemented.

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Specification title Module Priority

Meteorological Information B0-AMET 2

ATM Managers’ Performance Regional 2

ATC simulators performance Regional 2

Safety assessment of changes Regional 2

ATM Operators’ performance Regional 2

Civil Military system integration Regional 2

Civil Military Navaids joint provision Regional 2

Civil Military common training Regional 2

Civil Military common procedures Regional 2

Seamless Implementation Elements• 2nd Priority – Phase 1 (12 November 2015)

Note : Priority 1 = critical upgrade, Priority 2 = recommended upgrade, Priority 3 = may not be universally implemented.

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Specification title Module Priority

Apron Management Regional 3

ATM-Aerodrome Coordination Regional 3

Aerodrome capacity Regional 3

Safety and Efficiency of Surface Operations (A-SMGCS Level 1-2) B0-SURF 3

Performance-based Navigation (PBN) Visual Departure and Arrival Procedures Regional 3

UPR and DARP B0-FRTO 3

Seamless Implementation Elements• 3rd Priority – Phase 1 (12 November 2015)

Note : Priority 1 = critical upgrade, Priority 2 = recommended upgrade, Priority 3 = may not be universally implemented.

Reporting / monitoring• Internet-based reporting tool in an effort to ease the submission of the

Seamless ATM reports for States:

https://portal.icao.int/RO_APAC/Reporting/Pages/default.aspx

Regional Priorities – air navigation

• The PIRG / RASG Global Coordination Meeting (19 March 2013, Montreal) requested PIRGs to establish regional priorities and set targets.

• Global Air Navigation Plan (GANP)

– global perspective

– 18 Aviation System Block Upgrade (ASBU) modules. All ASBU modules may not be applicable to every region as each Region has different operational environments, traffic volumes, airspace structure, etc.

• The Chairpersons of the APANPIRG Sub Groups selected 10 regional priorities and targets for the APAC Region. APANPIRG/25 (September 2014) endorsed the APAC priorities and targets.

APAC PrioritiesProposed Regional Priorities and Targets

as agreed on 16-01-14by Chairpersons of APANPIRG SGs

Target date (Seamless ATM Phase 1 Plan)

Respective B0 module

/Regional item

Indicators(measure progress against

the target)

1. PBN: Where practicable, all high density aerodromes with instrument runways serving aeroplanes should have precision approaches or APV or LNAV.

12 November 2015

B0-APTA% of high density aerodromes with precision approaches or APV or LNAV.

2. Network Operations: All High Density FIRs supporting the busiest Asia/Pacific traffic flows and high density aerodromes should implement ATFM incorporating CDM using operational ATFM platform/s.

12 November 2015

B0-NOPS

% of High Density FIRs supporting the busiest Asia/Pacific traffic flows and high density aerodromes using operational ATFM platforms incorporating CDM

3. Aeronautical Information Management: ATM

systems should be supported by digitally-based AIM systems through implementation of Phase 1 and 2 of the AIS-AIM Roadmap

12 November 2015

B0-DATM% of Phase 1 and 2 AIS-AIM elements completed

4. Flight and Flow Information for a Collaborative Environment: All States between ATC units where

transfers of control are conducted have implemented the messages ABI, EST, ACP, TOC, AOC as far as practicable.

12 November 2015

B0-FICE

% of FIRs within which all applicable ACCs have implemented at least one interface to use AIDC / OLDI with neighbouring ACCs

5. Civil/Military- Enhanced En-Route Trajectories: All States should ensure that SUA are regularly reviewed by the appropriate Airspace Authority to assess the effect on civil air traffic and the activities affecting the airspace.

12 November 2015

B0-FRTO% of States in which FUA isimplemented

Note: High density aerodrome is defined by Asia-Pacific Seamless ATM Plan as aerodromes with scheduled operations in excess of 100,000/year.

APAC PrioritiesProposed Regional Priorities and Targets

as agreed on 16-01-14by Chairpersons of APANPIRG SGs

Target date (Seamless ATM Phase 1 Plan)

Respective B0 module

/Regional item

Indicators(measure progress against

the target)

6. Civil/Military- Enhanced En-Route Trajectories: All States should ensure that a national civil/military body coordinating strategic civil-military activities is established.

12 November 2015

Strategic Civil Military

coordination (Regional)

% of States which have established a national civil/military body that performs strategic civil-military Coordination

7. Civil/Military- Enhanced En-Route Trajectories: All States should ensure that formal civil military liaison for tactical response is established.

12 November 2015

Tactical Civil Military

coordination (Regional)

% of States which haveestablished a formal civil military liaison for tactical response

8. Ground Surveillance: All Category S upper controlled

airspace and Category T airspace supporting high density aerodromes should be designated as non-exclusive or exclusive as appropriate ADS-B airspace requiring operation of ADS-B.

12 November 2015 B0-ASUR

% of FIRs where Category S airspace and Category T airspacesupporting high density aerodromes are designated as ADS-B airspace

9. Ground Surveillance: ADS-B or MLAT or radar surveillance systems should be used to provide coverage of all Category S-capable airspace as far as practicable, with data integrated into operational ATC aircraft situation displays.

12 November 2015 B0-ASUR

% of ACCs with ATS Surveillanceusing ADS-B, MLAT or radar inCategory S airspace, and havingdata integrated into the ATCsystem situation display

10. Trajectory-Based Operations-Data Link En-Route: Within Category R airspace, ADS-C surveillance and CPDLC should be enabled to support PBN-based separations.

12 November 2015 B0-TBO

% of FIRs using data link applications to support PBN-based separations in Category R airspace

Challenges – Air Navigation

1. Slow progress of implementation of ATS infrastructure, not to corresponding to traffic growth, resulting in traffic delays and inefficient operation.

– Need to increase capacity and improve efficiency of operations in busy sub-regional areas; SUR tool, ATFM, CDM, PBN, FUA.

– Need to implement ATC tools to minimize ATC human errors and reduce ATC workload; AIDC, ATS surveillance with data integrated.

– Need to accelerate AIS-AIM transition.

2. Slow progress of ATS route restructure for enhancing efficiency and increase capacity. EUR/Asia, SCS, South Asia, Afghanistan contingency, etc.

3. Lack of civil/military cooperation resulting in low accessibility to airspace, decreasing airspace capacity, inefficient operations and safety implication.

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• States and ANSPs are expected to establish State seamless ATM planning based on the APANPIRG-endorsed Seamless ATM Plan in order to align objectives and milestones with other States in the region, and proceed with the implementation according to the plan for harmonized operations.

• Without effective regional Seamless ATM implementation, there will be a significant economic and environmental penalty, as well as safety implications.

Conclusion