ANNUAL REPORT
DSNA The French Air Navigation Service Provider 20 18 DSNA ANNUAL REPORT 2018 2
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword p. 3 Highlights of 2018 p. 4 Organization of the airspace p. 6
AIR TRAFFIC p. 7 Air traffic with sustained growth, from territories to the Single European Sky
AIR NAVIGATION SAFETY & PUBLIC SERVICE p. 10 Flight safety The Environment Flight regularity
HUMAN & COLLECTIVE p. 19 Human Resources
COMPETITIVENESS & CUSTOMER SERVICE p. 23 Finance Major technical and operational achievements Customer and user relations geared towards operations
INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY p. 31
THE SINGLE EUROPEAN SKY p. 37 The SESAR program The FAB Europe Central (FABEC)
Glossary p. 44 To find out more p. 45 Organizational charts p. 48 DSNA ANNUAL REPORT 2018 3
The French air navigation services controlled 3.2 million flights in 2018, with 117 days at over 10,000 flights per day. This means that on 15 November 2018, DSNA had already controlled the traffic of the year 2015! This is an indication of the safety, quality of service and sustainable 20 development challenges awaiting air traffic control in the years to come. In Western Europe, air traffic is marked by a very concentrated seasonal distribution with increasingly emphasized peaks. DSNA and all the operational stakeholders are mobilized to optimize the 18 management of air traffic flows on the European scale. Innovative digital tools have been developed and offer new services to match requirements as closely as possible.
DSNA is committed to a strategy of long-term investment to improve its performance. The technical modernization of its air traffic control systems is a key element of this. Safety and cybersecurity remain unavoidable requirements to ensure a future for air transport in a durable way. Thanks to the high degree of skills among DSNA personnel, this goal will be brought to completion for the benefit of the customers and users of the Single European Sky.
Maurice GEORGES Director of Air Navigation Services
USERS & CUSTOMERS, EUROPE, PARTNERS, TERRITORIES
CUSTOMER-ORIENTED SAFETY SERVICE
THE SINGLE EUROPEAN SKY SERVICE TO AIRPORTS AND INTERNATIONAL ACTION AND TERRITORIES
OUR CHALLENGES
Optimised ATM Advanced High-performing Enabling aviation network services air traffic services airport operations infrastructure
THE SINGLE EUROPEAN SKY
1 2 3 4 5 6 INTEGRATED TECHNICAL OPERATIONAL ORGANIZATION MANAGEMENT PARTNERSHIP SAFETY INITIATIVE MODERNIZATION TRAINING OF SERVICES
OUR PILLARS
AIR NAVIGATION SAFETY & PUBLIC SERVICE HUMAN & COLLECTIVE
INNOVATION & THE SINGLE EUROPEAN SKY
OUR VALUES
DSNA’s strategic plan DSNA ANNUAL REPORT 2018 4
HIGHLIGHTS OF 2018
EVERYDAY ACTIONS TO BUILD A DSNA THAT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF TODAY’S AND TOMORROW’S PERFORMANCE IN TERMS OF SAFETY, ENVIRONMENT, CAPACITY AND COST EFFICIENCY
BORDEAUX ACC Major reorganization of AIR TRAFFIC military zones and air 11,105 flights controlled on routes in this region. Friday 6 July 2018, a daily record in Europe.
DSNA WINS AN AWARD AT A RENOVATED TOWER EXTENDED CAP (SESAR) DSNA IS ISO 9001:2015 THE MADRID CONGRESS FOR PARIS-ORLY Live trials with short-term CERTIFIED For commissioning Commissioning regulation measures the RECAT-EU service at 28 March 2018. conducted between France, Renewal of the ISO certificate Paris-CDG & Le Bourget, Spain, EUROCONTROL and in accordance with the new airports, a European first. four Spanish airlines to standard. minimize the impact of delays in the South-Western region. A NEW CONTROL TOWER DRONES IN CIVIL AIR TRAFFIC FOR STRASBOURG Experimentation with a MALE Commissioning AIRSPACE ARCHITECTURE military drone: the controller 21 March 2018. STUDY (SESAR) identifies the drone just like any Participation in this other traffic in a controlled prospective study, an initiative airspace. of the European Commission entrusted to the SESAR JU to MARCH address the increase in traffic. JUNE
JULY FEBRUARY
MARSEILLE ACC AND MARSEILLE SNA A NEW IFR ROOM XSTREAM (SESAR) Takeover by the Marseille- FOR BÂLE-MULHOUSE MAY Live trials led by Paris ACC on the pre-sequencing of flights Provence approach of lower More spacious and more into Paris-CDG beyond our borders (Extended AMAN), with the airspace managed by the modern, to prepare for aim of improving flight efficiency and arrival capacity at peak Marseille ACC. the future. times. 5
4-FLIGHT DSNA and the manufacturer Thales are committed to a commissioning at Reims ACC and Marseille ACC in Winter 2021/2022, and at Paris ACC in Winter 2022/2023.
CDM@DSNA SEMINAR A NEW CONTROL TOWER PUBLISHING NOTAMS The annual meeting for FOR PAU VIA THE EAD the different stakeholders to Commissioning DECEMBER Gradual migration of the study new shared operational 16 November 2018. aeronautical information solutions and prepare for the services to EUROCONTROL’s next aeronautical summer. SIA: FLY INFORMED! European Database (EAD). SIA celebrates 60 years of history and a future in digital. NOVEMBER NATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT WORKSHOP THE FRENCH WEST INDIES Forum on environmental Development of the future performance. control position with electronic stripping at Pointe-à-Pitre (SEAFLIGHT program). SINAPS (SESAR) First evaluations at Bordeaux ACC of a tool optimizing U-SPACE the configuration of en-route Launch of a call for control sectors, a project partnerships to promote and based on artificial intelligence. structure solutions to improve drone management in controlled airspace. SEPTEMBER
Paris-CDG
OCTOBER Le Bourget
DATA LINK: PARIS-CDG & LE BOURGET AUGUST ENRICHED SURVEILLANCE AIRPORTS A new functionality available Commissioning of the triple, PARIS-ORLY in the 5 ACCs allowing the independent and parallel PBN Commissioning of a new controller to dispose of approach procedures, East-facing departures satellite real-time flight parameters. a European first. procedure. DSNA ANNUAL REPORT 2018 6
ORGANIZATION OF THE AIRSPACE
With 1,000,000 km², the French air naviga- deaux along with three overseas services tion services manage one of the largest in the French West Indies-Guyana, in the airspaces in Europe. Indian Ocean and in Saint Pierre and The DSNA numbers five en-route control Miquelon. It provides support to the civil centers (ACC) located at Brest, Paris, aviation services of the overseas collectivi- Reims, Aix-en-Provence and Bordeaux, ties of the Pacific (French Polynesia, New nine mainland regional services in Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna). charge of approach control and aero- On 31 December 2018, the DSNA carries drome control (SNA) with headquarters out its air traffic control mission across 74 located at Nantes, Lille, Paris, Strasbourg, airfields on the French mainland and 12 Lyon, Nice, Marseille, Toulouse and Bor- overseas airfields.
UPPER AIRSPACE > ACC SKILLS AREAS
Reims Reims Paris Paris East ACC Brest East ACC Brest North ACC
West ACC North ACC West ACC
South-West ACC South-West ACC Bordeaux Bordeaux Aix-en-Provence Aix-en-Provence
South-East ACC FL 350 (11,000 m) South-East ACC
FL 200 (6,000 m)
0 0
LOWER AIRSPACE > SNA SKILLS AREAS AIRFIELDS MANAGED BY THE SNAS
Lille Lille
Paris Strasbourg Paris Strasbourg
Nantes Nantes
Lyon Lyon FL 195 (6,000 m) Bordeaux Bordeaux FL 100 (3,000 m) 0 0 Nice Nice Toulouse Marseille Toulouse Marseille TMA and Flight Information Sectors (FIS) AIR TRAFFIC
AIRFIELDS MANAGED BY THE SNAS DSNA ANNUAL REPORT 2018 8
AIR TRAFFIC WITH SUSTAINED GROWTH, FROM TERRITORIES TO THE SINGLE EUROPEAN SKY
The French air navigation services controlled 3,224,532 flights in 2018, an increase of 2.8 % on 2017 mainly accounted for by overflights. With 8 830 flights controlled on average per day, 2018 is a new record! To measure the challenges linked to this boost, this is the equivalent for 2018 of one 2015 summer month of traffic more. The ten leading French mainland airports in terms of IFR movements 2018 High season: an (arrivals and departures) increasingly dense traffic with 117 days at 2018 Variation over 10,000 flights per day. From 1. Paris-CDG 488,878 +1.1% The traffic controlled in France is composed April to October, the air navigation 2. Paris-Orly 231,773 -0.1 % services controlled 260,000 flights of 51% overflights, 36% international flights more than 10 years ago. (arrivals in France or departures from 3. Nice-Côte d’Azur 144,343 +1.0% France) and 13% of domestic flights. 4. Lyon-Saint Exupéry 113,601 +1.0% Low season: average traffic of 7,300 5. Toulouse-Blagnac 101,661 -2.0 % flights per day. 2018 was marked by In 2018, overflights increased by 4% on significant rises (+ 5%) in traffic in 2017, particularly due to traffic flows with 6. Marseille-Provence 98,371 +0.4% Spain: Germany/Spain (+6%), Italy/Spain March, November and December 7. Bâle-Mulhouse 82,666 +3.7% (+8%). For the French airspace, the Spain/ 8. Bordeaux-Mérignac 70,174 +4.7 % compared to the same periods of United Kingdom flow remains by far the 2017. greatest flow of overflights. From October 9. Nantes-Atlantique 61,317 +5.9 % to December 2018, overflights increased by 10. Paris-Le Bourget 56,856 +4.9 % 7.2% on the fourth quarter 2017, which 2018 New weekly traffic peak was penalized by heavy storms in Decem- in July with 76,117 ber. flights, or on average Internal traffic has remained stable in 10,875 flights per day. Similarly, international flights rose by 2% terms of movement but has beaten its 2000 on 2017 owing to traffic with Africa (+3%) record in terms of passenger traffic, with a 6 weeks, from Monday 2 July to and Spain (+2%). From October to Decem- million more travelers. The main regional Sunday 2 September 2018, are part ber 2018, these flights also greatly and Overseas airports recorded a rise in of the Top 10 busiest weeks. increased (+4%). their movements thanks to the opening of In 2018, 194 million passengers traveled on new lines and an ever-increasing proportion of low-cost airlines. 2018 New daily traffic peak international and internal flights serving 6 with 11,105 flights: a French mainland airports, i.e. an increase France remains the country controlling JULY European record! of 5% on 2017. This growth, greater than the most flights in Europe. Germany expe- movement growth, is explained by an opti- rienced a rise in traffic of 4% on 2017, Italy 9 days, from 22 June to 31 August mization of the number of passengers car- of 6% while the United Kingdom and Spain 2018, are in the Top 10 busiest days. ried and the use of higher-capacity aircraft, saw their traffic fall by 6% and 2% respec- of 150 to 200 seats. tively. AIR TRAFFIC 9
Annual variation in IFR traffic controlled in France — Source: DSNA
3,200,000
3,000,000 +3%
2,800,000
2,600,000
2,400,000
2,200,000
2,000,000 1998 2000 2005 2010 2015 2018
The Top 6 customer airlines of DSNA by number of controlled flights — Source: DSNA
2015 2016 2017 2018 1. Air France + HOP ! 420,000 408,000 377,000 392,000 2. EasyJet 290,000 310,000 329,500 347,500 3. Ryanair 252,000 275,000 307,000 341,000 4. Vueling Airlines 89,000 101,000 101,000 105,500 5. British Airways 99,000 100,000 99,000 105,000 6. Lufthansa 76,000 75,000 78,500 85,500
The main traffic flows in France Average number of flights per day and 2018/2017 variation — Source: DSNA
TRAFFIC BREAKDOWN Domestic flights 13% Overflights NETHERLANDS 51% UNITED BELGIUM KINGDON GERMANY 331 447 +1% -4% 784 289 International flights 289 +5% 36% -2% +1% 554 +6% 329 303 +4% 0% 411 294 ITALY +3% +8% SPAIN
AFRICA European overflights International departures and arrivals French airspace
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FLIGHT SAFETY
Bordeaux-Mérignac airport at dawn.
The promotion of safety is the number A NEW BARRIER SAFETY one mission of DSNA. Far from being a restriction, it is a driver of develop- MODEL ment. DSNA is committed to inte- To derive greater benefit from operations in grated management system for an matters of safety event analysis and safety even greater mastery of our profes- studies, in 2018 DSNA committed to a new sional practices. For this purpose, the risk management approach compliant with French air navigation services are the new European regulation IR ATM 2017- taking all the preventive and corrective 373 of the EASA applicable on 2 January actions necessary for its continuous 2020. improvement, based on a “just” cul- This approach is based on the use of a ture promoting experience feedback, barrier safety model representing the con- and applying the severity classifica- tributions of each stakeholder of the safety stakeholders: airfield operators, vehicles, tion method (RAT) required by Euro- chain. It is used to better identify weak air navigation services providers, airlines pean performance regulations. signals, from real time to the most organ- and monitoring authorities. In late 2018, izational actions and to better understand DSNA had performed 80% of the actions on the main airports. SAFETY INDICATORS resilience mechanisms for a system as complex and interconnected as that of air In 2018, air navigation safety indicators navigation. ANALYSIS OF SAFETY EVENTS (en-route loss of separation, number of inci- dents between civil and military aircraft, Safety events deemed important are always intrusions of VFRs into controlled airspace, SAFETY PLANS the subject of an analysis to define ways of runway incursions) have remained stable DSNA has developed operational safety improvement. (p. 12). plans for aerodrome and approach Where the examination of civil/military inci- However, the increase in air traffic and the control, air traffic control in the Paris dents is concerned, DSNA takes part in the requirements of technical modernization region and en-route control. In particular, Permanent Group of the Airspace Directo- and systems automation, which have it played an active part in developing the rate for the safety of Air Traffic Management become increasingly interoperable, make it new European plan for prevention of (GPSA), co-chaired by the DIRCAM. the necessary to renew and strengthen our risk runway incursions, putting the emphasis military air traffic directorate, and the DSAC, management model. on better synergy between the concerned the national supervisory authority. DSNA ANNUAL REPORT 2018 12
Indicators for measuring the safety level for en-route control — Source: DSNA
Losses of separation per 100,000 flights Number of airproxes for 100,000 flights
In million 3.3 60 3 HN70
3.2 50 2.5
3.1 40 2 CAG/CAG (with at least one IFR ight) 3.0 30 1.5 Flights
2.9 20 1 CAG/CAM
2.8 10 0.5 HN50
2.7 0 0 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
The standard minimum en-route radar separation between two aircraft is In France, two types of air traffic co-exist: general air traffic (CAG) and military air 5 Nm in the horizontal plane and 1,000 ft in the vertical plane. The safety net traffic (CAM). alerts the controller to an air miss risk. Two indicators are monitored: the “HN 70” when the separation between two An airprox is an incident without consequences during which two aircraft met in a aircraft is less than 70% of the standard and the “HN 50” which corresponds hazardous proximity situation. In 2018, the pilots filed 0.56 “CAG/CAG” airproxes to 50% below the standard. implying at least one IFR flight every 100,000 flights and 0.09 “CAG/CAM” In 2018, the frequency of occurrence of a loss of separation < 70% was 0.78 airproxes every 100,000 flights. flight for 100,000 controlled flights and that of a loss of separation < 50%, of 0.09 flight for 100 000 controlled flights.
vides better flight safety and promotes been ensured thanks to close coordination CIVIL-MILITARY direct routes for civil flights thanks to flexible with the Marseille, Madrid and Barcelona COORDINATION management of the airspace. control centers. The military zone TSA34 This project is based on a reconfiguration Any airspace reorganization is the result was remodeled to include a zone core and of high-altitude military zones compatible of a long and rigorous work, based on modular extensions by flight level, allowing with new-generation arms equipment and mutually trusting collaboration between volumes to be precisely adjusted to the enabling activities from the ground to requirements of military missions. Thus, the various partners. unrestricted altitude. The air controllers of according to the use of this zone, airlines are A major reorganization of military zones Bordeaux ACC, meanwhile, now dispose of now able to plan quasi-direct routes from and flows in South-West France was imple- more spaces around the main traffic nodes the Spanish border to the Swiss border. mented on 1st March 2018. In this region of and a double axis for all levels for Paris-Bar- heavy civilian traffic where military activity celona flows. The consistency of this new remains intense, this new configuration pro- route network on the European scale has AERONAUTICAL INFORMATION
DSNA is certified to deliver the aero- nautical information service on the French mainland and Overseas. Ser- vices based on paper or electronic information are gradually being replaced by the provision, at any time, of digital data accompanied by new services. In 2018, the SIA has continued its modernization into the digital era by remodeling the data management and production chain, by reflecting on the different forms of management and production of aeronautical information to meet operational requirements as well as possible, and by integrating Military Coordination and Control Center (CMCC) co-located at Brest ACC. new technical standards (p. 13). AIR NAVIGATION SAFETY & PUBLIC SERVICE 13
PRACTICAL SAFETY-RELATED ACTIONS IN 2018
ENRICHED SURVEILLANCE FOR EN-ROUTE CONTROL
ON-GROUND AND ON-BOARD SAFETY NETS FOR INCREASED SAFETY
In 2018, the 5 ACCs used a new func- Enriched surveillance also constitutes an tionality enabled by digital data additional protection barrier in matters of exchanges between the ground and safety, by detecting any inconsistencies onboard systems (Data Link): enriched between control instructions and flight surveillance. parameters, especially for flight level separations. The en-route air traffic controller is informed, on his or her screen, of the flight parameters provided by the on-board system: instantaneous heading In certain parts of the European air- and speed, flight level selected by the space, traffic is increasingly dense and pilot. This approach makes it possible to In this example, the complex to manage. In a situation of gain efficiency, while giving priority to controller authorized the sustained traffic growth, all the partic- flight to climb to FL 240 and radio communications for the control the pilot inadvertently ipants of the air sector are mobilized instructions. selected FL 340. to make safety their prime challenge. On the technical front, DSNA is per- fecting its safety nets for en-route and approach control with functionalities that will make it possible to detect any OUR PARTNERS TALK potential conflict ahead of time even ABOUT DSNA more successfully. The controller disposes of different alert levels as a “The DSNA was a major participant of the Between now and end 2019, all the function of hazardous situations: EAD, the European database managed French stakeholders in the AIM should hazardous proximity of aircraft in by EUROCONTROL, a centralized, single be using the EAD’s services via tools flight (Short Term Conflict Alert: aeronautical information reference data- connected to the Internet. This will be a STCA), non-standard proximity of an base. major step for the EAD.” aircraft with the ground (Minimum Safe Altitude Warning: MSAW), proximity of Since 4 September 2018, the Interna- an aircraft to a regulated traffic area tional NOTAM Office (BNI) in Bordeaux (Area Proximity Warning: APW). has been using the EAD to issue its NOTAMs in English and French. With On the side of the aircraft manufac- nearly 40,000 NOTAMs a year, DSNA is turers, the on-board anti-collision the most largest producer in Europe. system (T-CAS), limited to conflict resolution messages in the vertical By moving its services to the EAD, plane, has considerably evolved: it is DSNA is reducing its costs while bene- used to reduce the number of false fiting from a rigorous, high-quality and alarms, and prompts the pilot to reduce fully integrated service. This service will his or her rate of climb or descent in the be gradually extended to the BRIAs, event of an occupied flight level. The which also deal with flight plans and coming versions will concern even briefings. more precise functionality for parallel The NOTAM is a temporary aeronautical approaches, drone detection and, publication intended for pilots, which eventually, avoidance messages in the contributes to flight safety. horizontal plane. These additional control and piloting assistance tools contribute to even safer and more efficient air traffic. DSNA ANNUAL REPORT 2018 14
THE ENVIRONMENT
LIMITING THE IMPACT OF NOISE DSNA also carried out a specific study to An air traffic impact study (EICA) is used to guide the Lyon-Saint-Exupéry airport in a measure and evaluate the environmental “balanced approach”. impacts which will be caused by the crea- In 2018, DSNA continued its work on tion or modification of new trajectories. The reviewing the conditions for conducting study is then presented to the Consultative public surveys in the event of changes to Commission for the Environment (CCE) for air traffic in order to better target the com- the airport in question and to the ACNUSA, munities really affected. Its services also an independent authority, when the airport work on both day-time and night-time use falls within its remit. of continuous descents for arrivals at In 2018, DSNA performed several impact Paris-CDG, by 2023. A first stage consists assessments, mostly based on continuing in validating a new trajectory design (“RNAV the introduction of new RNAV-type satellite to ILS”) for which the precision of the satel- The reduction of the environmental procedures: lite guidance must enable the two runways impact of air navigation is the second to be managed independently (SESAR pro- studies for the airports of Paris-CDG, Le strategic priority of DSNA, with the ject p. 15). Bourget, Orly and Beauvais which did not goals of: require any acoustics calculations; reducing noise pollution in the vicinity studies for the airfields of Agen, Cannes, REDUCING GAS EMISSIONS of airports by optimizing approach and Carcassonne, Figari, Grenoble and Mont- take-off procedures; In 2018, the optimal use of the French air- pellier, which required environmental space, by the attribution of direct routes to lowering the fuel consumption and gas impact calculations (noise, gas emissions, aircraft when possible (p. 12) and the tacti- emissions for flight phases above population count); cal management of flights by air traffic con- 2,000 meters by offering airlines more studies for the airports of Bâle-Mulhouse, trollers, made it possible to reduce the optimized routes (direct trajectories, Nantes and Toulouse, using more complex distances flown and save approximately flight levels appropriate to the aircraft indicators of noise, overflights and gas 128,000 tonnes of fuel, or a reduction in
performance). emissions. CO2 emissions of 400,000 tonnes. AIR NAVIGATION SAFETY & PUBLIC SERVICE 15
CONCRETE ACTIONS IN 2018 FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
LIMITING THE IMPACT OF NOISE
A new East-facing departures satellite procedure at Orly Triple PBN approaches After 18 months of consultation with pol- tion equipment installed on the ground. at Paris-CDG iticians and resident representatives, a Its design was the subject of many meet- & Le Bourget new satellite procedure for flights depart- ings to avoid altering the general organ- ing from Paris-Orly airport facing East was ization of air traffic flows. The objective commissioned on 16 August 2018. was to keep transfers of nuisances to a minimum and promote overflight of a This RNAV procedure replaces a conven- non-urban area (forest). tional procedure based on radio naviga-
As part of the SESAR “Enhanced Arrivals and Departures” projects, the Paris-CDG control unit and EUROCONTROL are studying the improvement of the air traffic patterns for the use of parallel and Key independent triple PBN approaches, Altitude in metres Flow direction 0 - 1000 RNAV procedure commissioned on 9 October 2018 in 1001 - 2000 VPE 2001 - 3000 Paris-CDG & Le Bourget. 3001 - 4000 +4000 Ref.: 471 The study particularly focuses on the Paris-Orly: departures at runway 08. phase of interception of the ILS axes of the two airports. Besides the safety ben- efits, a considerable environmental ben- efit is expected due to an improvement Cooperation with Skyguide of the vertical profiles. By strategically As part of the local consultation on noise separating the North and South pollution of Geneva airport, Skyguide, the approaches, this new design should Swiss air navigation operator, had studied make it possible to make both pairs of the repositioning of the interception of the runways independent. ILS axis to limit overflights of the residents The project is also studying a better of Lake Leman (PETAL project). feeding of the regulation area by a DSNA had carried out an impact assess- North/South segregation of the flows ment and a first campaign of noise meas- carried out further upstream, using new high-altitude crossing point trajectories. urements from October 2017 to February Here again, a heavy limitation of inter- 2018 across two sites of Haute-Savoie, axis crossing points at low altitude Chens-sur-Léman and Thonon-les-Bains, would be a significant environmental prior to the commissioning of this modifi- benefit. cation in April 2018. A second noise measurement campaign was carried out by DSNA from October 2018 to January 2019 on these same sites. The results obtained will be published in Arrival over Geneva airport. June 2019. DSNA ANNUAL REPORT 2018 16
National Air Transport Workshop: opening of the forum on environmental performance by Élisabeth BORNE, the Ministry in charge of Transports.
CONSULTATION All the discussions played a part in the BIG DATA @ DSNA development of the new national strategy As part of the National Air Transport for air transport, presented on 8 March The emergence and development of mass Workshop, DSNA organized a forum on 2019. data processing (Big Data) represents an the Environment on 4 September 2018 at opportunity for DSNA to improve our EUROCONTROL (Brétigny), in which COMMUNICATION global performance. The strategy of DSNA many stakeholders took part: politicians, is to develop these new technologies, ACNUSA, residents’ and professional DSNA has committed to total transparency particularly to visualize all this data and to associations. regarding its everyday actions towards measure its performance. Environmental performance is an essential politicians, residents’ associations and The first project, called FEAT (Flight Effi- component of the sustainable development overflown populations to keep them ever ciency Analysis Tool),based on a platform of air transport. How to meet the challenge better informed. In late 2018, DSNA made fed by operational data specifically of making the rise in air traffic more accept- available to residents near the airports of coming from radars and flight plans, has able where the environment is concerned? the Paris region a display of aircraft trajec- the aim of exploring Big Data and devel- On its side, DSNA showed a determined tories in quasi-real time via the VITRAIL oping new applications in the fields of commitment to reducing the environmental software (ADP Group). This initiative flight performance and the impacts of impact of air navigation, by presenting required the signing of a protocol ensuring low-altitude air traffic. The initial work operational measures already in place and data security and defining the terms of concerns the consolidation of the whole the projects in development. distribution of DSNA radar data. data exploitation chain, from the data A similar work is being undertaken with the supplier to the user. large regional airports that have expressed a need for it.
VITRAIL (ADP Group), an online visualization tool for the air traffic serving Paris-CDG & Le Bourget and Orly airports, fed by the radar data of DSNA. AIR NAVIGATION SAFETY & PUBLIC SERVICE 17
FLIGHT REGULARITY
In 2018, 30% of flights were delayed by Breakdown of delay causes related to air traffic regulations — Source: DSNA over 15 minutes departing from mainland airports. The breakdown of causes was as 2% follows: rotations in series (10%), airlines 75% Limitations due to (8%), passengers (4%), air navigation (3%), Miscellaneous insucient HR airports & security (3%), and bad weather 2% conditions (2%). Technical malfunctions Another indicator is used to assess the 5% flight punctuality: the average delay due to Other external 29% factors air traffic regulations, the so-called “ATFCM delay”. When certain air control sectors are 20% Capacity saturated due to an excessively high traffic Poor weather 25% 24% limitations in demand, the flights are regulated for safety conditions the control reasons. 18% sectors In 2018, delays in Europe reached record levels. The French air navigation services Delays directly linked to air navigation Industrial actions generated 6,253,135 minutes of delay, or Delays linked to other factors almost twice as much as in 2017, 92% of which were related to en-route. Taking into account the number of flights controlled, this average delay per flight accounts for OUR PARTNERS TALK ABOUT DSNA 1.94 minute (1.13 min/flight in 2017). The decrease in the number of qualified air traffic controllers and the structural limitation of the capacity of certain control sectors account for more than half of causes. Measures for going round for the spaces managed by the en-route centers of Karlsruhe and Maas- tricht, near saturation, generated more traffic in French airspace, which was already very congested, and therefore more delays for French centers. Moreover, weather condi- tions (snow and storms) were much more penalizing than in previous years. On the corporate front, the situation was difficult in Marseille ACC, which went through a long industrial action in the second quarter of 2018. Stormy conditions across France: 4 July 2018 at 17 hours.
Météo France is the provider of We are working on fine-tuning our meteorological services for DSNA. forecast models so that operational The progress in recent years on digital stakeholders can anticipate their weather and climate forecasting, and operations, both in the pre-tactical and the large budget share that Météo France tactical phases. In 2019 we will be is devoting to research, are allowing it to participating in the initiative launched develop innovative products for by EUROCONTROL: to establish aeronautical forecast. shared weather forecast on the scale of “European airspace is seeing more and the European network, then to share more air traffic regulations caused by the same view of the developing poor weather conditions, with situation over the day. This reliable considerable impacts on punctuality. In information will make it possible to France, 2018 saw the 30-year record define a set of scenarios, with bypass for stormy conditions! routes if necessary, coordinated with The Flow Mamagement Position in ACC has tools the concerned control centers. All with very advanced functionality for fine-tuned management. It optimizes the capacity of the operators will have access to this airspace in collaboration with the European Network information.” Manager (EUROCONTROL).
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CONCRETE ACTIONS IN 2018 TO IMPROVE PUNCTUALITY
On the strategical level, the major air- On the pre-tactical level, DSNA has to dispose of a shared view of the space designs such as those imple- been working with airlines, Météo weather forecasts over all sectors and mented in 2018 in the regions of the France, airport managers and the Net- ensure consistent and optimized man- South-West (p. 12) or South-East, work Manager (EUROCONTROL) to agement of regulations and scenarios; between the Marseille ACC and the Mar- develop collaborative decision-making to make the CDM tools even more effi- seille approach (p. 26), contribute to (CDM) processes even further as perfor- cient while expanding their scope and better air traffic fluidity. mance tools for optimizing operations of making them more interoperable. This the route network, in nominal and DSNA is also working on the optimization has resulted in a common will among adverse conditions alike. of en-route sectorization. Thus, since the Network Manager, our partners and 29 March 2018, after two years of studies to manage reroutings on the European our customers to share a number of with the neighbouring centers, Reims scale to optimize the network as a operational data via the “B2B@NM” col- ACC disposes of a 23rd control sector. whole; laborative service. In 2018, DSNA per- This sectorization of the airspace is to extend the CDM beyond airport oper- fected its CDM tools: CDM@DSNA better adapted to the characteristics of ations. Advanced collaborative manage- portal, SALTO 2020, 4Me, and BigSky the traffic flows in this very busy region, ment makes it possible to avoid (p. 30). which offers more fluidity to flights serv- saturated en-route sectors and, when ing the airports of the United Kingdom degraded situations occur, to improve and the Netherlands. resilience to return to a nominal situa- tion more quickly;
THE CDM PROCESS EXTENDED TO A CROSS-BORDER TRAFFIC FLOW MANAGEMENT
Since 2016, the DSNA has been developing an advanced process for collaborative ATFCM regulation measures (MAC) on the Live trial of the “Extended” CAP between France and national scale to define, with the airlines and the Network Man- Spain — Source: SESAR ager, the best options for routes avoiding very busy control sec- tors and thus minimize the implementation of regulations by the air traffic control. The CAP (Collaborative Advanced Planning) tool, available on the DSNA portal to which nearly 30 airlines are connected, served Switzerland as a base for a transboundary demonstration between France and Spain in 2017 and 2018 as part of the SESAR 2020 “Network Bordeaux ACC Collaborative Management” project piloted by the Network Man- ACC ager. The following took part: the control centers of Bordeaux, Northern Madrid and Reims; Air Europa, Air Nostrum, Iberia and Iberia Italy Express. For the part of the exercise concerning the Bordeaux and Madrid control centers, the goal was to better refine the traffic demand during the scheduling of flight plans, on a South-North flow cross- ing the very busy control sectors of the Bordeaux ACC. To do so, using the DSNA portal, the flow regulators (FMPs) of Madrid and Bordeaux established collaborative processes in total transpar- ency with the airlines, taking into account the local restrictions and the requirements of the airlines. The “extended” CAP thus ACC made it possible to offer the airlines appropriate flight levels when Madrid ACC the control sectors were saturated and to better distribute traffic without creating any instabilities at network level. Very busy control sector at the Bordeaux ACC Beyond this exercise, since Summer 2018, the CAP has been used by the Karlsruhe (DFS) control center. By way of example, on 12 of the 15 days of the Summer 2017 exercise, the CAP measures made it possible to avoid the application of regulations, representing estimated savings of 4,111 minutes of delay. HUMAN & COLLECTIVE DSNA ANNUAL REPORT 2018 20
HUMAN RESOURCES
In 2018, the Aeronautical Information Service (SIA) celebrated its 60th anniversary.
GUIDING MANAGERS IN MANAGEMENT AND TRAINING BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION OF TECHNICAL PERSONNEL DSNA has launched an initiative of accom- panying managers involved in technical DSNA manages for DGAC the careers of the modernization. The aim of this approach is three technical bodies: ICNA (ATCO engi- to help them with managerial transforma- neers), IESSA (ATSEP), and TSEEAC (Senior tion and bring together the various initiatives technicians). The provisional management of in progress (experience feedback on the this personnel was the subject of careful organization of DTI, project, program and monitoring given the time needed to train portfolio Support Units: UA3P, innovation and obtain technical and operational qualifi- approach…). Seven transformation work On 31 December 2018, the workforce cations. of DSNA personnel working on the areas have been identified: safety/cyberse- French mainland and Overseas (West DSNA entrusts the recruitment of this per- curity, program management, engineering Indies-French Guyana, Indian Ocean, sonnel to ENAC, the first FABEC training and innovation, skills and Human Saint Pierre and Miquelon and Pacific Academy (p. 42). With ENAC, DSNA also Resources, trust, partnerships, and digital determines the content of the initial transformation. Collectivities: French Polynesia, New training courses and adapts them to Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna) To develop a collective management culture regulatory changes. ATCOs and ATSEPs amounted to 7,409 people, with a for its activities and promote better control courses are delivered in alternation of their execution and steering, DSNA has male-female distribution of 72% – 28%. between ENAC and DSNA operational This workforce is down by 0.6% on created the UA3P Unit. In 2018, a project units.They are recognized as Master’s management methods/training/tools base 2017. 93% of employees (6,859) oper- Degree ( level Baccalaureate + 5 years). ated on the French mainland and 7% was developed and tested on several (550) Overseas. DSNA also manages the assignments of pre-projects. This modernization of work its future technical personnel and their methodology has made it possible to inte- For the air navigation services of the professional mobility via campaigns when grate best practices in the area of projects, Pacific, DSNA provides functional and positions become available, examined at programs, and portfolios, particularly con- technical support within the framework joint administrative committees twice a cerning steering by value and deadline of agreements. year. compliance. HUMAN & COLLECTIVE 21
Breakdown of staff by department Variation of the workforce (not including trainees)
7% BREAKDOWN BY ORGANIZATION DTI 7% Paris region SNA 1,465 28% Overseas SNA South-West region SNA 1,028 3,739 Mainland ATCOs South-East ACC (Marseille) 580 4,077 SNA East ACC (Reims) 492 West ACC (Brest) 486 14% ATSEPs 1,318 SW South-East SNA 358 1,398 20% Region SNA South-South-East SNA 344 Paris Center-East SNA 329 TSEEAC 1,138 Region SNA North-East SNA 295 1,188 21% West SNA 290 ACC South SNA 249 Other 1,214 West Indies/French Guyana SNA 242 personnel 1,324 1% 2% DO Hq North SNA 192 DSNA Hq Indian Ocean SNA 75 0 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 Saint Pierre-and Miquelon DSNA 40 TOTAL 7,409 people 2009 2018
Distribution of controllers holding a valid license by control unit
46% SNA* (1,605) (ICNA) ACC 44% (ICNA) (1,534) SNA* (TSEEAC) 10% (323) TOTAL 3,462 people * This category includes mainland SNAs and overseas territories
Breakdown of maintenance personnel by department
ACC CESNAC 4% (55) 28% DTI (365) 13% (174)
OTHER ENTITIES* 3% (42) 50% SNA DSNA Hq (653) DO Hq SIA 2% (29) TOTAL 1,318 people * DSNA/SPM, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna
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ADAPTING In 2018, DSNA renewed its ISO 9001 certif- THE ORGANIZATION icate as per the 2015 standard. The updates After a decade of constant reduction of air of the procedures and methodologies, in OF OUR SERVICES traffic controller staff numbers, recruitment particular key documents such as the Man- resumed with nearly 100 controllers per year. agement Manual and Strategy Steering, To improve our performance and the pro- But due to their training course, these people ductivity of our services, DSNA is constantly were successfully conducted under this new will only be operational from 2021 at best. In version of the standard. The DSNA will be reorganizing the airspace between the view of the scheduled increase in air traffic, en-route and the approach control centers, integrating these new elements in a “simple” this recruitment must be maintained, or even and “highly efficient” way. and negotiates with the personnel represent- intensified over the next decade. atives for a better-fitted organization of work In addition, synergies are sought between in the control rooms and the technical ser- risk management with portfolios/programs/ vices. THE INTEGRATED projects (UA3P) and their integration into In the area of optimization of Human MANAGEMENT SYSTEM this approach. Resources management, significant increases In the area of cybersecurity, DSNA is con- in capacity have been obtained by adapting To improve our overall performance tinuing the development of its SOC (Secu- duty rosters for ATCOs in line with the 2016- in accordance with European require- rity Operations Center) which monitors, 2019 DGAC social protocol, particularly at ments, DSNA has implemented a evaluates and defends IT networks by col- Reims ACC, Brest ACC and Bordeaux ACC. management system integrating lecting the events recorded by the systems. However, these increases have shown their safety, security, the environment and CESNAC at Bordeaux is an active opera- limits in the face of major local variations in quality. The aim of this approach is to tional component. The SOC will continue to traffic. This continuous improvement improve both our internal operation be enriched in the years to come by the approach to productivity and performance and relations with our external con- collection of a growing amount of informa- must be continued. tacts, mainly the users of the airspace. tion.
VARIATION IN THE PRODUCTIVITY OF EN-ROUTE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS
In 2009, the air traffic controlled by the During the same period, due to the The “Productivity” indicator is the ratio French air navigation services amounted national context of control public spend- of traffic to the number of control hours to 2,700,258 flights. In 2018, it reached ing, the numbers of qualified en-route completed. Since 2009, the increase in 3,224,532 flights, or an increase in controllers fell significantly by 9.2%, productivity is valued at 13%. 19.4%. from 1,608 to 1,460.
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Traf c Quali ed controllers in the ACCs Productivity Control hours per month per controller COMPETITIVENESS & CUSTOMER SERVICE DSNA ANNUAL REPORT 2018 24
FINANCE
The management of finance and pur- INCOME AND EXPENDITURE 2015-2019 PERFORMANCE chases contribute to the overall per- PLAN formance of DSNA. DSNA’s budget is in 2017, the total income of DSNA established in a particular budgetary amounted to €1,659m or a drop of 1% on Good governance requires transpar- framework: the “Aviation control and 2017. ency, effectiveness and consistency in operation” appended budget (BACEA). This result is linked to the drop in unit rates our ability to be accountable to each The accounts are certified annually by of route charges and charges in terminal of our contacts. an external service provider. areas (RSTCA) on the mainland. The route To continuously improve the effectiveness charges which accounts for 84% of the of its actions, DSNA must meet perfor- DSNA budget is kept at a unit rate among mance objectives in terms of safety, the lowest in Western Europe. As regards capacity, environment and cost control. the RSTCA, the de-averaging measurement DSNA’s strategic plan gives a consistent occurring on 1st January 2017 (Zone 1: overall view on the ways of achieving these CDG and Orly; Zone 2: other airports) made objectives, by offering high-quality and it possible to reduce its rate by around 20% competitive services to all of our users, for zone 1 airports. customers and partners in a way that meets the expectations of each of them. INCOME NUMBER OF UNIT RATE AMOUNT SERVICE UNITS DSNA steers its performance by objective Mainland Route charges 21,272,731 €63.61 €1,351m and thus ensures the proper implementa- tion of its strategy. In addition, it must meet RSTCA 1,101,919 Zone 1: €174.62 €213m a performance plan established at FABEC Zone 2: €217.21 level (p. 42) with an economic section Overseas Oceanic charges 361,219 €35.78 €13m defined at national level, for the reference RSTCA 2,773,028 €12.00 €33m period 2015-2019 known as RP 2. In Proceeds from air navigation charges (total) €1,610m December 2018, the European Commis- sion adopted the framework regulation Income other than charges (sales of products and services) €49m applicable to the next reference period Total €1,659m 2020-2024 (RP 3).
EXPENDITURE EXCLUDING PAYROLL AMOUNT Contribution to external organizations €221m Investments €216m Variation of the en-route charge rate Current operations €182m in France — Source: DSNA Total €619m
70 € For its operating budget excluding payroll,
DSNA consumed €619m in credits. The 68 € contribution to external organizations
(Météo France, EUROCONTROL, dele- 66 € gated airspaces, ADP Group, ENAC) accounts for 36% of these expenses. As 64 € part of the modernization of the support functions, DSNA is continuing the integra- 62 € tion of its single purchasing-business center, whether they are operational or 60 € technical. 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 To maintain the competitiveness of its ser- vices, the DSNA invests on average €300m per year over the 2015-2019 period. In 2018, 46% were devoted to the major tech- nical programs preparing for the future, 41% to corrective and scalable mainte- nance (MCO) of existing installations and upgrades to systems and 13% to civil engi- neering. COMPETITIVENESS & CUSTOMER SERVICE 25
Proceeds from air navigation charges — Revenue — Source: DSNA
1,637 M€ French 13 M€ 1,610 M€ ags 219 M€ 31 M€ 13 M€ 33 M€ 213 M€ 44% 1,374 M€ 56% 1,351 M€ Foreign ags French ags 15%
85% Control tower at the Saint-Denis airport Foreign in La Réunion. ags
2017 2018
MAINLAND OVERSEAS En-route control service fees RSTCA RSTCA Oceanic charges
Variation of the technical program of investment and corrective and scalable maintenance (MCO)
Investments and MCO (M€) 3,500,000 365
3,400,000 340
3,300,000 315
3,200,000 290 FINLANDE AIr traffic control at night in the 3,100,000 265 Toulouse-Blagnac airport NORVÈGE 3,000,000 240
2,900,000 215 SUÈDE 2,800,000 190
2,700,000 165
2,600,000 DANEMARK 140 2005 2010 2015 2020
Unit rate ofIRLANDE en-route charges in 2018 in Europe — Source: EUROCONTROL PAYS-BAS
UNITED KINGDOM BELGIUM POLAND GERMANY CZECH REP.
< 59€ SLOVAKIA FRANCE < 69€ < 79€ AUSTRIA > 80€ SWITZE- HUNGARY RLAND 63.61 € ROUMANIE CROATIA ITALY
SPAIN PORTUGAL
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MAJOR TECHNICAL AND OPERATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS
A renovated Tower for Paris-Orly. The large-scale project was completed in March 2018.
EXTENSION OF THE CLERMONT- FERRAND FIS AIRSPACE ORGANIZATION Since 29 March 2018, the Clermont-Fer- AND MANAGEMENT rand organization provides the approach control service for the Rodez airfield (4,000 MAJOR REORGANIZATION IN SOUTH- IFR flights and 10,000 VFR flights) and is EASTERN FRANCE extending its flight information sector (FIS) into this region. Since 1st February 2018, a new interface between the Marseille ACC and the Mar- The Clermont-Ferrand organization is seille-Provence approach has been imple- already supplying these services for the mented. It provides better safety and greater Saint-Étienne airport. This technical and capacity. The flights through airspaces operational achievement contributes to around Montélimar up to FL 145 (4,400 optimizing the organization of the approach meters) are now managed by the Marseille control and flight information services. It has approach, which makes it possible to mobilized services for several years for the improve the compatibility between IFR flights definition of the spaces and procedures, the and VFR flights, between civil flights and implementation of the technical pre-requi- military flights. With the Marseille SNA taking sites, the dialog with the different parties over these spaces historically managed by and the training of personnel. the Marseille ACC, DSNA is continuing its policy of reorganization of the lower airspace GROUND-GROUND for the benefit of all users. COMMUNICATIONS The success of this project is the result of negotiations held at national and regional 2018 saw the completion of the network levels for over two years, among many architecture interconnection under Internet stakeholders of light and sports aviation or Protocol (IP) between DSNA and Defence. Defence. The innovative management of this Data flows of flight plans, radars, and new interface will be able to accompany the RSFTA aeronautical messaging will gradu- ambitious development of the Mar- ally be migrated to this new network. A seille-Provence airport, the sixth largest air- high-level agreement protocol was signed Marseille-Provence control tower. port of France in terms of movements. on December 2018. COMPETITIVENESS & CUSTOMER SERVICE 27
Control position at the Bordeaux ACC.
GROUND-AIR DATA LINK
ENRICHED SURVEILLANCE Data exchanges by digital link between NEW CONTROL TOWERS mode-S radar and mode-S transponder offer the en-route air traffic controller the option to These new buildings replace control towers dispose of the flight key parameters. This dating from the end of the 1950s. They pro- new functionality known as enriched moni- vide a more streamlined working environ- toring was rolled out in the 5 ACCs in 2018. ment to air traffic controllers and It is used to reduce voice communications maintenance personnel, for the benefit of and gain information about changes in the DSNA’s customers and users. behavior of a flight more quickly (p. 13). With enriched surveillance, the controller appreci- STRASBOURG AIRPORT ates having better knowledge of the situation of the flights in his or her sector. The new facility inaugurated on 21 March 2018 houses the headquarters of the CONTROLLER-PILOT DATA LINK North-East air navigation services, the con- COMMUNICATION (CPDLC) trol tower (28 m high with a lookout of 102 m²), the approach control room with Three of the four Data Link services are FIS position, and the technical department. operational in France above FL 195 (6,000 The approach control room benefits flights meters). The main service used is frequency departing from or arriving in Strasbourg air- transfer, in the form of written messages. port, as well as those serving the Karlsru- This form of exchange makes it possible to he-Baden-Baden and Lahr airports in significantly lighten the controller load Germany. With this new building, all techni- across certain sectors. In 2018, 10% of Enhanced surveillance: the controller can access cal equipment is gathered in a single spa- flight parameters in real-time. flights were connected in the French upper cious and modern area that is ready to host airspace. Airlines have the obligation to any future systems. equip themselves by February 2020 to fly above FL 285 (9,000 meters). PAU-PYRÉNÉES AIRPORT The fourth service which consists in sending The new 30 metre-high tower, which control instruction data over links (ground- entered service on 16 November 2018, level, route, heading or speed clearances), provides controllers with an improved view will be implemented at Marseille ACC and of the platform, and of certain critical areas Brest ACC by summer 2019. in particular. The 70 m2 lookout is home to A European regulation defines the use of four positions (SOL, LOC, FIS and APP). the Data Link, as a prelude to the advanced The “Pyrenees” approach, shared by Pau automated functions planned in the Pilot and Tarbes, is equipped with 30” screens. Common Project. DSNA is actively partici- The building also houses an 86 m2 technical pating in projects with the aim of a harmo- room with the latest generation equipment, nized deployment of Data Link services in such as the CLEOPATRE radiotelephone Strasbourg: IFR approach room and FIS position in Europe. system. the new tower. DSNA ANNUAL REPORT 2018 28
Dzaoudzi-Pamandzi Airport (Mayotte).
DSNA OVERSEAS
In France’s overseas territories, there is a SATELLITE NAVIGATION special cooperation arrangement between DSNA and the local government depart- By the end of 2018, DSNA had equipped ments and their international counterparts. 96% of IFR runway ends in mainland France This mainly relates to hurricane and crisis and its overseas territories, allowing pilots management (such as power cuts), as well to use satellite navigation for their approach, as improving search and rescue (SAR) ser- landing or take-off trajectories. 88% of vices. these procedures also benefit from vertical The communication networks for the air guidance. A European leader in the deploy- navigation technical systems have been ment of PBN (Performance Based Naviga- modernised, and work is under way in tion) procedures, DSNA is the first air French Guyana to improve radio coverage. navigation operator to possess an innova- The ADS-B system for managing air traffic tive network of category 1 ILS approaches with e-strips, which is well-suited for sites that combines conventional ground support not equipped with radar, is currently in ser- with satellite technology. vice or being rolled out. In the Caribbean This dynamic meets the European regula- and French Guyana, a project to modernise tory requirements as of 2018 on the imple- ATM system has been set up so the three mentation of PBN for all flight phases. PBN control agencies can benefit from the procedures offer approach or departure shared design and infrastructure, opening trajectories that are better able to meet up the possibility for pooled training and environmental and safety standards. specialised maintenance resources. The On 9 October 2018, Europe’s first parallel, training simulator was delivered to Pointe- triple, independent PBN approach concept à-Pitre at the end of 2018. was launched at Paris-CDG and Le Bourget During the national summit on air transport, (p. 15). This system is operable in mixed a seminar dedicated to overseas territories ILS/PBN mode, and means that these two highlighted the importance of flight routes busy airports can maintain high runway for these regions. By modernising its over- availability even when one of the ILSs is seas services, DSNA is contributing VOR maintenance visit at the Saint-Denis airport in unavailable or being replaced. towards their economic development. La Reunion. COMPETITIVENESS & CUSTOMER SERVICE 29
CUSTOMER AND USER RELATIONS GEARED TOWARDS OPERATIONS
Air France received a delegation of parking management for all airlines based at CDG 2. Located within the South control tower, the parking regulator optimises resources as close to real-time as possible, in close coordination with the air navigation officers in charge of ground movement.
In the medium-term, DSNA’s performance will be supported by two main levers: investment (major system modernization programs, digitalization, cybersecurity, PREPARING THE 2020-2024 agile innovation, ongoing maintenance of PERFORMANCE PLAN current systems);
Over one hundred representatives from optimisation of human resource manage- French and international airlines and their ment (staff sizes, training, and work organ- associations, airports, European authorities, ization). the French weather office and military bodies attended a seminar on “Air Naviga- DSNA NEWSLETTER tion Performance” in Paris on 13 April 2018, CDM@DSNA SEMINAR as part of the national air transport work- This newsletter has been delivered to more shop. than 1,700 professional recipients in air- In 2018 this forum explored the resilience lines, general aviation users, airport opera- This meeting provided an opportunity to mechanisms against air traffic disruption, tors, organizations and professional bodies. present the outcomes of actions carried out and the need to streamline collaborative by DSNA in the RP 2 period from 2015 to The topics covered are consistent with cur- decision-making (CDM) processes and 2019, in terms of improving its performance rent operational needs. For example, in tools by increasing their scope of applica- and gathering stakeholder opinions for the 2018 DSNA presented on the measures tion, their inter-operability, and the amount next performance plan for RP 3 2020-2024. taken in the Chambéry TMA for the ski of operational data shared. This is essential Traffic growth forecasts mean that France, season, the new routes around Beauvais, for optimising airspace capacity and route situated as it is at the heart of the European the benefits of dynamic airspace allocation network operation. network, must future-proof in terms of the between Marseille and Geneva, the flow The ‘dsna.fr’ DSNA portal that hosts CAP safety, resilience, capacity and moderniza- regulation measures for summer 2018, and (Collaborative Advanced Planning, p. 18) tion of its systems as part of the SESAR the benefits of enhanced surveillance (S and Orly’s curfew management tool has program. mode). received particular praise from companies. DSNA ANNUAL REPORT 2018 30
4Me SALTO DSNA portal
BigSky B2B@NM EPEIRES
iAMAN
The CDM@DSNA tools are connected to the operational data from B2B@NM, the collaborative web service of the Network Manager (EUROCONTROL). A pioneering initiative from SWIM, the air navigation extranet that received the Single European Sky “Innovation Award” at the World ATM Congress 2019 in Madrid.
NEW AIR-TO-GROUND COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT
Given the fact that the spectrum of fre- quency ranges allocated to civil aviation is DRONES IN nearing saturation point, new European regulations require operators to equip their CIVIL AIR TRAFFIC aircraft with more efficient radio systems, with 8.33 kHz spacing between VHF voice At both national and European level (p. 41), communication channels. This requirement, DSNA is highly involved in drone develop- which already applies to upper airspace, ment projects, which represent a real short- shall come into force on 1 January 2021 term operational challenge for overall air below FL 195 (6,000 metres). traffic management (ATM) performance. In 2018, Europe granted France €7.9 billion In July 2018, DSNA and the French Air in funding to convert its radio equipment in Force conducted trials in south-west France light aircraft. DSNA and CNFAS (French using a MALE military Reaper drone with National Council for Aeronautical and similar performance to a regional aircraft, in Sporting Federations) have compiled a list order to define an operational concept for integration. of practical guidelines for the transition Experiment: the air traffic controller at the period. A similar approach has been taken The final results will be shared with the Bordeaux ACC sees the drone (RPAS) like any other traffic in the controlled airspace and to establish a gradual conversion plan for EASA, which is responsible for issuing the manages its cross-over with a KLM flight at FL 190 government aircraft. next set of regulations on the matter. (6,000 metres). INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY DSNA ANNUAL REPORT 2018 32
AN AMBITIOUS STRATEGY FOR TECHNICAL MODERNIZATION
Free Route SWIM
4Me Extended AMAN DSNA Portal 4-FLIGHT ERATO EE Extended ATC Planning SALTO EPEIRES Coflight N-VCS Extended CDM BOLT Data Link U-space
BigSky AIM AMAN SYSAT CATIA Airport Safety Nets Coflight RECAT-EU CLEOPATRE A-SMGCS (SMAN) PBN Data Link CDM DMAN Digital Advanced Tower
CRNA
S Mode CssIP Cybersecurity
Structural program Agile, cooperative, digital and innovative complementary solution CDM tools
The DSNA’s technical modernization The 4-FLIGHT simulator at the Reims ACC. program, with its funding of €2 billion during the period 2010-2025, has reached Breakdown of investments in 2018 its halfway point. It consists of: Source: DSNA future-proofing in the framework of the
European SESAR program; Civil engineering Major and development technical completing all ongoing major programs of systems programmes while ensuring that existing systems 13% remain at their operational condition; developing operational technical solutions 46% that are more agile, cooperative, digital 41% and innovative, within an integration envi- ronment (ATM 2) that reduces innovation Maintaining in operational SYSAT: test platform used by the Orly control unit roll-out times (DSNA portal, 4Me, SALTO, conditions (MCO) to configure its lookout needs / April 2019. BigSky). of existing installations INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY 33
Reims ACC: visit by representatives from DG Move (European Commission), the INEA and the SESAR Deployment Manager for a demonstration on the 4-FLIGHT simulator and the advanced ATFCM tools that benefit from joint European Union funding / February 2019.
4-FLIGHT is a major innovative In 2018, the pilot sites continued with their project that represents a technical installations and configuration, technological breakthrough in terms and conducted new assessments of actual traffic. The interconnection with Defence of development and deployment. requires special attention for the equipment In 2018, the 4-FLIGHT roadmap of CMCC and flight tests control position. was consolidated by the signing of Work is being carried out on the STRIDA/ an amendment formalising the CAUTRA interface. comprehensive commitment of DSNA and Thales until the three THE MODERNIZATION OF AIR Upon completion, the Brest and Bordeaux ACCs enter service, particularly in ACCs (which currently operate in the TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT (ATM) terms of costs and lead times. The ERATO electronic environment) will also be SYSTEMS equipped with 4-FLIGHT. production of an additional version of Coflight is timed to coincide with Developed by DSNA, ENAV and Thales/ Approaches and Towers: the aim of the this development. A program Leonardo industrial consortium, the SYSAT program is to modernise the ATM integrated with the industrial partner Coflight system of advanced flight data systems in mainland for aerodrome and will make it possible to monitor the processing represents a major operational approach control operated by the DSNA, risk control plan on a monthly basis, and technological breakthrough. Forming based on an existing industrial system that especially with regards to the the core of DSNA’s future ATM system, it will be adapted to its technical environ- simulator, degraded mode will allow the controller to optimise trajecto- ment. The DSNA selected the SAAB-CS management, and specific functions ries, thereby reducing fuel consumption and industrial consortium to implement SYSAT flight times. for Group 1 (Paris-CDG/Le Bourget and for the Paris ACC. En-route: launched in 2011 by the signing Paris-Orly). The priorities are handling the The training of air traffic controllers of a framework agreement with Thales, the obsolescence of the ground safety system and maintenance personnel, against 4-FLIGHT program will be deployed in (A-SMGCS) at Paris-CDG for winter a backdrop where periods of heavy winter 2021/2022 at the Reims ACC and 2021/2022 and the operational use of traffic are becoming increasingly Marseille ACC pilot sites, then in winter the SYSAT system including the A-SMGCS longer, remains a crucial point. In 2022/2023 at the Lille ACC. This stripless for the Orly tower in winter 2022/2023. this regard, the experience gained system incorporates the latest generation These key programs for French ATM have from the conversion to ERATO Java HMI, alongside innovative and effec- benefited from joint European Union fund- (EEE) will prove invaluable. tive flight management and safety tools. ing. DSNA ANNUAL REPORT 2018 34
INTEROPERABILITY OF TECHNICAL THE MODERNIZATION SYSTEMS: A FIRST TRIAL OF COMMUNICATION, NAVIGATION AND The various air traffic management sharing trajectories and coordinating a SURVEILLANCE (CNS) SYSTEMS technical systems currently used in given flight between different centres. Europe each have their own standards. Route modifications could be DSNA is the first major air navigation operator In order to facilitate the sharing of exchanged, and demonstrated that the in Europe to possess a modern infrastructure flight plan data, the SESAR program sequence in affected control centres for ground-to-ground communications aims to implement greater and sectors was immediately updated (p. 26), with operational Voice over Internet interoperability (IOP) of these systems with a recalculated 4D trajectory and Protocol (VoIP) communications. Its by 2020, through the EUROCAE shared via SWIM (System Wide RENAR-IP network is able to host new ser- ED133 standard. For DSNA, this Information Management) services. vices, that are ever more demanding in terms of performance and reliability. It will be inte- standard will be incorporated in These continuous updates will also grated with the PENS European IP network, Coflight, 4-FLIGHT and SYSAT. optimise the tools used by controllers, which will host 40 other European aviation On 26 April 2018, DSNA successfully such as AMAN (Arrival Management) operators. This environment will offer completed a SESAR interoperability or MTCD (Mid-Term Conflict increased resilience of communications within demonstration for a trajectory of a Detection). the European airspace, particularly against dozen scenarios between three The interoperability of technical cyber attack threats. interconnected platforms: Coflight in systems is therefore an essential DSNA is pursuing its efforts to update its radio Toulouse (DTI), iTEC in Langen (DFS) pre-requisite, especially for utilising and telephony systems, which are critical for and Coflight in Rome (ENAV). This Free Routes and managing User security, with the N-VCS project for the ACCs trial underscored the initial operational Preferred Routes. and Paris-CDG, the CATIA project for benefits that could be derived from Approaches and the CLEOPATRE project for smaller aerodromes. DSNA also provides means for air-to- ground communication via Data Link, and a dense network of satellite approach pro- cedures.
DSNA at the yearly World ATM Congress in Madrid.
JANE’S ATC AWARDS 2015 XMAN for flights to London Heathrow (Extended AMAN) 2016 Collaborative Advanced Planning (CAP) 2017 RWSL@CDG Integrated SESAR Trials for Enhanced Arrival Management (iStream) 2018 RECAT-EU@CDG & Le Bourget 2019 Triple, independent and parallel PBN approaches@CDG & Le Bourget (nominated) SINGLE EUROPEAN SKY AWARDS 2017 RNP Implementation Synchronised in Europe (RISE) - SESAR project Augmented Approach to Land (AAL) - SESAR project WAC Madrid 2018: DSNA and EUROCONTROL received a distinction for the RECAT-EU project Transition to ERATO at the Bordeaux ACC (honourable mention) implemented in Paris-CDG and Le Bourget, a 2019 Digital transformation in ATM: the B2B@NM services European first. This project served to optimise the separation between aircraft during approaches. AEFMP cooperation with Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia (honourable mention) INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY 35
DSNA IN THE DIGITAL ERA Coflight: flight trajectories in 4D.
BOLT A compact and modular platform, BOLT will be Coflight’s first roll-out. With BOLT, oper- atives will have access to extremely precise information regarding actual trajectories. The tool will be available in summer 2019 in DSNA portal, and will make it easier to anticipate the Orly curfew. It will also be used at the Reims ACC for assessing the XMAN procedure at several airports (p. 43) and will be gradually integrated into SALTO, the latest tool for FMPs. The knowledge and skills required to develop AERONAUTICAL INFORMATION COFLIGHT CLOUD SERVICES this area of expertise pave the way to new MANAGEMENT (AIM) DSNA and its Swiss counterpart, Skyguide, business areas, which themselves will need As part of its AIM program, DSNA has are trialling the use of a cloud service to qualified resources. To this end, SIA at Bor- launched its SEPIA project to facilitate the provide flight trajectory data remotely, deaux has upgraded certain business areas end-to-end digitisation of the aeronautical based on Coflight. This is a pioneering ini- to include experts in aeronautical data, data processing chain, and to ensure com- tiative for virtualised services in air traffic administration and management throughout pliance with European regulation on data control, which are at the heart of the vision the data’s entire life cycle. In an age where quality. The most advanced services in this advocated by the Airspace Architecture data is increasingly abundant and complex, program concern drones (SOFIA Drones), Study (p. 39). The first tests were carried proficiency in high-tech tools and new prod- flight preparation (SOFIA Briefing), and the out in 2018 between the Paris ACC (the ucts/associated services requires highly-nu- national Obstacles database. data provider) and the en-route centre at anced administration of aeronautical data. Geneva (the client). These tools and services will make it pos- DIGITALISED ADVANCED TOWER sible to meet any new requirements, by Before this new activity is implemented offering interactive and dynamic data dis- DSNA is gradually rolling out digital techno- however, an economic and legal framework plays in real-time that can be targeted by logical innovations that have been tested will need to be defined. user, similar to the smartphone maps that within the framework of the SESAR pro- are available to inform recreational drone DATA MANAGEMENT gram. These include the launch of an aug- users of airspace restrictions. BIG DATA@DSNA: DSNA is conducting mented video system for monitoring ground exploratory work into the field of big data movement in hidden areas at Orly airport, mining, with a view to developing busi- remote aerodrome inspections (evaluation of ness-specific application software and cen- the Miquelon aerodrome control service by tralised, secured and documented storage the air traffic controller at Saint-Pierre, and a solutions for data. Implementing this study in Cannes for the Quai du Large heli- approach would entail supporting current port), and the study of a remote tower centre analysis work and innovative data mining for multiple aerodromes. initiatives such as the FEAT project (p. 16). Each airport is unique, and therefore the The capability to grant rapid and easy appropriate studies must be carried out access to data is a major lever for optimis- before any such solutions may be imple- ing working methods. Nevertheless, rules mented. The digital transformation currently governing the sharing and provision of such taking place in European ATM also requires data must be set, as must rules protecting an in-depth understanding of the human fac- The aeronautical information can be accessed on sensitive or private data. tors at play. tablets or smartphones. DSNA ANNUAL REPORT 2018 36
In October 2018, the European Commission set up a Wise Persons Group. Amongst the recommendations given for a more efficient Single European Sky by 2035, the report highlighted the importance of the role of technical modernization in air traffic control, and the contribution of new innovative technologies.
DSNA IN THE DAYS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ATM STRATEGY FOR FRANCE
The SINAPS project developed by DSNA in partnership with ONERA as part of the SESAR program is a concrete example of the advanced use of artificial intelligence in ATM. It uses complex algorithms (including Machine Learning) to optimise the configu- ration of en-route control sectors. This theme is addressed in the Architecture Air- space Study (p. 39). A promising experiment was conducted in September 2018 at the Bordeaux ACC with the room manager and FMPs to assess the operational benefits in terms of time saved, contributions to decision-making and capacity optimisation. DSNA has signed an agreement with The chief initiatives will be the subject IATA (International Air Transport of a level 1 document, currently under Association) to develop, as part of a consultation, and will be detailed for well-established collaborative decision- closer supervision in a level 2 document. making process, a coordinated strategy This approach will make it possible to for: measure the impact of new ATM systems the organization and management of its on airlines during deployment, and to airspace, both upper and in the terminal provide any corrective actions necessary. area; So that this drive to optimise airspace the investments accompanying its and air traffic can benefit to all European modernization of air traffic citizens, IATA is seeking to replicate the management. same approach with Europe’s other main air navigation operators.
France’s airspace comprises 168 basic sectors, which may be optimised depending on the traffic characteristics. THE SINGLE EUROPEAN SKY DSNA ANNUAL REPORT 2018 38
THE SESAR PROGRAM
World ATM Congress 2018 / DSNA stand: the SESAR Walking Tours attract a lot of visitors. They are an opportunity to showcase the sheer variety of SESAR projects, whether they are still in the R&D phase or ready for deployment in Europe.
In a dynamic and efficient approach between user and developer, the Reims ACC deployed a dedicated tool called 4Me, connected to the B2B@NM services (EUROCONTROL). 4Me allows controllers The SESAR program, the technologi- In 2018, DSNA proposed a solution called to access services optimising the link cal pillar of the Single European Sky, the Basic Extended ATC Planning Solution between the pre-tactical phase (ATFCM) aims to modernise Europe’s air traffic (bEAP) to the SESAR JU, a public-private and real time (ATC). In the beginning, with management (ATM) system by devel- partnership. This solution is listed in the 4Me the controller is able to better take oping new operational concepts in a 2019 catalogue of SESAR solutions, in the account of regulatory STAM measures, and new-generation technological envi- section on Advanced Air Traffic Services. has access to Extended AMAN pre-se- ronment with coordinated standards. bEAP is the result of an operational evalu- quence information. As part of this, DSNA is pursuing ation conducted on Extended ATC Planning The bEAP solution is a basic version that seven key strategic objectives: (EAP) at the Reims ACC during SESAR 1 in will evolve to eventually incorporate more 2015, when the controllers incorporated 52 advanced functionality, as studied in SESAR 1 Safeguard its strategic, industrial of the suggested 55 regulatory measures 2020: decision-making aids, traffic simplifi- choices. known as Short Term ATFCM Measures cation algorithms, and dynamic airspace 2 Define the measures needed to (STAM), subsequently halving delays. management. implement Free Route in a high-den- sity airspace. 3 Promote its operational concepts based on close integration between the pre-tactical phase (ATFCM) and control (ATC). 4 Participate in the development of solutions for optimisation of flights arriving at saturated airports. 5 Develop the Virtual Centre service offering as part of Coflight Cloud Services. 6 Continue efforts to modernise con- trollers’ tools. 7 Incorporate drones in IFR traffic and develop management solutions for their operation in the airspace The 4Me tool, a multi-application portal for SWIM services for operations, is being gradually deployed (U-Space). in the 5 ACCs. THE SINGLE EUROPEAN SKY 39
THE IOP: A SOLUTION TO THE FRAGMENTATION OF EUROPEAN AIRSPACE
1 2 3
Hotspot
In 2018, DSNA led a SESAR demonstration on the interoperability (IOP) of technical systems between three sites: Toulouse, Langen and Rome (p. 34). In the event of adverse operational situations (for example, a hotspot generated by an attempt to bypass a storm cell 1 or by a direct route and delayed flight 2 ), the SESAR solution “IOP Flight Object” provides a better predictability and is able to use any dynamic airspace configuration. It also reliably detects conflicts and aids in their resolution 3 .
DEPLOYMENT
The operational implementation of SESAR projects is subject to financial support from the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), with funds of €2.5 billion. An initial functionality package resulting DEVELOPMENT from the work carried out in SESAR 1 was (SESAR 2020) identified in a 2014 European regulation called the Pilot Common Project (PCP), with This second development phase, launched deadlines stretching from 2018 to 2026. at the end of 2016, forms part of the “Hori- Projects directly associated with the PCP zon 2020” European program, which groups are managed via the SESAR Deployment together European Union funding for Manager (SDM). Other projects linked to the research and innovation. With €585 million, Single European Sky are managed with the it is able to keep ATM R&D activities running In 2018, the DSNA also participated in the INEA directly. until 2024. study of a new airspace architecture in Europe, the Airspace Architecture Study 2018 saw the following highlights: In the SESAR 2020 program, DSNA is (AAS), an initiative of the European Com- monitoring of CEF projects from 2014- involved in: mission entrusted to the SESAR JU. With- 2015-2016; approving 32 new SESAR solutions (DSNA out ATM modernization and without any the launch of 8 CEF projects from 2017 leader for SAFE projects assessing various new upgrades, air traffic delays in Europe with the SDM (joint funding of €29.8 mil- ground and airborne safety nets, and will continue to grow to unprecedented lion); ToBeFree on the Free Route); levels. This study, primarily focusing on the en-route phase, presents a vision of the enhanced monitoring of the SDM on three cross-disciplinary projects; Single European Sky that incorporates 4-FLIGHT programs (CEF 2014-2015) and the assessment of four large-scale pro- innovative technology. It is divided into three SYSAT (CEF 2014). jects (DSNA leader for the xStream pro- steps: deployment of cross-border Free ject: p. 40). Route spaces in 2025, virtualisation of ser- This contribution revolves around the fol- vices in 2030, and Trajectory Based Oper- lowing areas: trajectory, air traffic flow and ations in 2035. capacity management (ATFCM), Free Rout- DSNA’s strategic plan is an integral part of ing, air traffic control tools, optimised arrival the transformation program spearheaded management, airport security, Virtual Centre by the SESAR JU’s European ATM Master and traffic management with drones. Plan, and is complemented by this study. 30 co-funded DSNA projects DSNA ANNUAL REPORT 2018 40
NEW OPERATIONAL CONCEPTS
IMPROVING FLIGHT EFFICIENCY AND ARRIVAL CAPACITY AT PEAK HOURS
The xStream project (Cross-border Zurich, London and Frankfurt, testing The Paris ACC evaluated these two SESAR trials for enhanced arrival man- two complementary concepts - Target methods for flights arriving at Paris-CDG agement) led by DSNA involves 16 part- Times of Arrival (TTA) and cruising flow between May and October 2018. The Flow ners. Its purpose is to demonstrate management far ahead of the destination Management position (FMP) at the Paris improvements in terms of safety, the airport. ACC used a tool derived from the AMAN environment, and flight efficiency. Live (iAMAN) connected to EUROCONTROL’s trials have been conducted during peri- Network Manager, which enabled him to ods of heavy traffic at airports in Paris, predict arrival sequences.
BETTER ADAPTING TRAFFIC DEMAND TO LOCAL CONSTRAINTS The FMP and Paris ACC allocate flights have shown that, overall, ATFM delays a Target Time of Arrival (TTA) upon their on arrivals can be reduced by 5%. from European airports, so as departure Furthermore, with this procedure com- to optimise the arrival sequence at panies can notify the FMP of their priority Paris-CDG airport. The TTA is sent and flights, allowing the FMP to optimise the coordinated automatically with the Euro- arrival sequence accordingly (the Arrival pean Network Manager. Flexibility concept). The image opposite shows the iAMAN tool where flight AFR98MZ has been given a TTA of 09:37, improving its ATFM delay by 4 minutes. The results obtained
PRE-SEQUENCING FLIGHTS OUTSIDE OF FRANCE Reims The operational assessment covered Paris-CDG ACC
arrival flows coming from the South-East, Paris taking into account flights located up to ACC
350 NM (650 km) from Paris-CDG 30% (Extended AMAN). LFEE Zurich The Paris ACC FMP coordinates with the LFFFUJ LSAZ upstream control centres in Milan, LSAG Geneva and Zurich to reduce the speeds Current AMAN Geneva of certain cruising flights and smooth deadline 350 NM out traffic peaks arriving in the Paris Milan ACC’s UJ sector (shown in orange on the map) responsible for the tactical LIMM sequencing of arrivals to feed into the 40%
Paris TMA. 30% Extended AMAN deadline (E-AMAN) This procedure makes it possible to absorb delays into cruising altitudes. It reduces the distance covered by flights
arriving in the UJ sector, improving envi- This project has received funding from the SESAR Joint Undertaking under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation ronmental efficiency (reducing fuel con- program under grant agreement 734139.
sumption and CO2 emissions) while The Paris ACC sector where the traffic to Paris-CDG is sequenced optimising capacity in terminal sectors % Distribution of traffic flows thanks to better predictability. It ulti- mately reduces the approach controller’s workload in Paris TMA. CONSTRUCTION IN EUROPE 41
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
FAST-TRACKING DRONE INTEGRATION IN A SAFE SKY
DSNA is closely involved in the construc- DSNA’s vision is to create a new airspace In December 2018, DSNA launched a tion of U-space, which safely incorporates where manned and unmanned aircraft can call for partnerships to organise U-space drones without degrading capacity or evolve in a safe and effective manner. solutions that will improve drone man- compromising safety, the environment Exchange between services pass through agement in controlled airspaces, inte- and privacy. It supports new applications networks (such as the internet or aeronau- grate Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems for drones that take part in public interest tical network) and SWIM services. DSNA (RPAS) in civil traffic, and meet flight operations, such as search and rescue, promotes a collaborative and balanced safety, security and economic efficiency emergency services, and maritime surveil- approach that focuses on the needs of criteria. lance. drone operators.
Thanks to its experience, DSNA is a very active player on the international scene. It is heavily involved in European SESAR 2020 projects:
CORUS USIS PODIUM Concept of operations for European U-space Initial Services Providing Operation of Drones unmanned systems with Initial UTM Management This project, headed by EUROCONTROL, This project, led by Thales, involves 7 Four large-scale demonstrations are involves 9 partners. It aims to define oper- partners. It explores the services required planned for this project in 2019: in France ational concepts and flight rules for drones for drones, by experimenting with auto- (2 sites), Denmark and the Netherlands. at very low altitudes in uncontrolled Euro- mated aids for drone operators, in coor- These assessments will be carried out pean airspaces. dination with air traffic agencies. The across a wide range of operations (in con- main objective is to demonstrate that the trolled or uncontrolled airspace, in urban basic U-space services meet the needs and rural areas, near airports, and in for drone operations managed out of the mixed environments with manned air- operator’s view, regardless of the envi- craft), in which the operational conditions ronment. will be realistic. DSNA ANNUAL REPORT 2018 42
THE FAB EUROPE CENTRAL
NEFAB
Top 10 European airports in 2018 by IFR DK-SE traffic UK-Ireland FAB Source: EUROCONTROL FAB Baltic FAB AIRPORT TRAFFIC FAB FABEC Frankfurt 511,000 FABEC Amsterdam 505,000 FABEC FAB CE FABEC Paris-CDG 487,000 Danube UK-Ireland FAB London-Heathrow 477,000 FAB FABEC Munich 410,000 South South West FAB Madrid-Barajas 404,000 West FAB South West FAB Barcelona 330,000 BLUE BLUE MED FAB Rome-Fiumicino 307,000 MED FAB UK-Ireland FAB London-Gatwick 283,000 DK-SE FAB Copenhagen 169,000 The European PCP regulation identifies 15 major airports in the FABEC and FAB UK-Ireland for which flights that arrive at peak times may benefit from the XMAN (Extended AMAN) procedure.
France is involved with Germany, Switzer- land, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxem- bourg in the FAB Europe Central (FABEC), situated in the heart of Europe. The goal: to create a safer, more efficient airspace with greater capacity, offering more direct routes and optimised flight levels and trajectories, thereby allowing airline companies to operate more cost-effective and less pollut- ing flights. The close collaboration with mil- itary authorities is a crucial factor in achieving these performance objectives. 2018: PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE COMPLETED COMPLETED DSNA’s main challenges in the FABEC OF THE FABEC AND DSNA FABEC FABEC DSNA are similar to those of its national Safety: EoSM1 indicator strategy: “Safety” culture Level C Level D Level D 1 Airspace strategy: offer more direct Other objectives Level C Level D Level D routes in the upper airspace, Average ATFCM delay promote the French model of civil- under all circumstances military coordination, and optimise En-route 0.28 min. per flight 2.12 min. per flight 1.77 min. per flight the capacity for large European In terminal areas platforms such as Paris-CDG. (Objective defined by the state) 0.60 min. per flight 0.73 min. per flight 0.31 min. per flight 2 Develop joint performance objec- Environment tives. Horizontal Flight Efficiency (HFE)2 3.05% 3.25% 3.26%
3 Technical systems strategy: coordi- 1. Efficiency of Safety Management: a compulsory Europe-wide indicator assessing the maturity of the safety nate to ensure geographical continu- management systems in air navigation service providers. Scale: level A (0%), level B (25%), level C (50%), level D (75%), level E (100%). ity and harmonisation of SESAR 2. Horizontal Flight Efficiency: this indicator measures the difference between the length of the route actually deployments. taken and the shortest theoretical route. THE SINGLE EUROPEAN SKY 43
INTERFAB COOPERATION
The 9 FABs have teamed up around an initiative called InterFAB, a partnership of 31 countries that covers the same air- space, number of controlled flights per day and number of passengers car- ried as the whole of the United States. This initiative allows the FABs to better coordinate their operations, share expe- rience, and formulate common goals for the challenges they face together. It also allows them to better assert their posi- tions in the building of the Single Euro- pean Sky. Under the aegis of this partnership, work- shops and conferences are organised on critical topics for European air navigation.
AERONAUTICAL INFORMATION Traffic flows in Europe. In 2018, an agreement on data provision was reached between the SIA and its deemed very useful by the entire aeronau- infrastructure, technology, subsidiarity) and German counterpart to reduce data incon- tical community. its impact on the operational performance sistencies at the border. of ATM. The harmonisation of technical standards, interoperability of systems, emer- CONFERENCE SPACE RECOGNITION FOR FABEC gency systems, advanced coordination of AT THE WAC operations (CDM, CAP) and national sover- OUTSIDE OF EUROPE eignty were subjects at the heart of the At the World ATM Congress (WAC) held in The FABEC was awarded a prize by the debates. Madrid in March 2019, the FABEC OPS ATCA (Air Traffic Control Association) in The other conference addressed the Theatre hosted two InterFAB conferences Washington on 2 October 2018 for its inno- capacity crisis. Summer 2018 saw record led by experts from 5 FABs and the Network vative initiatives on the volatility of air traffic delays in Europe. Discussions revolved Manager. and the impact of very bad weather on air around the complex responsibility chain of traffic management in Europe. The work, One raised the question of fragmentation in each actor involved in the smooth running which continues to this day, has been the air traffic management system (airspace, of a flight, including the passenger.
Reims ACC: review on 31 December 2018 of the XMAN procedure applied to incoming flights to London-Heathrow and Zurich.
Average number of flights per month London-Heathrow Zurich
3,500
2,800
2,100
1,400
700
0 FABEC OPS Theatre at the World ATM Congress High season Low season High season Low season in Madrid.
Total number of ights to the airport transiting into the Reims UAC’s airspace Number of ights receiving speed regulation from the Reims ACC DSNA ANNUAL REPORT 2018 44
GLOSSARY
A D
ACC DSAC Area Control Centre National Supervisory Authority A-CDM Airport-Collaborative Decision E Making EAD ACNUSA European Aeronautical Database Airport Noise Control Authority EGNOS ADS European Geostationary Automatic Dependent Navigation Overlay System Lognes aerodrome Surveillance ENAC EASA National Academy for Civil European Aviation Safety Agency Aviation N S AIM ERATO N-VCS SDM Aeronautical Information En-Route Air Traffic Organiser New Voice Communication SESAR Deployment Manager Management System SESAR A-SMGCS F Single European Sky ATM Advanced-Surface Movement O Research Guidance and Control System FABEC ONERA SKYGUIDE ATCO (ICNA) Functional Airspace Block Europe Central The French Aerospace Lab Swiss Air Navigation Service Air Traffic Control Officer Provider FEAT ATFCM SNA Flight Efficiency Analysis Tool P Air Traffic Flow and Capacity Regional structure in charge of Management FIS PBN aerodrome and approach control Flight Information Sector ATM Performance Based Navigation SWIM Air Traffic Management FL PCP System Wide Information ATSEP (IESSA) Flight Level Pilot Common Project Management Air Traffic Safety Electronics FMP PENS SYSAT Personnel Flow Management Position Pan-European Network Services Program to modernise aerodrome and approach control systems in mainland B I R BOLT IATA RAT T Big data Operational Live International Air Transport Risk Analysis Tool Trajectory Association TMA RECAT-EU Terminal Manoeuvre Area IFR European wake vortex C Instrument Flight Rules Recategorisation TSEEAC Senior Civil Aviation Technician CAUTRA ILS RENAR-IP Automatic air traffic Instrument Landing System Air navigation network under coordination V INEA internet protocol CMCC Innovation and Networks RNAV VFR Military Coordination and Control Executive Agency Area Navigation Visual Flight Rules Centre RSTCA CPDLC L Air Traffic Terminal Charge W Controller-Pilot Data Link Communications LPV RWSL WAC Localiser Precision with Vertical RunWay Status Lights system World ATM Congress guidance 45
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AIR TRAFFIC
Monthly distribution of controlled IFR traffic in France — Source: DSNA Number of days with traffic > 10,000 flights per day — Source: DSNA
Days 330,000 125 310,000 290,000 100 270,000 250,000 75 230,000 210,000 50 190,000 170,000 25 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUNE JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
0 2018 2017 2008 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Traffic by operational unit or entity in 2018 and 2017/2018 variation — Source: DSNA
PARIS METROPOLITAN REGION SNA IFR VFR North ACC (Paris) 1,256,060 +1.2% Paris-CDG & Paris-Le Bourget 636,109 +1.0% 3,579 -11.4% Paris-Orly & General aviation 269,554 -0.2% 435,623 -4.3%
SOUTH-WEST REGION SNA IFR VFR South-West ACC (Bordeaux) 984,505 +1.6% South-West SNA 163,456 +0.4% 272,720 +2.1%
ACCs IFR South-East ACC (Marseille) 1,114,164 +2.0% View from the control tower at Mayotte terminal. West ACC (Brest) 1,086,876 +3.1% East ACC (Reims) 960,334 +4.3%
SNAs IFR VFR South-East SNA 255,005 +1.3% 212,081 -3.3% Center-East SNA 212,216 +4.0% 383,380 +8.9% South-South-East SNA 206,669 +2.1% 381,477 +0.5% North-East SNA 182,615 +2.1% 182,664 +8.0% South SNA 163,736 -3.9% 233,831 -0.2% West SNA 157,808 +1.7% 253,783 +3.4% North SNA 111,879 +3.7% 253,653 +0.8%
OVERSEAS IFR VFR West Indies-French Guyana SNA 107,142 -4.9% 73,310 -3.2% Indian Ocean SNA 27,701 +1.2% 29,823 +1.8% Saint-Pierre-and-Miquelon DSNA 2,230 +7.1% 2,180 -5.0%
IFR flights: aircraft flying under instrument flight rules (commercial flights, business aircraft…) VFR flights: aircraft flying under visual flight rules (light aircraft) DSNA ANNUAL REPORT 2018 46
AIR NAVIGATION SAFETY & PUBLIC SERVICE
Runway incursions in France — Source: DSNA
Number of incursions 240 100%
210 100% 100% 100% 100% 180
150
120
90 43% 43% 60 41% 36% 27% 30 8% 6% 0 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Proportion of events linked to air navigation Proportion of events judged as serious linked to air navigation
Delay caused by air traffic regulations — Source: DSNA Breakdown of causes of ATFCM delay — Source: DSNA
In million In minutes / per flight 3.2 In minutes 1.94 min/flight
3.1 3.0 6,000,000
3.0 2.5 5,000,000
2.9 2.0 4,000,000
Flights 2.8 1.5 3,000,000
2.7 1.0 2,000,000 Average ATFCM delay per ight 2.6 0.5 1,000,000
2.5 0 0 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 ATFCM delay due to aerodrome & approach control ATFCM delay due to en-route control 47
HUMAN & COLLECTIVE
Breakdown by body in 2018
Other ATCO sta 16% TSEEAC (1,214) 15% (1,138) 51% (3,739) 18% (1,318) ATSEP
TOTAL 7,409 people Paris-CDG: a controller in training on a simulator.
Provisional management of technical staff — Source: DSNA
150
120
90
60
30
0 New hires Retired New hires Retired New hires Retired
ATCO ATSEP TSEEAC 2017 2018
COMPETITIVENESS & CUSTOMER SERVICE
Revenue other than air navigation fees
52.5 M€ 49 M€ 40 M€ 41 M€
35 M€
21 M€ 17.5 M€ 13 M€ 10 M€
0 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 DSNA ANNUAL REPORT 2018 48
DIRECTORATE FOR AIR NAVIGATION SERVICES (DSNA)
Organization chart from 1 May 2019
DIRECTOR FOR AIR NAVIGATION SERVICES Maurice GEORGES Deputy Jean-Renaud GELY
CABINET PROGRAM DIRECTORS Director FABEC 4-FLIGHT Didier SERRANO Robert ANTON Yannick MESTON Technical Advisor SESAR Coflight François RICHARD-BÔLE Patrick SOUCHU Guillaume RAMONET CDM CAUTRA/4-FLIGHT transition Erwan PAGE Guy VILQUIN ADVISORS GNSS & PBN SYSAT Management of Benoît ROTURIER Pierre-Yvon MOAL technical modernization AIM Data Link Damien FIGAROL J-M. FERNANDEZ de GRADO Sylvie CHAMBON Scientific and industrial Innovation Management information systems Dominique STAMMLER Stéphane CHATTY Franck MONTEIL Overseas New ATM services Pascal SÉNARD Antoine MARTIN
HEADQUARTERS DIRECTORATE DIRECTORATE FOR TECHNICS OF OPERATIONS (DO) AND INNOVATION (DTI) Director Director Éric BRUNEAU Chistophe ROUQUIÉ
PLANNING HUMAN RESOURCES FINANCE MISSION FOR SAFETY, QUALITY ENVIRONMENT AND STRATEGY SUB-DIRECTORATE SUB-DIRECTORATE AND SECURITY MANAGEMENT MISSION SUB-DIRECTORATE (SDPS) (SDRH) (SDFI) (MSQS) (ME) Sub-Director Sub-Director Sub-Director Head of Mission Head of Mission Philippe BARNOLA Jérôme MEYER Patrick ROUX Loïc ROBIN Alain BOURGIN Deputies DEPARTMENT FOR THE Advisors Deputy Feedback Program Axelle BARRAU MANAGEMENT OF Blande CHABROL Stéphane DEHARVENGT Manager Marc TENENBAUM AIR NAVIGATION Marie-Christine FOURNIER Officer for security Vincent BACHELIER Nathalie PETIT SEARCH AND RESCUE TECHNICAL BODIES Marc SALTON PARIS DEPARTMENT Sylvain RICQ FEES AND MANAGEMENT INTERNAL AUDITING AND REGION DIVISION CDT Olivier ROUQUET Deputy CONTROL DEPARTMENT CERTIFICATION DIVISION Philippe TRASSART Christian BADOCHE Édouard GAUCI N. ACTION PLAN, SERVICE Deputy DEPARTMENT FOR THE REGULATORY QUALITY AND Laurent BRUNEL TRAINING OF COMPLIANCE COMMUNICATION DIVISION AIR NAVIGATION DEPARTMENT FOR ASSURANCE DIVISION Sébastien BOMONT TECHNICAL BODIES EXPENSES AND REVENUE Pierre CHEVASSON ANALYSIS, METHODS AND Gwénaël LAURAIN EXCLUDING FEES PERFORMANCE TOOLS DIVISION Édith TARTRY COLLECTIVE MANAGEMENT ASSURANCE DIVISION Didier MARTIN DEPARTMENT Hervé FORESTIER Emmanuel BOURDON SYSTEMS SAFETY DIVISION Elisabeth LEFÈBVRE
DIRECTION DES SERVICES DE LA NAVIGATION AÉRIENNE 50, rue Henry Farman 75015 Paris SDRH is located at the Athis-Mons site 49
DIRECTORATE OF OPERATIONS (DO)
Organization chart from 1 May 2019
DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS Éric BRUNEAU Operational Deputy Geoffroy VILLE Paris Region Deputy Julien PRIEUR Resources Deputy Antonio DI PALO
SAFETY AND PARIS REGION SOUTH-WEST BREST ACC WEST SNA (NANTES) PERFORMANCE AIRNAVIGATION SERVICES AIR NAVIGATION Emmanuel JACQUEMIN Frédéric DANTZER DEPARTMENT (ATHIS-MONS) SERVICES (BORDEAUX) REIMS ACC NORTH SNA (LILLE) Fanny TEJEDOR Julien PRIEUR Gilles PERBOST Deputy Deputy Deputy Philippe BASSOT Alexandre CROZAT Olivier TEYSSANDIER Marc LE MOUEL Estelle LE GUILCHER Deputy NORTH-EAST SNA Nicolas BOULAY AIRSPACE DEPARTMENT General Secretary General secretary (STRASBOURG) Nizar CHAFFAI Sylvie PLACIER MARSEILLE ACC René FEILLET Claude MIQUEL Deputy PARIS ACC (ATHIS-MONS) BORDEAUX ACC Pierre OUTREY CENTRE-EAST SNA (LYON) Sarah DE MAZANCOURT Julien PRIEUR Gilles PERBOST Deputy Simon BESSE Lionel BANÈGE INFRASTRUCTURE, PARIS-CDG AND LE SOUTH-WEST SNA SOUTH-EAST SNA (NICE) SYSTEMS AND TECHNICAL BOURGET CONTROL UNITS Estelle LE GUILCHER Pascal AVON PLANNING N. DEPARTMENT AERONAUTICAL SOUTH-SOUTH-EAST SNA Deputy INFORMATION SERVICE (SIA) (MARSEILLE) Francis BRETON Guillaume BLANDEL Deputy Philippe PUSSET Francis PREUX PARIS-ORLY CONTROL UNIT Etienne GUÉRIN AND GENERAL AVIATION CENTRAL AIR NAVIGATION SOUTH SNA (TOULOUSE) SYSTEMS OPERATION FINANCE UNIT François-Dominique DIOT Stéphane LE FOLL CENTRE (CESNAC) Christian MIGNOT Antoine GRELET WEST INDIES-GUYANA SNA HR UNIT (FORT-DE-FRANCE) Hervé BRIAND Jérôme JOURNET INDIAN OCEAN SNA (SAINT-DENIS) Sabine DELPIERRE SAINT-PIERRE-AND- MIQUELON DSNA Benoît GOSSET
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DIRECTORATE FOR TECHNICS AND INNOVATION (DTI)
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TECHNICAL AND INNOVATION DIRECTOR Christophe ROUQUIÉ Executive Deputy Jean-Marc FERNANDEZ DE GRADO Strategy and HR Deputy Alain POUECH
COMMUNICATION UNIT INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT Michel BONINI SYSTEM MISSION Laëtitia REDER EUROPE MISSION PROJECT MANAGERS Christine BAILLEUL 4-FLIGHT Christophe BERTHELÉ Nathalie FAVRE-FELIX Liliane CAPDEVIELLE-ADÈS Stéphane JOUCLA Christine LASSERRE Jean-Luc FOURNIER Jean-Luc LAY Frédéric LECAT Véronique MELET Hervé LESPINASSE Cécile MOURA Jean-Marc LOSCOS Business Change Manager Isabelle LUXEMBOURG Emmanuèle POULAIN PROJECT MISSION SESAR Patrice ROBERT Jérôme PATOUREAUX TRAINING MISSION SWIM Guy POTIRON Stéphane SERABIAN SYSAT Sylvain BAZIN
TECHNICAL DEPARTMENTS SUPPORT DEPARTMENT
EUROPEAN AND SYSTEM AIR TRAFFIC COMMUNICATION, DEPLOYMENT GENERAL SUPPORT INNOVATION OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT NAVIGATION AND AND OPERATIONAL (SG) STUDIES REQUIREMENTS SYSTEMS SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS SUPPORT Manager (EEI) (EOS) (ATM) (CNS) (DSO) Gabrielle PARIZE Manager Manager Manager Manager Manager Deputy Jean-Louis GARCIA Guy BAUVET Stéphane RICCI Philippe KERLIRZIN Isabelle FAISANT Pierre LENGUIN Deputy Deputy Deputy Deputy Deputy Jean-Luc DRAPIER Jean-Pierre PORTE Véronique LAVAL Eric COUDRIER N.
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