1. Introduction
This Operational Readiness Test Guide outlines the scope, procedures and schedule of activities for the Operational Testing of New FPLs associated with Amendment 1 to PANS-ATM.
The “Operational Readiness Test” for the new ICAO FPL 2012 Format (FPL) and its associated messages (DLA, CNL, CHG) will take place on October 23rd between 08:00 UTC and 12:00 UTC.
Note: Early filing of the flight plans is permissible.
2. Scope
The testing activities described in this document are intended to address the flight planning changes introduced as a result of Amendment 1 to PANS-ATM, ICAO Doc 4444.
This document describes only the testing activities involving airspace users.
3. Co-ordination
Overall co-ordination of 2012 testing activities will be achieved via the ICAO secretariat of the INFPL STG.
All testing results and experience will be shared with the INFPL STG participants.
4. Documentation
There are five main reference documents for testing purposes:
ICAO FITS website http://www2.icao.int/en/FITS/Pages/home.aspx ICAO SL 13/2.1-08/50 and SL AN 13/2.1-09/09 MID Test Scripts ICAO EUR Guidance for the provision of NAV/COM/SUR Information in the New Flight Plan IATA Information Paper on 2012 FPL
These documents are available on the ICAO web-page http://www.icao.int/mid/pages/default.aspx.
5. Objectives a) Demonstrate the new software functionality; b) Enable the new functionality to be tested; c) Enable familiarization of ATCO/Pilots with the new functionality. d) Demonstrate the ability of ATC Units to correctly identify and validate New format flight plan and associated messages; e) Demonstrate the ability of flight plan originators to create New format flight plan and associated messages;
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6. Test Schedules a) Test Scenario #1: Normal Flight Plan
ANSP Airlines Involved Number of FPLs / Airline Bahrain 1. Gulf Air 10 Egypt 2. Qatar Airways 10 Jordan 3. Emirates 10 Lebanon 4. Etihad 10 Qatar 5. Royal Jordanian 10 UAE 6. Egypt Air 10 Sheikh Zayed Center (ACC) 7. Oman Air 10 DANS 8. Kuwait Airways 10 ADAC 9. Saudi Airlines 10 Oman 10. Iran Air 10 Kuwait 11. Iran Aseman 10 Saudi Arabia 12. Kish Air 10 Libya 13. Mahan Air 10 Syria 14. Royal Air Maroc 10 Yemen 15. Tunis Air 10 Iraq 16. Bahrain Air 10 Iran 17. Nouvelair 10 Sudan 18. Air Algerie 10 19. Almasria Airlines 10 20. Middle East 10 Airlines 10 21. Syrian Air 10 22. Yemenia 10 23. Libyan Airlines 10 24. Afriqiyeh 10 25. Jordan Aviation 10 26. DHL 10 27. Jazeera Airways 10 28. Sudan Airways 10
b) Test Scenario #2: Delay Messages
ANSP Airlines Involved Number of FPLs / Airline Bahrain 1. Gulf Air 10 Egypt 2. Qatar Airways 10 Jordan 3. Emirates 10 Lebanon 4. Etihad 10 Qatar 5. Royal Jordanian 10 UAE 6. Egypt Air 10 Sheikh Zayed Center (ACC) 7. Oman Air 10 DANS 8. Kuwait Airways 10 ADAC 9. Saudi Airlines 10 Oman 10. Iran Air 10 Kuwait 11. Iran Aseman 10 Saudi Arabia 12. Kish Air 10 Libya 13. Mahan Air 10 Syria 14. Royal Air Maroc 10 Yemen 15. Tunis Air 10 Iraq 16. Bahrain Air 10 Iran 17. Nouvelair 10
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Sudan 18. Air Algerie 10 19. Almasria Airlines 10 20. Middle East 10 Airlines 10 21. Syrian Air 10 22. Yemenia 10 23. Libyan Airlines 10 24. Afriqiyeh 10 25. Jordan Aviation 10 26. DHL 10 27. Jazeera Airways 10 28. Sudan Airways 10
c) Test Scenario #3: Change message
ANSP Airlines Involved Number of FPLs / Airline Bahrain 1. Gulf Air 50 Egypt 2. Qatar Airways 50 Jordan 3. Emirates 50 Lebanon 4. Etihad 50 Qatar 5. Royal Jordanian 50 UAE 6. Egypt Air 50 Sheikh Zayed Center (ACC) 7. Oman Air 50 DANS 8. Kuwait Airways 50 ADAC 9. Saudi Airlines 50 Oman 10. Iran Air 50 Kuwait 11. Iran Aseman 50 Saudi Arabia 12. Kish Air 50 Libya 13. Mahan Air 50 Syria 14. Royal Air Maroc 50 Yemen 15. Tunis Air 50 Iraq 16. Bahrain Air 50 Iran 17. Nouvelair 50 Sudan 18. Air Algerie 50 19. Almasria Airlines 50 20. Middle East 50 Airlines 50 21. Syrian Air 50 22. Yemenia 50 23. Libyan Airlines 50 24. Afriqiyeh 50 25. Jordan Aviation 50 26. DHL 50 27. Jazeera Airways 50 28. Sudan Airways 50
d) Test Scenario #4: Cancel Message
ANSP Airlines Involved Number of FPLs / Airline Bahrain 1. Gulf Air 10 Egypt 2. Qatar Airways 10 Jordan 3. Emirates 10 Lebanon 4. Etihad 10 Qatar 5. Royal Jordanian 10
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UAE 6. Egypt Air 10 Sheikh Zayed Center (ACC) 7. Oman Air 10 DANS 8. Kuwait Airways 10 ADAC 9. Saudi Airlines 10 Oman 10. Iran Air 10 Kuwait 11. Iran Aseman 10 Saudi Arabia 12. Kish Air 10 Libya 13. Mahan Air 10 Syria 14. Royal Air Maroc 10 Yemen 15. Tunis Air 10 Iraq 16. Bahrain Air 10 Iran 17. Nouvelair 10 Sudan 18. Air Algerie 10 19. Almasria Airlines 10 20. Middle East 10 Airlines 10 21. Syrian Air 10 22. Yemenia 10 23. Libyan Airlines 10 24. Afriqiyeh 10 25. Jordan Aviation 10 26. DHL 10 27. Jazeera Airways 10 28. Sudan Airways 10
Note: The no. of flight plans are estimates and subject to airlines ability to file them on the day of test.
7. Operational Readiness Test Configuration and Set-up
Flight plans should be addressed to all participating ANSPs irrespective if they fly through the FIR or not
7.1 Test Flight Plans Identification
Test flight plans should be clearly identifiable so that Operators and recipient addressees can quickly identify them as such and identify their source.
The following call-sign logic is proposed: a) Firstly: ICAO three letter designator of the AO b) Followed by: a two digit reference number c) Followed by: the 2 letters 'XX', ‘YY’ and/or ‘ZZ’
E.g. RJA01XX Test FPL from Royal Jordanian Airlines, ETD22YY Test FPL from Etihad etc. etc.
By following this rule test messages should not accidentally associate to either operational messages copied from the operational system or to other test messages.
7.2 Test Purpose Indication
An indication has to be made in Field 18 of the feature being tested e.g. RMK/INFPL TEST.
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7.3 Test Addresses
Test messages should be sent using the following AFTN addresses;
AFTN ANSP Address: a) Bahrain: OBBBZQZX OBBIZQZX b) Egypt: HECCZQZX HEZZNTXX c) Jordan: OJAIFPLX d) Lebanon: OLBAZPZX e) Qatar: OTBDNFPL f) UAE SZC: OMAENFPL g) Dubai DANS: OMDBZPZA OMDWZAZX OMDBTEST h) Abu Dhabi ADAC: MAAZPZX OMAEAUHY i) Oman j) Kuwait k) Saudi Arabia l) Libya m) Syria n) Yemen o) Iraq p) Iran q) Sudan
AFTN Airline Originator Address
a) Royal Jordanian: OJIFRJAO b) Gulf Air: OBBIZKZX c) Qatar Airways: OTBDZPZX d) Etihad: EDDFETDX e) Emirates: OMDBUAEK f) Egypt Air: g) Oman Air h) Kuwait Airways i) Saudi Airlines j) Iran Air k) Iran Aseman l) Kish Air m) Mahan Air n) Royal Air Maroc o) Tunis Air p) Bahrain Air q) Nouvelair r) Air Algerie s) Almasria Airlines t) Middle East Airlines u) Syrian Air v) Yemenia w) Libyan Airlines x) Afriqiyeh: N/A y) Jordan Aviation z) DHL MID INFPL TEST Version 3 5
aa) Jazeera Airways: KHDQJZRR bb) Sudan Airways
7.4 Contacts
ANSP Point of Contact Phone E-Mail Jordan CARC Mona An-naddaf +962 6 488 1473 [email protected] Bahrain AIS Salah Moh’d Alhumood +973 173 21180 [email protected] Egypt mahmoud mohamed aly +201006851155 [email protected] Nasreldin ali +20100 1148968 [email protected] Moatassem Billah +20100 1695252 [email protected] Qatar Mr. Saradha or Mr. +974 44 656 220 [email protected] Tharian [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Lebanon AIS Elie El Khoury +961 1 629 026 [email protected] U.A.E. SZC Hamad Rashid Al Belushi +971 2 599 6633 [email protected] Muayyed Al Tenaiji +971506164350 [email protected] Dubai DANS Reginy Eulenstein +971 4 216 1380 [email protected] Abu Dhabi ADAC Abdul Rahman Al [email protected] Obaidli [email protected] Khalid M. Al Reyaisy
Oman
Kuwait
Saudi Arabia
Libya
Syria Hasan Qutauni 00963932886283 [email protected]
Yemen
Iraq
Iran
Sudan
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Airline Point of Contact Phone E-Mail Qatar Airways Ndiwa Wachina +974 44 629 791 [email protected] Gulf Air Peter Green +973 17 33 8081 [email protected] Etihad Anton Perera +971 2 511 1273 [email protected] Roshanta Sampath +971 2 511 2269 [email protected] Nuwan Perera +971 2 511 1281 [email protected] Gareth Edwards, [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
Emirates Ekkehard Gutt +971 4 708 4304 [email protected] Royal Jordanian Suhail Obeidat +962 (6) 4793594 [email protected] Egypt Air Hazem shams +202 2267 9200 [email protected] +20122 2354899 Oman Air Kuwait Airways Saudi Airlines Iran Air Iran Aseman Kish Air Mahan Air Royal Air Maroc Tunis Air Bahrain Air Nouvelair Air Algerie Almasria Airlines Middle East Airlines Syrian Air Yemenia Libyan Airlines Afriqiyeh Jammal Bentahyah +218913666450 [email protected] Marwan Elshebli +218919236080 [email protected] Walid Gheth +218918801233 [email protected] +218912102199 Jordan Aviation DHL Jazeera Airways PRABATH 00965 99091161 [email protected]
7.4 Test Scenarios
During the ICAO FPL 2012 “Operational Readiness Test” it is emphasized that a high number of Flight Plans in the new ICAO FPL format shall be transmitted and processed to the dedicated AFTN addresses of the associated Air Navigation Service Providers (chapter 7.3 refers). This also includes the processing of the FPL associated messages, such as DLA, CNL, and CHG.
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Test scenarios with faulty insertions/content shall also be considered during this test in order to analyze, how the systems process/reject/react to these corrupt FPL-messages.
Every Airline should explicitly store these faulty FPLs and FPL associated messages separately and review the scenario together with the appropriate ANSPs during the follow-up session.
The ANSPs should be aware of the transmission of faulty FPLs and FPL-associated messages and shall activate a protocol in regards to the processing/non-processing of these messages.
The GAP between Scenarios is 10 Minutes
The FPL will be kept within the participating entities.
7.5 Feedback Process
The ATC Unit will notify the AO with the acceptance or rejection of the generated FPL ; indicating the errors, This will be done through an email including the full analysis.
- Attached also Message Flow
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