IATA Turbulence Program Introduction and update FPAW 2017 Katya Vashchankova, IATA

Costs of Turbulence to the Industry Aircraft Operators: Injury compensation Damaged cabin interiors Diversions Aircraft inspections / out-off-service time Extra fuel burn Increased insurance premiums after serious accidents Legal fees Cost of brand damage National Air Space: 2nd leading cause of impact to NAS capacity (FAA)

Dealing with Clear Air Turbulence: brand damage #turbulence

Present Day Challenges Turbulence costs are on the rise Pilot Reports (PIREP) remain the standard way to report turbulence Current industry efforts to collect automated turbulence reports are fragmented and the data is kept proprietary Very few airlines are collecting objective, in-situ turbulence data, either by working with a crowdsourcing solution provider or independently. What happens in the operational context during the flight is this: An aircraft from airline A encounters severe turbulence. It sends information about this event into the turbulence data pool of airline A weather provider X. An aircraft from airline B follows closely and hits unprepared the same turbulence, because it gets it turbulence warnings from weather provider Y. Unfortunately, weather provider Y is not exchanging turbulence data with weather provider X and therefore provider Y could not warn airline B aircraft Lack of clarity on data ownership Most stakeholders dealing with turbulence (ANSPs, NWS, Research institutes, integrators, app developers, etc.) do not have access to the data

Example Aircraft flying through moderate-to-severe turbulence Airline A Airline B Airline C PIREPs PIREPs PIREPs In Situ Turbulence In Situ Turbulence ATC Provider A Provider B Aircraft flying through moderate-to-severe turbulence

What is the problem with the current situation? Limited critical mass Limited forecast improvement Limited understanding of the turbulence phenomenon Limited room for innovation What is the problem with the current situation? Benefits associated with data-driven turbulence management cannot be fully realized

Airline request to IATA Develop a global, real-time, objective aircraft-sensed turbulence data exchange to improve safety and operational efficiencies Because airlines are ultimately the ones who end up baring the costs of turbulence events, they have formally requested IATA to develop a global turbulence data sharing platform.

IATA Global Turbulence Database Solution Marketplace Integrators Government Weather Providers Benefits Data Access Gateway _____/______/____ HTTP Rest Pub/Sub Publisher Topic A Topic B Topic C IATA Global Turbulence Database Internal /Common Model Collection Processing Common Model Broadband or VHF Aircraft Airlines Ground Station(s)

Potential benefits to operators Improved safety and cost-savings (fewer crew and passenger injuries) Better customer service Flight operational efficiencies (flight planning based on accurate data and improved forecasts) Because airlines are ultimately the ones who end up baring the costs of turbulence events, they have formally requested IATA to develop a global turbulence data sharing platform.

Progress to date Global Turbulence Study to validate the need Regional workshops in DOH, BJS, SIN, MIA, LON to validate the concept and collect requirements Conceptualized the technical and governance framework of the Platform Engaged in situ turbulence technical SMEs to collect best practices to share with the industry

Next steps Pilot Project with live data exchange to be launched in early 2018 Operational platform to be available as of 2019

IATA Turbulence Dissemination Platform Airlines ANSPs Weather Providers System Integrators Research Organizations NMSs Business Aviation Potential data users Equitable and fair access to the data Protecting airlines’ interests as data owners

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