2015 IFATCA regional meeting October 2015 Accra An Enabling Environment for Air Navigation Lindi-Lee Kirkman Manager Safety & Flight Operations Africa

22015 Where we’ve come from 's 's 's 's wright brothers first commercial flight Intl convention for air navigation first airport ATC (Croydon airport London) USA first regulations- air commerce act Warsaw convention first radio equipped tower instrument flights start first airway control station first generation ATC "system" paper strips replace blackboards Chicago convention founding of IATA second generation ATC "systems" making use of early radar first commercial jet flight third generation ATC systems (automation) FAA implement the first computer providing automatic distribution of flight-plan data first low cost airline First open skies agreement Pictures from and

Pushing to the Future  Drivers:  Weakening global economy  The Environment  Increasing demand on airspace vs capacity…there is only one Sky  Rising fuel and operating costs  Customer demands (faster, better, safer, CHEEPER)

Creating the Plan  IATA User Requirements for Air Traffic Services (URATS)  ICAO Aviation System Block Upgrades (ASBU) 42015

User Requirements for ATS  Technology roadmap for 2020 and beyond  Planned, coordinated technology investment and role-out covering:  Communication  Navigation  Surveillance 52015

Aviation System Block Upgrades  Blocks:  0 – Now  1 – from 2018  2 – from 2023  3 – from 2028  Industry: Future product development (timeously delivery)  ASNPs/Airlines: Planning, Resource Management and Capital Investment  Collaboration with industry partners

What are we after?  Safety  Access and Equity  Capacity  Efficiency  Environmental sustainability 72015

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Keys to Success  “Seamless” airspace  Single African Sky  Civil/military cooperation  Co-ordination  Interoperability  Standardization  Digitalization  Data  voice  Adaptability 92015

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