Implementing

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Implementing the Single European Sky over the
SE Mediterranean
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BLUE MED is
a regional ATM development project aiming
towards the creation of a FAB in the South East
Mediterranean area
It comprises four EU partner states Cyprus,
Greece, Italy and Malta
.an unique opportunity to harmonise a large
portion of the Mediterranean airspace joining the
EU core area with the African and Middle-East
borders.
and three non-EU states associated partners
(Egypt, Tunisia and Albania)
also two observers states (Lebanon and the
Kingdom of Jordan) participate to the project.
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More importantly, BLUE MED is
a joint effort of many men and women from
different countries and variegated cultures
building a common sky over the common sea.
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BLUE MED a 3 phases project

• 2007-2008 BLUE MED Feasibility Study
• The initial investigation, aiming at providing
  internal and external stakeholders with all
  evidences on potential benefits of a FAB covering
  the area concerned.
• The opportunity for the participating partners to
  agree on the common principle for the FAB
  development.
• 2009-2011 BLUE MED Definition Phase (ongoing)
• The detailed definition of the 2012 FAB details
  and of an agreed roadmap for further FAB
  evolution.
• The implementation of specific operational/technic
  al benefits to be delivered before formal FAB
  establishment (quick wins).
• 2011-2012 BLUE MED Implementation Phase
• The implementation of FAB provisions.
• A phase extending beyond 2012 (formal FAB
  declaration) aiming to achieve wider integration
  within the FAB.

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BLUE MED Work Breakdown Structure

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BLUE MED Concept of Operations

• Definition of the Concepts to be applied in the
  whole FABs operational environment.
• Description of the BLUE MED FAB vision, in an
  evolutionary and dynamic way, independent from
  technology available today.
• Description of actors, roles, procedures, and
  relations in the FAB Short, Medium and Long-term
  operational environments.
• High level guidance to the projects Working
  Packages.
• Enabling decisions on strategic aspects of the
  FAB.
• Document approved by the BLUE MED Governing Body.

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BLUE MED Detailed Operational Concept

• Detailed description of the operational solutions
  to be applied into the BLUE MED FAB at 2015 with
  the identification of functions and processes,
  the corresponding interactions and information
  flows, the concerned actors and their roles and
  responsibility.
• Status ad hoc Task Force has been established
  under WP1

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BLUE MED operational improvements (1)
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BLUE MED operational improvements (2)

• Update of route network proposals developed
  within the Feasibility Study.
• New route network proposals developed within the
  Definition Phase.
• Integration in the Advanced Airspace Scheme
  Concept (AAS) developed by EUROCONTROL RNDSG.

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BLUE MED operational improvements (3)
Step1 SAAM assessment of Scenario Network
2010-2012 versus reference network
Potential savings Daily distance saving - 6730.34 NM
Potential savings Daily fuel saving - 40382.04 Kg
Potential savings Daily CO2 emission reduction - 134606.80 Kg
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BLUE MED operational improvements (4)
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BLUE MED operational improvements (5)
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BLUE MED optimised route network
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BLUE MED optimised sectorisation

• Supporting and assessing the operational design
  activities
• Common measurement of existing sector capacity
• Used tools
• SAAM (already successfully used within the
  Feasibility Study) to collect all the information
  related to the Flight Efficiency of the proposed
  routes
• AIRTOP to investigate on ATCOs workload, sector
  capacity, conflict analysis and bottleneck
  analysis
• FAB baseline definition in progress

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BLUE MED optimised sectorisation
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BLUE MED Technical Implementation

• BLUE MED is based on the concept of Virtual
  Centre, a grouping of interconnected and
  interoperable ATSUs providing seamless uniform
  operations and services to the Airspace Users on
  the whole FAB.
• This activity is responsible for the
  identification of all technical provisions for
  the BLUE MED Virtual Centre, and in particular
• The definition of a Common Regional Roadmap for
  the FAB implementation (RSSIP) in the BLUE MED
  Area from the technical/Interoperability
  perspective.
• 2010 Quick Win identification of solutions
  candidate for being implemented within 2010.
• The definition of the FAB IOP scenarios for
  2012-2015.
• Technical Validation activities.

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BLUE MED Safety

• BLUE MED Safety case.
• Incremental development of a Safety Case aiming
  to demonstrate that the operational and technical
  modifications introduced by the FAB
  implementation will be acceptably safe.
• BLUE MED Safety maturity.
• Analysis of the FAB Safety Maturity providing an
  outlook of safety management in the future FAB,
  addressing the need for enhanced and uniform
  levels of safety across the whole FAB (and, if
  feasible, harmonised with the whole Europe).
• Also including
• A safety maturity survey, to assess the level of
  SMS implementation in the BLUE MED states.
• An action plan for harmonisation towards a common
  FAB SMS.
• A methodology for monitoring FAB safety
  performance and adverse trends.

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BLUE MED Economic Assessment

• Definition of the Baseline Scenario. The baseline
  scenario, representing the situation without the
  development of the FAB, constitutes the benchmark
  against which the Short-term Scenario (2012) will
  be measured
• Detailed Cost Benefit Analysis of the Short-term
  Scenario (2012). The Short-term Scenario, taking
  in account the FAB establishment, will consider
  all the quick-wins and the short-term benefits
  deriving from the first steps of the FAB
  implementation
• What if analysis, of the Medium-term (2015) and
  Long-term (2020) scenarios. The use of the What
  if analysis will enable an evaluation of the
  possible costs and benefits associated to
  different options.
• Analysis of the air navigation service charging
  schemes (actual and potential) and of the
  possible strategies for the establishment of a
  single or multiple unit rates.

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BLUE MED Legal Aspects

• Analysis of the legal and institutional context
  of the proposed implementation of the BLUE MED
  FAB.
• Analysis of different legal concepts, customary
  practices, national laws, bilateral agreements,
  ICAO standards and regulated practices.
• Identification of the various legal arrangements
  in relation to Air navigation charges and ATCO
  related issues.
• Identification of the various items that need to
  be considered for the BLUE MED FAB Agreement, the
  BLUE MED ANSP cooperation Agreement and the BLUE
  MED NSA Agreement.
• Definition of the institutional plan for FAB
  agreement signature.

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BLUE MED Human Resources Aspects

• 3 tasks currently performed by ad-hoc Task
  Forces
• Regulation and Compliance dealing with national
  laws, existing mandates, Licensing and
  Transposition of ATCO Licensing Directive.
• ATM Training investigating existing training
  structure and capabilitiesand identifying overall
  strategies for ATSEPs and ATCOs.
• Staffing Analysis addressing selection and
  recruitment processes.

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BLUE MED Environment

• Definition of a shared BLUE MED FAB methodology
  for the assessment of environmental impacts based
  on ICAO CAEP draft guidance material and
  EUROCONTROL further elaborations.
• Validation of a BLUE MED FAB methodology through
  its application to one o more of the proposed
  BLUE MED FAB operational scenarios
• Monitoring of early indications and future
  results from the on going definition of
  Performance Scheme Implementing Rules
• Ensuring compliance of the results with the
  relevant SES Requirements related with
  Environment.

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BLUE MED Implementation planning

• Identification of the BLUE MED implementation
  scenarios for 2012, 2015, 2020.
• Various harmonisation activities leading to the
  definition of a Regional Single Sky
  Implementation Plan (RSSIP) for the FAB.
• With the support of the Programme Management
  Office (PMO - comprising at least 4 Project
  Management Officers, one from each EU state),
  coordination and internal management of the
  project definition and implementation activities
  in the respective states.

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• Contact data
• Cristiano CANTONI BLUE MED Project Manager
• cristiano.cantoni_at_enav.it, direct 39 06 8166
  2856, mob 39 335 7958 506
• For additional information visit
  www.bluemed.aero