Opening New Opportunities in the Aviation Industry Joe SULTANA Director Network Manager EUROONTROL Malta, 7 March 2014
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ATM Today Air Transport – Air Navigation - Europe EUROCONTROL 40 Member States, typically each with its own ANSP ICAO: The contracting States recognise that every State has complete and exclusive sovereignty over the airspace Approximately 65 Area Control Centres (ACC) above its territory. Over 600 sectors when at full capacity Approx. 17,000 Air Traffic Controllers Approx. 36,000 other staff Total Employees 53,000 Total revenue B € 8.2/year 3 Opening New Routes in the Aviation Industry
EUROCONTROL - History EUROCONTROL - History 1960s 40 member states & the European Community 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
Defragmentation - FABs 5 Opening New Routes in the Aviation Industry
ATM in Europe - looking forward Regulate Operate/Coordinate Research FAB EC FAB FAB Network SJU EASA Manager (to 2016) FAB FAB NSAs FAB EUROCONTROL Technical support Network management Founding member role Performance review Deployment coordination Major contributor Route charges Longer term research 6 Opening New Routes in the Aviation Industry
Traffic in Europe 25 Flights in Europe (Million) Long-Term Trend before 2009 IFR traffic in Europe 1960-2012 historical figures 20 2013-2035 forecast Long-Term Trend 15 10 Actual Annual Forecast Traffic Growth Trafic 5 Long-Term Average Growth 5% Annual Growth 0 0% = -5% -5 -10% 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 7 Opening New Routes in the Aviation Industry
SESAR Joint Undertaking Public-private partnership to manage the European ATM R&D Execute the European ATM Master Plan One single ATM R&D programme in Europe Innovation from private sector Public financial stability & enforcement power 2 founding members: 15 industry members: SJU Budget: ~2.1 B € , till 31 Dec 2016 9 Opening New Routes in the Aviation Industry
European Traffic at North Africa/MID Interfaces Flows Europe/North Africa/MID 11 Opening New Routes in the Aviation Industry
European and Malta ATM in the next 5 years/1 Europe has to upgrade its ATM systems by deploying the results of a 3BEuros R & D programme (SESAR) ECTL Member States have just agreed to initiate work leading to the creation of a market for centralised services on behalf of Network Manager The aviation industry will be asked to express interest for a total of 18 services/sub-services (CFI out mid-March) Making European ATM more cost effective while introducing new possibilities for industry to develop and run ATM support services is a major change to ATM in Europe 13
European and Malta ATM in the next 5 years/2 ECTL and European Commission are looking to expand the Single European Sky beyond the ECTL and EU Member States Growth area predicted is Africa and Middle East This makes upgrading of aviation and ATM systems in N African countries a strategic priority ECTL is working with its Southern Member States, in particular Malta, to increase its membership and activities to include all the States bordering Med (Morocco to Lebanon) 14
Conclusion Traffic picking up following a unprecedented 5-year stagnation European ATM is delivering in the key performance areas of safety, capacity and flight efficiency Looking at future Initiative to open to competition centralised services Expansion of the Single European Sky to adjacent States bordering the southern European airspaces Malta well placed to pro-actively lead in these strategic orientations 15
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