Airport Collaborative Decision Making

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Airport Collaborative Decision Making

• NATS CDM solution at Heathrow

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CDM at Heathrow

• Based on the EUROCONTROL initiative
• Not another IT project
• Real-time sharing of data leading to improved
  efficiency and operational decision making
• Shared view of the ATC plan and where aircraft
  are on the airfield, less guesswork
• Potential for significant environmental benefits

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Potential benefits for Heathrow

• Environmental
• reduced fuel burn, NOx, PM10 and CO2
• reduced holding for Stand
• Efficiency
• departures are issued a Target Start At Time
  which holds aircraft on Stand to minimise queuing
  at the runway holding area
• smoother flow of ground movements
• improved punctuality and slot adherence
• enhanced stand planning/ utilisation and ground
  equipment based on live arrival and departure
  information
• increased situational awareness for all partners
• Business
• maintain competitive advantage of airport

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Heathrow CDM

• Originally led by BAA, but now by NATS
• Leveraging NATS strong operational record
• Phase 1 developed as Proof of Concept
• Front-end created with airlines/ handlers
• Very well received by Customers clear benefits
  already
• https//www.natscdm.co.uk

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Heathrow CDM next steps

• Phase 2 Interim step (November 07)
• Enhanced Situational Awareness
• Schedule information
• Actual landing and on-stand times
• Minimum Turn Time/ Flight linking
• Phase 3 Complete CDM solution
• Arrival data linked to CFMU and Oceanic estimates
• Departures including TSATs
• DPI messaging
• Leading to clear operational and potential
  capacity benefits
• European network benefits
• All available as a web service no hardware

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CDM across Europe

• Trials are in place at some European airports
• All based on local implementation
• Goal is to have easily deployable CDM solution
  delivering benefits quickly
• Interoperability a key issue for airlines

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Why NATS?

• Belief in the benefits of CDM, operational,
  environmental, business
• State of the art internet platform with secure
  access
• Platform specifically developed for CDM with User
  defined interfaces
• Algorithms defined at Heathrow
• Established connections to AFTN and other systems
• Established interface for decoding ASMGCS
• Support from specialist company

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Airport Collaborative Decision MakingA NATS
solution, available to all