christian albrecht etihad rnp abu dhabi
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CHRISTIAN ALBRECHT VP OPERATIONS LOGISTICS
AIR NAVIGATION NEW TECHNOLOGY FORUM 2014 BEJING, 04 -05 JUNE 2014
RNP-AR IN ABU DHABI – A PROJECT REPORT
FROM THE FIRST RNP-AR PROJECT IN THE
MIDDLE EAST
AGENDA
• Etihad Airways and Abu Dhabi
• Terminal Airspace efficiency as a local challenge
• The requirement of functioning ATM - better efficiency and capacity increase
ETIHAD AIRWAYS TODAY
17,600 employees
142 nationalities
98 aircraft
220+ firm orders
106 direct
destinations
240+ flights per day
12.0 million
passengers
45 million
Euros net profit
World’s Leading Airline 5 times
in World Travel Awards
A CHALLENGING CLIMATE
• Economic and political instability
• Volatile oil prices
• Consolidation, larger competitors
• Overcapacity, yield compression
• Market access constraints
• Infrastructure limitations
• Taxes, charges and imposts
• Digital-age consumers
• Skills shortages
• Air Traffic capacity
India, China, Far East, Africa, South
America
Rapid growth in emerging markets
Much slower growth in
established markets
Europe, North America
Traffic flows are changing
Emergence of Gulf hubs, at crossroads of new
routes
THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY IS CHANGING
GLOBAL MARKET DYNAMICS – AIR TRAFFIC IS DOUBLING EVERY 15 YEARS
DEMAND GROWTH - Air traffic demand growth is the a Challenge facing the industry
PASSENGER AIR TRAFFIC TO DOUBLE BY 2030 SOURCE: ICAO, AIRBUS GMF 2010
CARGO AIR TRAFFIC TO TRIPLE BY 2030 SOURCE: ICAO, AIRBUS GMF 2010
$8.3B
$16.7B
$4.0B $3.9B
Costs To Passengers Costs to Airlines
Impact on GDP Costs from Lost Demand
ECONOMIC COST OF DELAY - Economic cost of delay is enormous and will only get worse as traffic demand grows
ANNUAL COST OF US DELAYS 2010: $ 32.9B SOURCE: FAA NEXTOR DELAY IMPACT STUDY 2010
COST PER EVERY MINUTE OF DELAY: $102 SOURCE: SOURCE: EUROCONTROL WESTMINSTER COST OF DELAY STUDY
ENVIRONMENTAL COST OF DELAY- Carbon footprint of aviation growing with demand while environmental pressures increase
CARBON REDUCTIONS REQUIRE EFFICIENCIES SOURCE: IATA PATHWAY TO CARBON NEUTRAL AVIATION 2010
EMISSIONS REDUCED 50% BY 2050 SOURCE: ICAO ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT 2010
CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENT IN PBN IN ABU DHABI
• First RNP-AR approach flown into Abu Dhabi International on 6 MAR 2012
• RNP-AR approaches in daily use by 16 Operators
• Continual improvement of procedures
• Flexible use of airspace and real time coordination with military for aircraft inbound via M318 - ATUDO
BENEFITS OF RNP-AR IN ABU DHABI
LOWER FUEL BURN Less distance to Fly (8NM per flight)
Better Vertical Profile Fully Managed Descent
SAFETY Can potentially remove Circle to Land
Better Energy Management Fully Managed Approach
IMPROVED ACCESS TO AIRPORT Lower Minima
Less Diversions and Cancellations NPA on both sides
MIXED MODE SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTED
LINKED PROCEDURES
STRUCTURED DECISION POINTS
• Mixed mode operations (both ILS and RNP-AR) successfully accomplished through procedure design and controller training
• About 65% of aircraft requesting RNP-AR are issued approach
• Resulting in 40% reduced radio transmissions, stabilized flight paths, fuel savings
CHALLENGES IN DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS
• Collaboration ANSP and Pilots – both parties do not work fully integrated. Still relatively high number of rejected approaches after two years
• Procedure Design – “housekeeping” and improving the procedure is a continuous task and need special focus
• Standardization – not all ATCOs are confident to approve the approach. Different training standards have impact on operations
• Best equipped, best served – no clear policy defined for aircraft not capable to fly RNP-AR lead to interruptions in RNP “mass production”