THE CONCEPT OF 1940s C h i c a g o C o n v e n t i o n 7 D e c e m b e r 1 9 4 4 • Article 44 of the Convention on International Civil Aviation defines the privileges and restrictions of all ICAO Member States and provides for the adoption of International Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs) regulating international air transport. • Recognizes and accepts the principle that every State has complete and exclusive sovereignty over the airspace above its territory. Poland 6 April 1945 India 1 March 1947
FUA IMPLEMENTATION AND ITS LINKAGE TO ATFM IN INDIA THE CONCEPT OF THE NEW MILENNIUM AIR TRAFFIC AIRSPACE FLOW MNAGEMENT MANAGEMENT I C A O C I R 3 3 0 AIR TRAFFIC SERVICES • Airspace should no longer be designated as either military or civil airspace but should be considered as one continuum and national asset. • Airspace should be used flexibly on day-to-day basis. • Any necessary airspace segregation should be of a temporary nature.
INDIA • 60 Years of robust Civil Military Cooperation • Continuous engagement • Mutual trust • Joint use of airports • Joint use of air navigation facilities • Cooperation in airspace design
P E R I O D D E TAI L S Jan, 2007 DGCA - India, submits a report on Flexible Use of Airspace in India 2008/2009 Representatives of Civil-Military authority, including AAI and DGCA delegation visits USA, NATS and Eurocontrol to study FUA implementation Sep, 2012 MoCA proposed the implementation of FUA, constitution of a NHLAPB, authorizing the NHLAPB to set up appropriate committees to take suitable decisions to implement FUA in India Mar, 2013 Government of India approved the implementation of FUA and the constitution of NHLAPB. Draft Roadmap for the implementation of FUA in India prepared May, 2013 Oct, 2013 NHLAPB Constituted National Airspace Management Advisory Committee constituted. Dec, 2013
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i) the inclusion of complete operational Preamble-objective Preamble-objective IAF freedom for military aviation is antithetical ii) The FUA Manual has taken ii) The FUA Manual has taken into into consideration the consideration the recommendations of to FUA. FUA is applied in available airspace recommendations of the the International Civil Aviation which can be commonly and equitably used. International Civil Aviation Organization in this regard, ICAO Cir Military flights do have operational freedom Organization in this regard, ICAO 330, the Global Air Navigation Plan within PRAs. The phrase “ reducing operating Cir 330, the Global Air Navigation (Doc 9750, especially GPI – 1 which costs of airspace users ” applies to both civil Plan (Doc 9750, especially GPI – 1 promotes the optimal, balanced and and military users. which promotes the optimal, equitable use of airspace by civil and balanced and equitable use of military users. FUA shall be airspace by civil and military facilitated through both strategic May be dropped users. FUA shall be facilitated coordination and dynamic interaction, through both strategic thus allowing the implementation of coordination and dynamic optimal flight paths, complete interaction, thus allowing the operational requirements ii) May consider including “within the implementation of optimal flight freedom for military aviation guidelines… security requirements. paths, reducing operating costs of reducing operating costs of airspace airspace users while protecting users while protecting the the environment. environment within the guidelines iii) Alternately May consider including “ while of the existing national security protecting the environment, within the requirements . guidelines… security requirements and providing for military operational requirements .”
National background- National background- NAVY Whereas, Navy has asked for an addition of a sentence, IAF has deleted this paragraph. ii) The main gap identified in the ii) The main gap identified in the current system is the lack of a current system is the lack of a policy IAF has policy and procedures for the and procedures for the flexible use of deleted The para contains factual details on constraints flexible use of airspace, which airspace, which hampers airspace this in the existing system and therefore, the Indian hampers airspace design and design and management by not point Navy suggestion may be agreed to and the IAF’s management by not allowing the allowing the application of an optimal deletion (may be inadvertent) of the paragraph application of an optimal airspace structure and the use of may be disregarded airspace structure and the use of optimum flight paths. The limitations optimum flight paths. The that have been identified include the limitations that have been existence of permanently reserved identified include the existence airspace, primarily for military of permanently reserved purposes, and the consequent ii) SHOULD BE i). airspace, primarily for military constraints in airspace planning, purposes, and the consequent which prevents direct flights between AND REPHRASE constraints in airspace planning, airports of origin - destination and/or which prevents direct flights city pairs. The endeavour would be between airports of origin - to permit civil flights through such areas, when not being destination and/or city pairs. utilized by the military. National background-(iii) National background-(iii) IAF This may be included as a separate point at the end of point iii) “…..The civil military… in this
Rationale- Rationale- IAF The key phrase is “whenever possible” …. AND This is the rai·son d'ê·tre of FUA. ii) In the context of the ATM ii) In the context of the ATM NAVY Operational Concept, airspace Operational Concept, airspace management (ASM) is the management (ASM) is the process This point should not be excluded process whereby options for the whereby options for the use of use of airspace are selected and airspace are selected and applied to applied to meet user needs. The meet user needs. The objective of WHENEVER POSSIBLE TO BE DELETED objective of ASM is to achieve a ASM is to achieve a more efficient use more efficient use of airspace, of airspace, taking into account actual ACTUAL NEEDS OF ALL USERSTO BE INCLUDED taking into account actual needs needs and, whenever possible, to and, whenever possible, to avoid avoid permanent segregation permanent segregation of of airspace. airspace. Rationale-(iv) Rationale-(iv) IAF The key phrase is “ all available airspace ”….. a) all available airspace should be a) all available airspace may be Furthermore, the military authorities are fully managed in a flexible manner; managed in a flexible manner with represented in all bodies which are vested with the concurrence of military the responsibility of FUA implementation. authorities; However military is to be given priority in usage of any airspace. d) the use of airspace should be This may not be included coordinated and monitored to d) the use of non-military airspace meet the different requirements of should be coordinated and monitored
Definitions IAF May be included Not available ADC,ADIA,AFMLU AND ADIZ FUA-Concept of airspace management i) The definition of FUA is an international Definitions Navy based on the principle that airspace definition and may not be changed. Flexible Use of Airspace should not be designated as (FUA) ii) FUA should be effectively implemented, exclusively military or civilian, but as without compromising national security a continuous space that meets the Concept of airspace management imperatives, which are adequately captured and requirements of all users to the extent based on the principle that addressed throughout this Manual possible. airspace should not be designated as exclusively military or civilian, May be dropped Note: However, given the but as a continuous space that prevailing security situation in meets the requirements of all Indian subcontinent, national users to the extent possible ADD AS A NOTE security imperatives and consequently, military requirements would take precedence also be taken into consideration i) the GPI- 1 is a Global Plan Initiative as stated Preamble-objective Preamble-objective Navy by ICAO in the Global Air Navigation Plan (Doc ii) The FUA Manual has taken ii) The FUA Manual has taken into 9750) and therefore may not be changed. consideration the recommendations into consideration the Furthermore, equitable has a connotation “fair of the International Civil Aviation recommendations of the and impartial” and not equal. Organization in this regard, ICAO International Civil Aviation
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