NATIONAL SAR COORDINATION COMMITTEE MEETING August 16 1 PAKISTAN - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

NATIONAL SAR COORDINATION COMMITTEE MEETING August 16 1

PAKISTAN CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY PLAN ON AFGHANISTAN ATS CONTINGENCY 29 August, 2016

SEQUENCE  Introduction  ICAO APAC office initiatives  Contingency in Afghanistan airspace a) Partial Contingency – Airspace available with no ATS b) Complete Contingency Afghanistan airspace not available  Pakistan’s Proposals – 03 Different Options 3

Introduction  Transition of Air Navigation Services (ANS from the military to Afghan civil authorities);  Afghanistan no / limited capability for the provision of ATS (Air Traffic Control Officers –ATCOs competency);  Afghan ATS infrastructure limitations;  Disruption of ANS in Kabul FIR - uncontrolled airspace;  ICAO APAC Office, IATA, world aviation community’ concerns for flight safety; 29 August 2016 4

ICAO APAC OFFICE INITIATIVES  ICAO APAC office held three meetings of the Ad Hoc Afghanistan Contingency Group (AHACG) sine late 2014;  A special side line meeting alongwith Air Traffic Management Sub-Group/4 (ATM/SG/4) meeting held in Bangkok from 4-8 July, 2016;  Preparation of a contingency plan to maintain air traffic flows with no or minimum impact;  A special coordination meeting of AHACG on 25 th August, 2016 to finalize the Afghanistan contingency plan; 29 August 2016 5

SCENARIO - 1  Partial contingency services – Airspace available with no ATS; 29 August 2016 6

SCENARIO - 1  Partial contingency services – Airspace available with no ATS; 29 August 2016 7

PAKISTAN’S PROPOSAL – OPTION -1 AFGHANISTAN AIRSPACE AVAILABLE – NO ATS  During disruption in the provision of ATS – Afghanistan upper airspace (FL 310 and above) may be made available;  Crossing / converging ATS routes in upper airspace (at or above FL310) within Kabul FIR may be closed;  The extension of BOBCAT timings to 24 hours as discussed during first meeting of AHACG is supported;  Application of 10 minutes longitudinal separation at regional level for traffic overflying Afghanistan airspace at the same flight levels . 29 August 2016 8

SCENARIO - 1  The routes segments of ATS Route N636 (PAROD- SERKA ) and M875 (TAPIS- SITAX ) may be closed during availability of P628 and L509 respectively to avoid convergence. 29 August 2016 9

PAKISTAN’S PROPOSAL – OPTION -1  Pakistan will ensure longitudinal separation of 10 minutes at TCPs with application of Mach number technique;  Minimum longitudinal separation shall continue to exist till the next TCP between Afghanistan and Iran / Turkmenistan / and Tajikistan ; 29 August 2016 10

PAKISTAN’S PROPOSAL – OPTION -1  Iran, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan shall also apply the same procedure for east bound traffic to ensure 10 minutes longitudinal separation over the TCPs between Afghanistan and Pakistan . 29 August 2016 11

PAKISTAN’S PROPOSAL – OPTION -1  FL330 shall be kept vacant as per existing restriction;  Pakistan may also consider feeding westbound traffic via SERKA to P628; Note: Pakistan has an efficient CNS infrastructure and further augmentation is under process. 29 August 2016 12

PAKISTAN’S PROPOSAL – OPTION 2  Another option with parallel unidirectional routing scheme in Afghanistan FIR is proposed as under to facilitate emergency climb / descend if so required;  EAST BOUND ROUTES  L750 (RANAH - Afghanistan) - ROSIE (Pakistan).  M875 (AMDAR (Afghanistan) – SITAX (Pakistan).  L333 (SOKEM (Afghanistan) – SERKA (Pakistan). 29 August 2016 13

PAKISTAN’S PROPOSAL – OPTION 2  WEST ST BOUND ROUTES  L509 (ASARI (India)– LAJAK (Pakistan) – TAPIS – P173 to DAVET) Afghanistan).  N644 (JHANG – PAVLO (Pakistan) – (LEMOD (Afghanistan)  P628 (VIKIT – ASLUM (Pakistan) – CHARN (Afghanistan); NOTE: All other operating condition as specified in Option-1 shall apply. 29 August 2016 14

PAKISTAN’S PROPOSAL – SCENARIO 1 RECOMMENDATION  Pakistan fully supports operation through Afghanistan airspace based on application of Mach Number technique and 10 minutes longitudinal separation. 29 August 2016 15

SCENARIO - 2  Closure of airspace AFGHANISTAN Avoidance of Kabul FIR; DERBO  Flight operation via South of Afghanistan PAKISTAN (through Iran, ADEBA Pakistan to India); DANOV AKRAL  Organized Track IRAN System (OTS) KEBUD LAKAT proposed by Iran PANGJUR is supported. 29 August 2016 16

PAKISTAN’S PROPOSAL – OPTION 3 CIRCUMNAVIGATING SOUTH OF AFGHANISTAN AIRSPACE THROUGH IRAN AND PAKISTAN  Three ATS route L124 (KEBUD), G665 (ASVIB) and G452 (DERBO) are already in operation and will accommodate most of diverted traffic;  Additionally a new contingency bi-directional ATS route is proposed from DANOV (Iran) – new TCP AKRAL (284902N 0613755E)- LAKAT (270632N 0650125E Intersection point at G214) – ADEBA – NH – TASOP / RAMSA – Pratapgarh (India); AFGHANISTAN DERBO PAKISTAN ADEBA DANOV AKRAL IRAN KEBUD LAKAT PANGJUR 29 August 2016 17

TRAFFIC ORIENTATION SCHEME  Iran proposed Royal Road OTS and restricted operation at specific flight levels;  Pakistan supports Iranian Royal OTS scheme;  Accordingly air traffic circumnavigating south of Afghanistan Airspace through Iran, Pakistan and India shall operate at the flight levels as specified below;  Eastbound traffic at FLs 310,350 & L370;  Westbound traffic at FLs 300,340 & 360;  Iran shall not hand over traffic to Karachi at METBI / EGRON on OTS flight levels. 29 August 2016 18

TRAFFIC ORIENTATION SCHEME Eastbound TFC entering Karachi FIR (at OTS FLs) via; AFGHANISTAN  DERBO (route G452) - Exit via TIGER (Delhi FIR);  DANOV (Iran) – AKRAL (New DERBO ATS route in Pakistan) to LAKAT- Nawabshah (route B210) - Exit via TASOP (route A325) – to Pratapgarh; PAKISTAN  KEBUD (route-L124) to ADEBA DANOV PANGJUR (route G210) – AKRAL Karachi – Exit via TELEM (Mumbai FIR India); OR IRAN  KEBUD (route-L124) to KEBUD PANGJUR (route M636) – LAKAT PANGJUR Karachi – Exit via SAPNA (Mumbai FIR India); 29 August 2016 19

TRAFFIC ORIENTATION SCHEME Westbound TFC entering Karachi FIR (at OTS FLs) via;  TIGER (route G452) - Exit via DERBO (Tehran FIR);  PRATAPGARH (route A325) – TASOP (route B210) – Nawabshah – LAKAT (New ATS route in Pakistan) - Exit via AKRAL to DANOV (Iran);  PARTY (route G208) and SAPNA ( M638) – Karachi – PANGJUR -(route G208 / L124) - Exit via KEBUD (Iran);  KABIM (route P518) – PANGJUR -(route G208 / L124) - Exit via KEBUD (Iran); 29 August 2016 20

PBN ROUTE SPECIFICATIONS IN PAKISTAN  Initially RNAV 5 navigation specification is envisaged for;  Routes G452, New proposed route and G214 with existing 50NM longitudinal separation;  Non-compliant aircraft will be accommodated at or below FL290;  Higher flight levels may be available subject to coordination with ATC (in surveillance environment);  FL410/430 will be made available in Karachi FIR to enhance airspace capacity.  NOTE : Pakistan has planned RNP 2 navigation specification for en-route phase of flight. 29 August 2016 21

CIRCUMNAVIGATING AFGHANISTAN VIA NORTH  Another possible option is to circumnavigate Afghanistan airspace from north through Dushanbe FIR to Lahore FIR as per following;  ATS route L509 SAMAR (India) – INDEK-JABAR - PESHAWAR / P500 to PADDY – FIRUZ (DOSHANBE FIR) during 1500UTC to 2400UTC at the flight levels;  From 1500UTC – 1900UTC at FL300 / UNL; and  From 1900UTC - 2400UTC at FL280 / UNL.  Beyond the availability of ATS route L509 (i.e. 1500 to 2400UTC), the operators may like to use ATS route A466 (SAMAR – India / Pakistan TCP) to Lahore - Jhang - D.I.Khan and P500 to ADINA – Peshawar – PADDY to FIRUZ (DUSHANBE) as given in the map below; 29 August 2016 22

CIRCUMNAVIGATING AFGHANISTAN VIA NORTH 29 August 2016 23

ACTION BY PAKISTAN  A new bi-directional ATS route established to support traffic flows ensuring flight safety ;  Implementation of traffic orientation scheme to segregate traffic minimizing conflictions;  Fourth ATC Sector in Karachi ACC is already operational during night. It can be made operational at any time in case of contingency in Afghanistan airspace;  Air Traffic Controllers training has already been completed;  Safety assessment (for all three options) has also been completed;  Flight Levels 410 / 430 are being made available during contingency;  Pakistan is ready to support operation in case of Afghan contingency as and when situation so arise. 29 August 2016 24

PAKISTAN PROPOSAL - SCENARIO 2 RECOMMENDATIONS  Pakistan supports Iran and Indian proposals for circumnavigating Air Traffic through South of Afghanistan;  Proposed Traffic Orientation Scheme may be implemented in India, Pakistan and Iran;  Circumnavigating Afghanistan airspace via Lahore – Dushanbe FIRs (ATS Route P500) may also be considered. 29 August 2016 25

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