Twenty-Seventh Meeting of the Cross Polar Trans East Air Traffic Management Providers’ Work Group (CPWG/27) (Singapore, 22 – 24 October 2019)
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CPWG/27 WP/10 22/10/2019 Twenty-Seventh Meeting of the Cross Polar Trans East Air Traffic Management Providers’ Work Group (CPWG/27) (Singapore, 22 – 24 October 2019) Agenda Item 4: Summary of Pertinent Issues from the ANSPs Meeting and other relevant meetings Summary of Discussions Route Development Group – East (Presented by the United States) Summary This working paper presents information on the thirty-first meeting of the Route Development Group – Eastern Part of the ICAO EUR Region (RDGE/31) was held in the ICAO EUR/NAT Office in Paris, France, from 9 to 13 September 2019 1. Introduction 1.1. The Route Development Group (RDGE) works on matters related to ATS route planning and implementation, as well as airspace improvement projects in the Eastern part of the ICAO European Region. 1.2. The RDGE-E meets bi-annually and consists of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Sweden, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, EUROCONTROL, IAC, IBAC and IATA. For specific coordination matters, any other State within the ICAO EUR Region may also be invited to participate at the RDGE. Other relevant stakeholders may also be invited to participate as observers. 1.3 With regard to specific regional coordination matters the following adjacent States will also be invited: Afghanistan, Canada, China, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Syrian Arab Republic and the United States. Note: The Cross Polar Working Group (CPWG) could also be invited to participate on specific issues related to ATS route planning and implementation in the Far East Area of the ICAO EUR Region. CPWG/27 WP/10 22/10/2019 1.4 The RDGE has four subgroups: a) Baltic area and its interface; b) Black Sea and South Caucasus area and its interface; c) Middle Asia area and its interface; and d) Far East area and its interface. These subgroups meet concurrently to discuss previously proposed and new ATS route proposals and agree on actions and deadlines for their execution to enable the States to continue coordination on a bilateral or multilateral basis between the meetings. The actions and deadlines agreed are reflected in the RDGE ATS Route Catalogue. 1.5 The CPWG, as part of an agreement with the ICAO EURNAT Office in 2012, provides papers at each RDGE meeting on recent activities and one on the latest State ATM ATS Route Catalogue presented at each CPWG meeting to increase communication and coordination between the two groups. 2. Discussion 2.1. Attached are the draft Summary of Discussion for your information. 2.2 The ICAO EURNAT Office would like to note paragraph 5.24 in the report where Jeppesen raised a point that there would be considerable benefits that could be envisaged if the new ATS Route P170 NETRI-SUBEK could be connected to the Fukuoka FIR boundary. CPWG/27 WP/10 22/10/2019 2.3 The connection of P170 (SUBEK) to the Fukuoka FIR boundary NIPPI (R220) and OMOTO (R580) would create more options for westbound trans-Pacific flights. The Anchorage ARTCC (ZAN) currently allows operators to plan user-preferred/random routings to these points if the flights can reach FL380 or above by 180E and the connection to the NOPAC routes would be highly interesting for airspace users. It was agreed to present this proposal to the next CPWG meeting and to coordinate with JCAB the implementation possibilities. 3. Action by the Meeting 3.1. The Meeting is invited to: a. review the route proposal from the RDGE/31 meeting; and b. provide response to ICAO EURNAT Regional Office. RDGE/31 D RAFT SUMMARY OF DISCUSSIONS OF THE ROUTE DEVELOPMENT GROUP – EASTERN PART OF THE ICAO EUR REGION THIRTY-FIRST MEETING (Paris, France, 9 to 13 September 2019) 1. Introduction 1.1 The thirty-first meeting of the Route Development Group – Eastern Part of the ICAO EUR Region (RDGE/31) was held in the ICAO EUR/NAT Office in Paris, France, from 9 to 13 September 2019. 1.2 Mr. Evgeni Tavadze of Georgia presided over the meeting and Mr. Sven Halle, from the ICAO Europe and North Atlantic (EUR/NAT) Office, served as Secretary. He was supported by Mr. Abbas Niknejad, Ms. Isabelle Hofstetter and Ms. Patricia Cuff, from the ICAO Europe and North Atlantic (EUR/NAT) Office. The language support to this meeting and during the working group sessions was provided by several delegates. 1.3 68 participants attended the meeting from 27 States, 2 international organizations and 2 Computer Flight Plan Software Providers (CFSP). The RDGE was attended by delegations from P.R. China, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Israel and the United States. The delegation from I. R. Iran registered for the event but eventually could not participate. The list of participants is at Appendix A. The full contacts list is available separately on the RDGE site on the ICAO Secure Portal. 1.4 The opportunity of the meeting was also taken to hold specific side-meetings on contingency matters and airspace improvements in the “Eastern Mediterranean EUR/MID interface area” (which was attended by Cyprus, Greece, Israel, EUROCONTROL and IATA) and on the interface area between Turkey, Iraq and I.R. Iran (which was attended by Turkey, Iraq, Bulgaria, EUROCONTROL and IATA). 1.5 The Summary of Discussions (SoD) from the RDGE/30 meeting, which was sent out for comments on 24 June 2019, was reviewed in detail and updated. The RDGE/31 approved the commented version including all the Appendices in the plenary session. The endorsed version of the RDGE/30 SoD was afterwards posted on the ICAO EUR/NAT RDGE portal. 2. Adoption of the Agenda 2.1 At its opening session, the RDGE adopted the following agenda: Agenda Item 1: Report on activities since RDGE/30 and follow-up actions; Under this Agenda Item, the Group will consider issues of interest for its work, inter alia: a) review and approval of the RDGE/30 Summary of Discussions; b) report from the Secretariat on significant international aviation developments; c) report from EUROCONTROL on related activities (e.g. RNDSG); d) presentation of the Cross Polar Working Group (CPWG) activities; e) report on current or planned implementations of airspace projects (i.e. Free Route Airspace, major airspace changes); RDGE31_SoD_Draft_v190930.docx DraftSeptember 2019 2 RDGE/31 – Summary of Discussions 2 f) report from States; highlighting ATS route developments and activities (including the measuring and reporting of environmental benefits from these operational improvements), as well as needs and problems which need to be addressed by the Group. Agenda Item 2: Report on Actions taken on RDGE Action Plan; Under this Agenda Item, the Secretariat, States and International Organisations concerned will provide updates on actions taken based on the RDGE Action Plan. Agenda Item 3: Proposals for improvements of ATS route network in the Eastern Part of the Region; Under this Agenda Item, the Group will: a) be presented with evaluations of existing and new proposals from the Subgroups: - Baltic Sea Area and Interface - Black Sea and Caucasus Area and Interface - Middle Asia Area and Interface - Far East Area and Interface Under this Agenda Item, the RDGE working groups will: b) review and update existing proposals in RDGE ATS Route Catalogue; and c) incorporate new proposals into the RDGE ATS Route Catalogue. Agenda Item 4: Any other business. Under this Agenda Item, the RDGE will discuss AOBs and preparations for the future meetings. 2.2 The list of documentation reviewed by the Meeting is in Appendix B. 3. Report on activities since RDGE/30 and follow-up actions Report from Secretariat on significant international aviation developments 3.1 For reference purposes, the RDGE was presented with the Terms of Reference, Composition, Structure, Task List and Working Procedures that was approved by the EANPG59 RASG-EUR06 meeting in November 2017. 3.2 The RDGE was informed about recent significant international aviation developments and took note of the amendments to the ICAO Annexes and PANS that had been adopted since the last RDGE as well as the proposed amendments to ICAO Annexes. The meeting also noted the considerable number of circular/individual State Letters and Electronic Bulletins which were issued since the last meeting. Report from EUROCONTROL on activities from RNDSG 3.3 The RDGE was provided with detailed information concerning the activities of the Route Network Development Subgroup (RNDSG) which, based on an EANPG invitation (EANPG conclusions 35/2 and 36/2), organises and carries out the necessary coordination of planning and implementation activities for improving the ATS route network in the European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) area of the ICAO EUR Region. As result of the above invitation and in the execution of the EU Regulation No 677/2011 of 7 July 2011, which amended EU Regulation No 691/2010, Annex I - The European Route Network Design (ERND) Function, Part A-Objective 1(c), the Route Network Development Subgroup (RNDSG) of the Network Operations Team (NETOPS) has developed a number of activities aimed at improving the ECAC ATS route network and airspace structure as well as ensuring regional interconnectivity and interoperability of the European route network within the ICAO EUR Region and with adjacent ICAO Regions. 3.4 The RDGE was informed on activities related to the European Route Network Improvement Plan (ERNIP) Part 2, ARN Version. The objective of the ARN Version as part of the ERNIP is the RDGE31_SoD_Draft_v190930.docx DraftSeptember 2019 3 RDGE/31 – Summary of Discussions 3 enhancement of European ATM capacity, flight efficiency and environmental performance through the development and implementation of an improved ATS route network, Free Route Airspace and TMA system structures supported by corresponding improvements to the airspace structure and the optimal utilisation rules of both in the ECAC area.