1. ROMATSA – SAFETY, EFFICIENCY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE IN ATM
BOGDAN DONCIU
President and CEO

2. SUMMARY
ROMATSA – ABOUT US
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
FLIGHT EFFICIENCY PLAN
SAVE ONE MINUTE INITIATIVE
CONTINOUS DESCENT APPROACH
REDUCING THE IMPACT
SAFETY MANAGEMENT APPROACH

3. ABOUT US
ROMATSA was founded on the basis of the Romanian Government Resolution GR 74/1991;
Establishment of the Safety, Quality and Environment Division;
Endorsement of the Quality Policy – ed. 1.0;
Implementation of Quality Management Structure;
Endorsement of the Safety Policy – ed. 1.0;
Implementation of Safety Management Structure;
ISO 9001:2000 Certification of ROMATSA activities;
Endorsement of the Environmental Policy – ed. 1.1;
ISO 9001:2008 Certification of ROMATSA activities.

4. CORE ACTIVITIES
Provision of air navigation services for the Romanian Airspace:
air traffic services;
communication, navigation and surveillance;
meteorological services for air navigation;
aeronautical information services;
Civil military coordination;
Search & Rescue coordination center.
Air Traffic Services Units:
5 AROs / 16 TWRs;
2 APPs;
1 ACC with 2 locations.
Aeronautical Meteorological Services:
16 MET Offices;
12 MET Self Briefing Offices;
1 MET Watch Center.

5. ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY Main objectives:
Implementing & certifying the Environmental Management System – ISO 14001:2004.
Principles:
EMS integrated with QMS & SMS;
Environmental performance continuous improvement;
Reduced environment impact procedures implementing;
Rationalized energy, materials, processes;
Promoting the environment culture.

6. “FLIGHT EFFICIENCY PLAN”
Agreed by IATA, CANSO and EUROCONTROL in August 2008;
Pan-European action plan for specific urgent DMEAN - Dynamic Management of the European Airspace Network and related developments that support flight efficiency and emission reductions.
Action points:
Enhancing European en-route airspace design
o SHORTER ROUTES
2. Improving airspace utilisation and route network availability
3. Efficient TMA design and utilisation, through:
o Implementing CONTINUOUS DESCENT APPROACHES (CDA’s)
4. Optimising airport operations
5. Improving awareness of performance

7. “SAVE ONE MINUTE INITIATIVE”
Operational opportunities to minimize flight time and reduce fuel use and emissions at ROMATSA RA;
ROMATSA applies successfully the following methods to reduce flight time, fuel use and emissions:
“Direct to” clearances given by ATC as shortcuts;
Good civil/military coordination and Flexible Use of Airspace;
Optimum flight level allocation;
Improved terminal control area operations activity;
Better weather forecasting.

8. SAVINGS TOTAL SAVINGS PER DAY (Estimated) FLIGHTS DISTANCE TIME FUEL
CO2
469
216 NM
29 min.
71695 Kg Kg
MEDIUM SAVINGS PER YEAR (Estimated)
FLIGHTS
DISTANCE
TIME
FUEL
CO2
168840
77760 NM
174 hours
7 days 6 h
25.8 mil. Kg
81.3 mil. Kg

9. - CDA - “Continuous Descent Approach”
- Approach technique with continuous descent (constant descending gradient), except for a short distance of approximately 2 NM before the FAF required for speed reduction;
- Maintaining the aircraft, as long as possible, in ,,CLEAN’’ configuration and using the Low Power/Low Drag flying technique during initial descent;
- Keeping the aircraft at higher altitude for longer time, and consequently, intercepting the glide at a higher altitude;
Noise and fuel use reduction

10. BENEFITS
- noise, as perceived on ground, between 25NM and 8NM distance from threshold, is reduced by 5 to 7dB (“as the decibel scale for sound energy is logarithmic, a change of ±3dB equates to a halving or doubling of sound energy” according to EUROCONTROL – CDA Implementation Guide Information);
fuel savings during CDA even up to 40%, meaning between 50 and 150 kilograms, depending on the TOP OF DESCENT, equivalent of 50 – 100 mil Euros annually(EUROCONTROL);
proportionally decreased CO² emissions.

11. SOME STEPS ON CDA Trial for TAROM, A318/320
 63 non-CDA Airbus a/c monitored, between February April, via TUSET (entry point into Bucharest TMA) for RWY’s 08/26;
 several meetings AIRBUS – TAROM – ROMATSA;
 more than 50 Airbus a/c cleared CDA via TUSET 4E STAR between September / October;
 data sent to AIRBUS for analysis and for designing the optimum CDA profile, taking into account the ATC requirements.
Next steps:
 Common agreement and designing of the CDA STAR;
 CDA STAR published in the AIP.

12. REDUCING THE IMPACT by being aware;
enhancing airspace design and improving airspace utilisation, en-route or TMA;
optimising airport operations;
implementing an EMS integrated with a QMS and a SMS;
continuously improving the environmental performance of the organization, working together with the civil aviation stakeholders.

13. Safety Management Safety Policy SMS Manual
Safety Team and Safety Improvement Sub-group
Followed SASI – Support to ANSPs SMS Implementation of ESP Programme
Strong safety approach in ROMATSA
Several joint safety projects with EUROCONTROL (Safety Culture measurement, Safety Indicators both leading and lagging, Safety assessment of the ATM system etc)

14. Where are we in Safety Maturity 2002-200970

15. THANK YOU !