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Taking advantage of existing equipage
A number of civil aircraft are already
equipped with the technology required
to capture satellite signals and to provide
controllers with reliable information
regarding their position. Boeing and Airbus
have introduced communication, navigation
and surveillance systems, known
respectively as Future Air Navigation
System 1 (FANS 1) and FANS A. Today,
over 1,000 long-haul aircraft are equipped
with FANS 1/A systems, and this is
providing significant benefits with reduced
separation and user-preferred routes.
Air transport safety, efficiency and growth driven by market demand
"The development of the future air traffic system will require an unprecedented global
approach, going beyond the international collaboration that has been involved
in building a large transport airplane or an international space station. It will require
working together as a team, integrating ideas, products and technology from around
the world on an unprecedented scale".
John Hayhurst, President, Air Traffic Management and Member of the Boeing Executive Council
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Examples:
South Pacific: the first FANSequipped
aircraft went into
service in 1995 between Australia
and the US taking full advantage
of improved communications,
optimum routings, and rapid
route-clearance changes.
Cross polar-routes: satellitebased
navigation has enabled
flights over previously untravelled
territory using Russian,
Canadian and US airspace close
to the North Pole. The first official
polar route flight between North
America and Asia by a
commercial airline was
conducted in July 1998.
Currently, more than 200 flights
per month use near polar routes
between Europe and Asia and
Asia and North America thereby
benefiting airlines and
passengers through significant
time and fuel savings and
associated emissions reductions.
Southern Africa: satellite-based
approach and departure
procedures were implemented
in 2002 at 37 airports in the 14
Southern Africa Development
Community (SADC) States as
well as in Kenya and Cape
Verde. The project is an excellent
example of cooperation between
States and IATA to improve
navigational procedures, enhance
air safety and significantly
improve the regularity, efficiency
and cost-effectiveness of air
transport in Southern Africa.
The need for new HF radios on
Atlantic routes has been averted
through the gradual introduction,
over the past few years, of
automatic dependent
surveillance (ADS) waypoint
reporting – which allows better
flight plan conformance
monitoring and a reduction in
gross navigation errors.
Gate to Gate and free routing
Looking to the future, the air transport
industry considers that an essential
element of the Global ATM Implementation
Roadmap will be to increase aircraft
autonomy by transferring certain
procedures and responsibilities from the
ground to the aircraft. This will be achieved
progressively through:
advanced concepts such as flexible
tracks, random routing, dynamic
re-routing and free routing where
appropriate;
greater use of data link and satellite
technologies that allow for improved
communications between pilots and
controllers;
aircraft operators fully utilising
sophisticated flight management
systems to take advantage of reduced
fuel load, favourable winds and the
ability to avoid bad weather; and
a seamless and coherent management
approach to all phases of flight starting
from the initial airline planning months
in advance, continuing with gate-togate
flight operations and finishing
with the performance registration and
user charges calculation. This calls for
close cooperation between aircraft
operators, airports and air navigation
service providers in a collaborative
decision-making (CDM) process.