ICAO WGN New Orleans 10-19 Nov 2004

Contents Programme Overview Incentives and a Mandate Issues Conclusion

data link to supplement voice The LINK 2000+ Programme Co-ordinating the implementation of en-route CPDLC (ACM, ACL, AMC, DLIC) over ATN/VDL2 . Providing a migration path for legacy data link services from ACARS to ATN/VDL2. Programme Objectives data link to supplement voice

Do we need CPDLC? YES 2015: +50% 2010: +24% LINK: +11% CASCADE: +?% RNP RNAV: +?% LINK: +11% Mode S: +5% 2015: +50% 2010: +24% The pioneer support scheme for airlines consists of a grant to cover the upgrade from VDL2 to ATN/CPDLC and the use of our test facility in Bretigny. This Test Facility can emulate an aircraft or an area control centre and can as such prepare aircraft and centres for operations without interfering with operations or requiring specific test flights The scheme is a reality. 45 aircraft are contractually committed and the money is flowing and the tests have started. We have been criticised for what we are doing here, but lets face it Airlines receiving money from EUROCONTROL, that must be a good thing. For centres other than Maastricht, we are still in the approval phase. We hope to be able to give a grant to 4 or 5 centres that will go pre-operational or operational in 2006. They will also have access to the LINK Test Facility. A decision is expected in November. What is important here also is to note that we have created a LINK Integration Team where all the implementers and their suppliers sit around the table to tackle the practical implementation problems in an expeditious manner.

Do We Have a Business Case? YES LINK CBA - Recently Updated confirming previous conclusions Sensitivity Analysis: key uncertainties are clear. Risk Analysis: does not show any risk of loosing money for both ANSP and Airline All CBAs conducted for CPDLC implementation show a compelling case for both airlines and ANSPs All CBAs have been based on conservative assumptions, steadily refined with the use of more accurate input data CPDLC is a very cost effective capacity enabler http://www.eurocontrol.int/link2000/files/LINK%202000+%20CBA_Review_2_0.pdf

Ground implementation proceeds ACC Implementations Maastricht UAC: since June 2003 Karlsruhe UAC (DFS) 2007 Canarias ACC (Aena) 2006/2007 Reims ACC (DNA) Roma ACC (ENAV) Lisboa ACC (Nav Portugal) Switzerland UAC (skyguide) Shannon UAC (IAA) NEWLY JOINED Ground implementation proceeds ENAV LINK area upper airspace: 2008

Aircraft Equipage Discussions with others ongoing Lufthansa 20 B737 NG now 13 B767 now 5 A300-600ST 3rd Q 04 20 A320 1st Q 05 19 B737 NG Certified 15+ A310 1st Q 05 20 B737 1st Q 05 2 B737 1st Q 05 20 A320 end 06 Airborne implementation has started Lufthansa Generating more than 170,000 CPDLC flights/year Discussions with others ongoing

A Three-step Approach 1 2 3 Pioneers Incentives Mandate Objective: 100+ aircraft equipped. Incentives Objective: more than 25% of flights equipped by 2007 through route charge modulation in LINK airspace. Mandate Objective: more than 75% of flights equipped at the end of the decade. 2 3

The Mandate Mandatory Carriage Exemptions ENPRM in 2004 SES Process (via ICB) Upper Airspace of the “LINK area” Mandate for ACCs and new aircraft: 2009 Mandate for old aircraft: 2014 ENPRM Approved IATA/AEA Exemptions State Aircraft FANS 1/A long haul Usual exemptions

2 Incentives Mandate Pioneers Reduced ANSP cost Equipage=Benefits 75% Equipage=Benefits Reduced ANSP cost Better flight profiles Less misunderstandings Higher Productivity Less delay Pioneers 25% 2006/7 2009 2014

Incentives 2 The principles Options equipped aircraft → less workload → lower costs cost savings returned to equipped aircraft full cost recovery maintained Options Route charge Reduction (e.g. 2%) for equipped compensated increase for non-equipped Investment grant innovation fund contributes to equipage costs ultimately funded by route charges cost may be deferred by borrowing Differential route charges equipped aircraft pay a lower unit rate funded by ANSP cost savings no reduction for non-equipped aircraft innovation Rejected IATA/AEA

LINK Will Deliver Current plans Benefits 2006: ~7% CPDLC equipped flights 2009: 25% CPDLC equipped flights 2014: 75% CPDLC equipped flights Benefits 2006: awareness, experience, inventive use 2009: capacity benefits are evident 2014: full capacity benefits > Lower unit rates In a Nutshell