Outlook on the Concept of Operations (CONOPS) for CS#1
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Draft Concept of Operations
(CONOPS) for CS#1- FAS
Centralised service on Flight Plan and Airport Slot
Consistency (FAS)
Matthis Birenheide
Project Manager FAS
11 October 2013
Flight Plan and Airport Slot Consistency Service - FAS
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FAS context
Today, 97 airports are coordinated in EUROCONTROL Member
States covering between 85% to 95% of all traffic
Coordination means more demand than capacity
Airport slots are allocated by independent Coordinators to balance agreed
capacity and demand
Planning is not normally taken into account in flow management
The airport slot is not referenced in the flight plan
Flow managers and ATC do not take the agreed airport slots into account
The consequence is unexpected over-demand leading to:
ATFM regulations
Delay for a number of flights over a certain period instead only to the flight
that creates the problem
Less predictability in the system
FAS – Flight Plan and Airport Slot Consistency Service
Scope of the FAS
The service will be proposed for
all EUROCONTROL Member
States
40 Member States as from 2014
Currently 21 States have at least
one coordinated airport
The role and responsibilities of
Airport Coordinators remain
unchanged
The responsibilities of Member
States remain unchanged
Responsibility for the Flight Plan
remains unchanged with the
Airspace Users
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Proposed level of service
Warning messages will be issued if no or
an incorrect airport slot (e.g. off-slot or
syntax error) are identified
No general rejection of flight plans,
unless a Member State specifically
requests it and mandates the Agency
accordingly
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Components of the FAS (1)
A central and dynamic database
will be established within the
service
Storage of the airport slot information
for the matching process
Providing slot information for
statistics
Coordinators will feed this
database with all relevant
information on airport slots
allocated and any changes thereto
Coordinators will be required to
enable their local systems providing
live updates on all changes
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Components of the FAS (2)
A matching service will be
developed
Requires algorithms to match
flight plan data with airport slot
information
High accuracy level envisaged
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Components of the FAS (3)
The Initial integrated Flight
Planning System (IFPS) will be
upgraded to:
Feed the matching service with
required flight plan data
Issue warning messages to airspace
users triggered by the matching
service, copy to Coordinators and
Airports (A-CDM systems)
Reject flight plans where a Member
States specifically requests this and
mandates the Agency accordingly (no
manual suspensions or rejections are
foreseen due to high workload)
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Components of the FAS (4)
A post-operations statistical
function will be developed
within the FAS and will:
Be fed with the matching
history, and
Be fed by the NM data
warehouse information on e.g.
ATFM regulations applied
Provide initial information on
potential violations
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FAS information flows
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Roles and responsibilities (1)
Member States will have to
ensure that:
Coordinators are connected to
the FAS
BA/GA traffic is included in the
slot allocation, where this is not
the case
Inform the NM if they wish to
exercise their right to reject flight
plans and mandate the NM
accordingly
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Roles and responsibilities (2)
Airport Coordinators will have to:
Enable their local allocation systems
to provide live information on any slot
allocation and changes thereto
Provide the detailed national
allocation schemes for developing the
correct algorithms
Inform on cases where an airport slot
ID is used at national level and for
which kind of traffic
Provide the local slot tolerances for
post-operations statistics
Ensure that slot allocation performed
during out-of-office hours will be input
in their local systems immediately
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Roles and responsibilities (2)
The Network Manager (NM) will:
Enable its systems to provide all required
flight plan data for the matching process
Enable its systems to hold flight plans until
the matching result is provided from the FAS
(within reasonable time limits)
Enable its systems to issue warning
messages to airspace users and Airport
Coordinators
Enable its systems to reject flight plans in
case a Member State wishes to exercise its
right to do so
Enable its systems to provide ATFM
information to the service for post-operations
statistical services
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Roles and responsibilities (3)
Airspace Users will:
Ensure that their operations
centres are aware of the
relevant allocated airport slots
for flights to/from coordinated
airports.
Contact the Airport
Coordinator in case of a
warning message received
and rectify the mismatch
Re-file flight plans once the
mismatch is rectified, where
needed
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Roles and responsibilities (4)
The FAS service provider
will:
Ensure the 24/7 operations of
the service
Establish and maintain a
Quality and Safety
Management System
Ensure that the post
operational data and statistics
are available during office
hours.
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Future possible evolutions (1)
Enhancing the matching
accuracy
Introduction of European-wide
harmonised Airport Slot ID
Mandatory use in the Flight
Plan (field 18 first, later
possible dedicated field)
Benefits
One means of compliance with
existing and future regulation
Less operating cost for FAS
Less complexity concerning
GA/BA and code-shared flights
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Future possible evolutions (2)
Harmonised application of
rejections
In case of NO Airport Slot
Same application in all States
Harmonised tolerances
Benefits
Fair system (one affected not
many)
Network performance
improvement
Higher predictability
Reduced ATFM delays
Better effectiveness on out-ofarea traffic
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