Virtual Centres : the Business models

Thomas Buchanan

Content

• The skyguide story

• The Business models• Intra Service providers

• Inter Service providers

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Intra Service Provider Business model

• One Airspace by One (logical) System• SOA architecture realised with a commercial Enterprise Service Bus (TIBCO)

deployed on virtualized platforms

• Logical harmonisation / unification at application level

• Reduction of TEC infrastructure through Data Service

• Staff Optimisation through flexible airspace allocation and functioncentralisation

• Future ADSP – ATSU relationship• first test ADSP services provided by CCS from DSNA-Paris to skyguide-Zurich

Inter Service Provider Business model

• ADSP Business model• Need for multiple ADSPs to have a real market

• Standard open interfaces

• ATSU Business model• Location independence (control from everywhere to anywhere)

• Contingency Business model• Resilience

• Ability to rapidly transfer control to allow service continuity

• Scalability• COVID experience shows certain lack of full scalability

Institutional Business Model

• Key trigger for Dynamic Airspace Configuration (DAC)

• Capacity balancing beyond local Area of Responsibility

• Airspace delegation possible beyond neighbouring ANSP• For the time, delegation is mostly limited to cross-border areas between neighbouring

ANSPs.

• Expected future• Capability of supporting the sectors suffering from a lack of capacity from areas with

residual capacity (e.g. – delegation of sectors/airspace from the Core area to the outerregions of the European Airspace)

Virtual Centre implementation

• The definition of the Virtual centres is a joint venture between all stakeholders of the system• ANSPs, ADSPs, Manufacturers, Regulators and Oversight (certification) entities

at national and EU-wide level

• Definition of ideal service to remain in the hands of the ANSPs(prevention of the "SAP Syndrome")

• Flexibility is key• ATSU should not be limited to operate only a remote terminal

• Local functions and developments are needed at ATSU level to preserveinnovation capabilities