1. ICAO WGN New Orleans 10-19 Nov 2004

2. Contents
Programme Overview
Incentives and a Mandate
Issues
Conclusion

3. data link to supplement voice
The LINK 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

4. 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 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.

5. 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

6. 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

7. Aircraft Equipage Discussions with others ongoing Lufthansa
20 B737 NG now
13 B767 now
5 A ST 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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