EANPG/51 - REPORT REPORT OF THE FIFTY-FIRST MEETING OF THE EUROPEAN AIR NAVIGATION PLANNING GROUP (Paris, 1 to 3 December 2009) PREPARED BY THE EUROPEAN AND NORTH ATLANTIC OFFICE OF ICAO DECEMBER 2009 THE DESIGNATIONS AND THE PRESENTATION OF MATERIAL IN THIS PUBLICATION DO NOT IMPLY THE EXPRESSION OF ANY OPINION WHATSOEVER ON THE PART OF ICAO CONCERNING THE LEGAL STATUS OF ANY COUNTRY, TERRITORY, CITY OR AREA OF ITS AUTHORITIES, OR CONCERNING THE DELIMITATION OF ITS FRONTIERS OR BOUNDARIES. i European Air Navigation Planning Group i TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF CONCLUSIONS ........................................................................................................................................... iii LIST OF DECISIONS ........................................................................................................................................... iv LIST OF STATEMENTS ........................................................................................................................................... iv 0. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................ 1 Place and duration .............................................................................................................................................. 1 Attendance ......................................................................................................................................................... 1 Officers and Secretariat ..................................................................................................................................... 1 Conclusion, Decisions and Statements .............................................................................................................. 1 Agenda ............................................................................................................................................................... 1 1. REVIEW OF SIGNIFICANT INTERNATIONAL AVIATION DEVELOPMENTS .............................................. 3 Civil/Military Cooperation ................................................................................................................................ 3 Activities of NATMC ........................................................................................................................................ 3 Single European Sky .......................................................................................................................................... 3 ICAO Policy on Regional Cooperation ............................................................................................................. 3 ICAO High Level Safety Conference ................................................................................................................ 4 Preparations for the Assembly ........................................................................................................................... 4 Service Provision in Tbilisi Flight Information Region ..................................................................................... 4 Standardised lay-out for Air Operator Certificate .............................................................................................. 4 Implementation of RVSM in the Eastern part of the ICAO European Region (EURASIA RVSM) ................. 4 2. PREVIOUS EANPG FOLLOW UP .......................................................................................................................... 5 Review of the actions of the ANC on the Report of EANPG/50 ....................................................................... 5 3. AVIATION SAFETY ............................................................................................................................................ 6 ICAO ECAC States ATM Safety Framework Monitoring ................................................................................ 6 EUROCONTROL Development of ATM Safety Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) ..................................... 7 Review of other safety-related activities ............................................................................................................ 7 4. PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES ................................................................................................... 8 4.1 Management of the European Air Navigation Plan ........................................................................................... 8 Establishment of FAB ........................................................................................................................................ 8 4.2 Proposals for amendments of ICAO provisions................................................................................................. 9 Flexible Use of Airspace .................................................................................................................................... 9 Activities of the Regional Director .............................................................................................................. 9 EUR/ANP Progress.......................................................................................................................................... 10 Aircraft identification ...................................................................................................................................... 14 4.3 Air Traffic Management .................................................................................................................................. 16 Limit of a vector .............................................................................................................................................. 16 4.4 Communication, Navigation and Surveillance ................................................................................................ 17 Aeronautical Frequency Spectrum Management ............................................................................................. 17 ICAO WRC-12 Position............................................................................................................................. 17 Data Link Frequency Spectrum .................................................................................................................. 18 8.33 kHz VHF channel spacing implementation programme .......................................................................... 19 Frequency Usage Improvements ...................................................................................................................... 19 Designated Operational Coverage (DOC) .................................................................................................. 20 Re-use of emergency channel guard bands ................................................................................................ 20 Best practices in frequency assignments usage at National aerodromes .................................................... 20 Review of the planning criteria with regards to the operational and QoS requirements ............................ 21 Economy in the use of the frequency spectrum .......................................................................................... 21 All Weather Operations ................................................................................................................................... 22 EANPG51 final Report.docx December 2009 ii European Air Navigation Planning Group ii Application of Instrument Landing System (ILS) classification ................................................................ 23 All-Weather Operations Transition Roadmap. ........................................................................................... 24 Wind turbines impact on aeronautical systems .......................................................................................... 25 Proposal for Amendment to the ICAO EUR Regional Supplementary Procedures (SUPPS) (Doc 7030) on Low Visibility Procedures ........................................................................................................................ 25 Aeronautical Fixed Service .............................................................................................................................. 25 Performance Based Navigation (PBN) Implementation .................................................................................. 25 4.5 Language Proficiency Requirements (LPR) .................................................................................................... 28 Implementation of Language Proficiency Requirements (LPR) in the ICAO EUR Region ............................ 28 4.6 Aeronautical Information Services - Aeronautical Information Management ................................................. 30 AIS/MAP activities in the Eastern Part of the European Region ..................................................................... 30 Electronic Terrain and Obstacle Data (eTOD)................................................................................................. 31 Aeronautical Information Management (AIM) ................................................................................................ 32 4.7 METEOROLOGY .......................................................................................................................................... 34 Outcome of the Nineteenth Meeting of the Meteorology Group of the EANPG ............................................