The ATM Network Function in Europe

The ATM Network Function in Europe
ATFM Workshop
Jeddah 18 – 20 February 2013
Kenneth THOMAS
Senior Manager
EUROCONTROL

Back in the 1980s:
Major European ATM crisis: Creation of CFMU
London
Creation 5 regional units
Doesn’t
work
ATFM system
One central unit:
CFMU +
Local FMP
Paris
Frankfurt
1988 CFMU is created.
EUROCONTROL will
implement and operate it
Madrid
Rome
ATM
Delays
1996 CFMU
fully operational
1980
1990
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In the early 80’s several
Flow Management Units
were created to cope with
increasing congestion
But the organisation was
inefficient and the delays
skyrocketed end of the
80’s
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The European Central
Flow Management Unit
was created and became
operational in 1995
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CFMU is the first European Network Function
‣ Central service
‣ Central infrastructure
For all Europe
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Air Transport – Air Navigation - Europe
EUROCONTROL
ICAO: The contracting States recognize that every
State has complete and exclusive sovereignty over
the airspace above its territory.
• Service Providers (ANSP): 39
• Area Control Centres (ACC): 64
• Sectors at full capacity: 670
• Towers +/- 430
• Approach units 220
• Air Traffic Controllers* 16.800
• Support staff 40.000
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Total Employees 56.000
B€ 3/ATCO
B€ 1/investment
B€ 4/support (operating and other staff)
Total B€ 8/year
* 60% ACC; 40% APP/TWR
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A European view over the operations
ATM Structure in Europe
One single Flow Management System over Europe
41 States
1750 Sectors & 64 enroute centres
1348 Aircraft Operators
450 Airports
61 FMPs
Network Operations
+4,000 connected end-users
Peaks +34,400 Flights a day
+10,000,000 Flights a year
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Single European Sky (SES)
• End of 1990s another crisis in ATM
• Madame De Palacio Commissionner
launched
the Single European Sky
SES created in 2004
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Single European Sky II
‣ The Performance Scheme safety cost-efficiency, capacity and environment.
‣ The Functional Airspace Blocks bottom-up initiatives enhanced cooperation between the
(ANSPs) and the national supervisory authorities (NSAs) to de-fragment the airspace
‣ The Network Manager is a centralised function at EU level to carry out the management of
the ATM network functions (airspace design, capacity planning flow management)
• and management of scarce resources (transponder code allocations,radio frequencies)
‣ The Charging Regulation transparent reporting of en-route charges and costs' components
of the Member States.
• legal basis for financing, through the charging system, of the "Common Projects" in the
context of the deployment of SESAR.
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Performance achievement
is the key driver
of SES
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EU-wide targets adopted for 2012-14
Safety
To monitor : 2012-2014
European safety network KPI : 2015-
2019
4,0%
3,5%
3,0%
Environment
Environment target
5,0%
Reduce 4,5% route extension by
2004
2005
% of horizontal en route extension
2006
2007
0.75%
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
-0.75%
points
vs.
2009
compared to 2009
Actual baseline
EU-wide target
Current enhancement plans (-0.6% points vs. 2009)
1,5
Capacity
Delay/capacity target
En route ATFM delay per flight (min.)
Cost-efficiency
Determined unit rates (DUR)
Cost efficiency target
1,3
1,0
0,8
0,5
0,3
0,0
Reduce ATFM delays
to 0.5 min
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
Actual baseline Current EUROCONTROL target
Current capacity planning EU-wide target
0.5 min.
2010 figure was 2.0 min
€ 2009
/SU
66
64
Reduce average E-U wide
determined unit rate from
59.97 € in 2011
62
60
58
56
54
52
50
48
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
to 53.93 € in 2014
DUR 2009 Current plans DUR target
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€ 53.92

objective
A High-Performance SES ATM for 2030
Goals for Future SES Performance 2030:
• enable a threefold increase in capacity
• improve safety by a factor of 10
• reduce by 10% the environmental impact per flight
• cut ATM costs by 50%
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• Performance achievement is the key driver of SES
• A Network Manager has been created
to contribute to achieve SES network performance targets;
• Network Manager mission
to look for the “general interest”
the overall Network performance.
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The challenge
Capacity
Flight
Efficiency
Emissions
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Key Stakeholders
Regulatory management
For SES performance achievement
NM Functions exercise
Arbitration / Decision
support, monitor, report
trigger corrective actions
Operational stakeholders:
ANSPs/FABs, Aircraft Operators, Airports, Military
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The Network Concept
ATM without borders
• Identify critical areas
• Devise solutions independent of borders
• Detailed shared knowledge of operational situation
• Route network and Airspace design
• Centralised ATFCM function
• Data base of infrastructure Aeronautical data and traffic demand
• Network crisis management
• Agreed plans – Strategy Plan, Performance Plan, Operations Plan
• Performance monitoring, reporting and oversight
• CDM
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The Network Manager
• The Network Manager (Function) has been created by the Single European Sky II
legislation
• to organise the management and operations of the functions, including ATFM.
• to develop and create Route Network Design
• to provide a central function for Frequency Allocation
• to coordinate improvement of SSR Code Allocation, and
• to provide of support for Crisis Management.
• EUROCONTROL was nominated as Network Manager
• the Network Manager shall "contribute to the deployment of SESAR according to the
European ATM Master Plan."
• The actions of the Network Manager are agreed and supported by the Network
Management Board on which sit representatives of ANSPs, airspace users, the military,
and airport operators.
• The Network Manager will generate Strategic and Operational Plans for the Network.
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The organisation of ATFM
The operational ATFCM organisation depends on the activities
considered
Strategic Phase
ANSP or
Regional Level
Capacity
(resources)
ATFCM
NM
Pretact Phase
1 Week to D-1
Tactical Phase
ANSP or
Regional Level
ACC
ACC
AMC
The CFMU interaction is:
•Focused on ANSP level in the
strategic phase,
•Shared between the regional
level (for ASM) and the local
level in the pre-tactical phase
•Focused on ACC / Airport
level in the tactical phase.
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Conclusions
A Network Management approach requires
1. Institutional and regulatory arrangements
2. Clear (binding) performance objectives and targets for all parties including the Network
Manager
3. Governance inclusive of all regulatory and operational stakeholders
4. Cooperative decision making processes with constant interaction and consultation with
Member States, operational stakeholders
Network Management can build the partnership
to achieve long term performance
(safety, capacity, environment and cost efficiency
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