Air Traffic Management: Future Prospects and Strategies

Yasmine El AljStephan WildeMarkus Witte

Nuria Margarit Dorthe WindeckAngela Won

Julia GrieseMargarita MarinovaAlexander Zock

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Agenda

Introduction

Infrastructure/ Regulations

Market Mechanisms

Operations/ Technology

What is Air Traffic Management (ATM)

ATM provides for safe, orderly and expeditious flow of air traffic both in the air and on the ground*

Division of airspace Vertical (upper/lower airspace, approach) and

horizontal (regional/national)

Defined flight routes and beacons for navigation

Controllers optimize trajectories

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Lufthansa’s Motivation for Change • Growth Strategy

• Stay Cost Competitive• Drive innovation

Current European ATM situation

• Large military airspace• Low ATC productivity• No growth potential

• Full skies

Constraints in Capacity Unilateral Cost Burden

• Non-negotiable ATC charges

•Risk-free ATC

Infrastructure/Regulation

Potential ATM developmentToday

Organization Monolithic structure

Infrastructure

Procedures, technology 47 ATC-organizations 22 operating systems 30 programming

languages

TomorrowOrganization

Multiple authorities (infrastructure, service, pricing)

Infrastructure

Procedures, technology

Standardization 1 ATC-organization 1 operating system

European Commission (EC)

ATC

Airlinestechnology

ATM data sharing via “ATM portal” Share all data – real time

Airlines and ATM supply all data Create ATM portal to process

data and supply it in a meaningful format

Advantages Standardized interface and

information (e.g. via web) Airline can anticipate congestion Can adapt routing real time with

adaptive decision making Provision of digital data

automatically (static & dynamic) Obstacles

ATM labor force Security

Airlines(lobbying, incentives)

ATM EC, gov’t

ATM portal

decision

decision

Dynamic and flexible airspace utilization

Optimize special use airspace (SUA) utilization dynamically in a collaborative fashion

Differentiate SUA (core, temporary) Optimal use of temporal SUA

windows Integrated civil & military ATM Supply of real time digital data

Advantages More useable airspace (increases

capacity) Starting strategic cooperation

between airlines and military Obstacles

Ability to incorporate this data for flight planning

Security Establish collaboration with military

Incentives(airline military)Technology

Market Mechanisms

European ATC Airlines

New compensationscheme for controllers

• Differentiation in ATC services offered to airlines

• Airport/Route congestion pricing• Airlines/ATC performance

monitoring and penalty system

Slot/Holding time Exchange System

Interaction

Market mechanisms require a new relationship between airlines and ATC

Possibilities for service differentiation Airline given priority in the

airspace/airport system in exchange for a higher ATC charges

Airlines pooling resources together to pay ATC for extra service during peak hours

Leasing of „exclusive“ airways (e.g. Star Alliance North Atlantic Route“)

Advantages better punctuality for airlines willing to

pay extra cost new sources of revenue for ATCATC

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Service

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Differentiation in ATC services offered to airlines

„One for all“

„One for each“

Airline ATC clearing house collaboration concept

Prerequisite: Agreement and negotiation on standard gate-to-gate performance benchmarks and penalities

Clearing house Penalty System: entity responsible for

the system disruption penalized through bonus/malus system

airline should depart at scheduled time ATC should provide agreed-upon

service performance Exchange System between airlines:

can exchange slots and holding time priorities

Database containing all data tracked and bonus points will be accessible to all stakeholders (ATC/ Airlines)

ATC Airline

Airline

Airline

Clearing house

PenaltySystem

ExchangeSystem

Advantages of clearing house collaboration

Requirements for on-time performance will be met

Real-time trade-off between punctuality and cost through exchange program

Stable scheduling process => reduction in delay costs; better aircraft utilization

Reduced crew costs

Better planification for lower airspace/ landing approach

Bonus for performing at agreed-upon service levels

Transparency allows ATC not to be blamed

ATC is under no obligation to meet standard

Gate-to-gate time if airline not departing on-time

New revenue source for ATC

Airlines ATC

Operations and Technology

Better utilization of existing system Solutions to overloading of airspace at peak

times Expand schedule:

Low price tickets at low peak times

Premium price tickets at high peak times Use secondary airports and enhance intermodality

Advantages: Create additional capacity Add value to different customer segments

Obstacles: Regulation of night flying (curfews) Limited public transportation at night Labor issues

Unification of flight segments Reduction of ATC complexity by:

Standardizing of existing ATM procedures and technologies

Assigning one controller per flight from departure to landing

Advantages: Seamless ATC experience Increased staffing flexibility Less controllers in low traffic segments

Obstacles: Regulation issues New training concepts Redefinition of controllers

ATC of the future

No controll

ers New navigation systems

No pilots

Aircraft at high

altitude

Questions