Schiphol 30 March Airport of the Future: the European Dimension Presented by Cesare Bernabei Directorate General for Energy and Transport European Commission
2 Contents ☼ The Challenge ☼ Evolution or Revolution ☼ A European approach ☼ Beyond 2020
3 The Challenge ☼ In the early days there were many problems to solve just to keep the aircraft flying
4 Evolution or Revolution ? ☼ Mobility is the basis for modern lifestyle and Transports, particularly air transport, may be the maker or breaker of development. ☼ The future, as ever, is volatile and uncertain ☼ Before guessing the future…
5 European Approach ☼ European Commission Transport White Paper ☼ Vision 2020 ☼ Single European Sky ☼ ACARE SRA 2 ☼ Airport Capacity
Schiphol 30 March Aviation Policy Guidelines Transport White Paper for 2010 © © Integrated ATC © © Single European Sky © © Regulatory Framework © © Airport Capacity © © Environmental Impact © © Multimodality © © European Aviation Safety Agency
Schiphol 30 March Aviation Policy Guidelines Vision 2020 Five-fold reduction in accidents 80% cut in NOx emissions Halving perceived aircraft noise ATC handling 16 million flights a year 50% cut in CO2 emissions per pass-Km 99% of all flights within 15 minutes
Schiphol 30 March Aviation Policy Guidelines The Policy and Research Guidelines have lead to Single European Sky & SESAR EASA
Schiphol 30 March The Single European Sky Initiative Initiative Through its Regulations on Organisation and Use of the Airspace Organisation and Use of the Airspace Provision of Air Navigation Services Provision of Air Navigation Services Interoperability of the European Air Traffic Management Network will provide the frame for the Airspace
Schiphol 30 March Single European Sky: SESAR Programme SESAR aims to ◊ ◊Triple the European ATM Capacity ◊ ◊Improve Safety by a factor of 10 ◊ ◊Reduce Environmental Impact by 10% ◊ ◊Contribute €50 Billion to Economy Growth ◊ ◊Generate Highly Qualified Jobs SESAR Definition Phase, from 2005 to 2007, for 60 M€ involves forty Companies
Schiphol 30 March European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) (EASA) Established in 2002 The mission: € € high, uniform level of civil aviation safety and environmental protection; € € free movement of goods, persons and services; € € cost efficiency in the regulatory and certification processes; € € assisting Member States in fulfilling ICAO obligations; € € promoting world-wide Community views
12 Airport Capacity ☼ Airports are an integral part of the aviation system, actually even more… ☼ … being the interface between air and ground, airport activities encompasses many more aspects
Schiphol 30 March Airport Capacity Consultation Paper ♣ ♣ Airports’ Relation with other Modes of Transport Paper Contents ♥ ♥ The Individual Airport ♠ ♠ Relationship between Airports
Schiphol 30 March Airport Capacity Consultation Paper Intermodality Air / Rail Combined Transport Improving Ground Access to Airports 1-Airports’ relation with other modes of transport
Schiphol 30 March Airport Capacity Consultation Paper 2- The Individual Airport ATFM & Airport Slots Capacity Assessment & Planning Environment & Land-use Planning Airport Infrastructure’s Funding Bench-marking and Best Practices
Schiphol 30 March Airport Capacity Consultation Paper 3-Relationship between Airports ﺥ ﺥ Turning Research Results into Practice ﺥ ﺥ ATM Safety at Airports ﺥ ﺥ Airport Systems ﺥ ﺥ Secondary Airports
& Beyond ☼ let’s assume that the Vision 2020 will be achieved ☼ more or less, the typical airport functions and operations will resemble very much those of today
& Beyond ☼ However, Technology has shown that great jumps are possible ☼ During last 10 years we have witnessed epochal changes in communications, miniaturisation, reliability of equipment and systems
& Beyond Ad. De Graaff ACARE Aerodays 2005
& Beyond ☼ Today we can create the conditions for tomorrows wonders ☼ We should stimulate the creativity of the academic communities ☼ We should create a multidisciplinary Think-tank
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