1. LINK2000+ Status Søren Dissing
ICAO ACP / WG-M, Bruxelles, 4 June 2009

2. Overview History Status Standards Baseline Regulation
Eurocontrol Specification
Community Specification
ESSIP
This will provide a planning tool for stakeholder implementation as well as a mechanism for stakeholder implementation progress to be monitored

3. LINK 2000+ Objectives Implementing En-route CPDLC over ATN/VDL2
Baseline ICAO standards
Forward compatible with new services/technology
Programme Objectives
Above FL285
ACL – ATC Clearances
ACM – ATC Microphone
Check
ACM – ATC Communications
Management
This shows the scope of the LINK Programme and the SES Datalink Implementing Rule (IR).
MAAS UAC has been operational since 2003
Key IR Dates
LINK Region in yellow by Feb 2013
Rest of EU by Feb 2015
New Aicraft by Jan 2011
Retrofit by Jan 2015

4. 3 - Step Approach to Implementation
Pioneers
Objective: 100+ aircraft equipped/ MAAS UAC
Achieved: 400+ aircraft recruited/ MAAS UAC operational
Incentives
Objective: accelerate Airborne equipage to gain early benefits, return on investment
EU agrees in principle
Mandatory Implementation (SES IR)
For Operators and ANSPs
Objective: more than 75% of flights in LINK airspace by 2014
Pioneers Incentives Mandate 1 2 3

5. Pioneer Success Lufthansa Lufthansa CityLine
15 Airlines > 400 Airframes (many more are VDL M2)
Rockwell, Honeywell and Airbus all Certified

6. 2 - Step Incentive Scheme
equipage
Forward fit
Retro fit
Mandatory
Carriage
75%
Incentives
b – Route Charge scheme
Earlier Benefits
Better flight profiles
Less misunderstandings
Higher Productivity
Less delay
Pioneers
25%
a – Public funds - first 25%
Combined Scheme
ANSPs
2008/9
2011
2013
2015

7. Mandatory Implementation
Always part of the LINK implementation strategy
Single European Sky provided the mechanism
- and it also applies to the ANSPs!

8. It Took 3 Years 5 Months May 2005 EC gave EUROCONTROL a Mandate to
Develop an Implementing Rule (IR) for Datalink Services
Adoption
DELIVERY
Initial
Plan
Feb 06
RA Consult
Regulatory
Approach
May 06
RA Delivery
Draft IR
RU Update
Q3 07
IR Delivery
SSC
LAW
Q2 07
IR Consult

9. Done!

10. ANSPs LINK/Core Region
IR Key Dates
Aircraft Forward Fit
New aircraft conform
ANSPs LINK/Core Region
Aircraft Retrofit Fit
ANSPs Whole of EU
1st Jan 2011
7th Feb 2013
5th Feb 2015
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016

11. Datalink IR Dates LINK Region Feb 2013 All of EU Feb 2015 Forward Fit
Jan 2011
Retrofit
Old a/c reg before Dec 97
Dec 2017
New FANS a/c
Jan 2014
Transport-type State a/c
Jan 2014 (if equiping)

12. Eurocontrol Specification
Standards Baseline
Doc 9705 ed. 2 with PDRs
Link Baseline 1.2/1.4
Eurocontrol Specification
Community Specification