Single European Sky ATM Research Program

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Single European Sky ATM Research ( SESAR ) is one of the European Commission and EUROCONTROL launched pan-European initiative for the standardization, harmonization and synchronization of services within the European air traffic management (Engl. Air Traffic Management , ATM ). For the first time in European air traffic history, all partners involved in air traffic were involved in these goals. These are civil and military air traffic control organizations , national and international legislative organizations, the aircraft industry, airlines, aircraft operators and users, as well as other affected partners on the ground and in the air.

SESAR organization

SESAR is organized in three phases:

  • In the definition phase (2005–2008) a European master plan is drawn up which, based on the expected future requirements of air traffic , identifies the measures that must be taken to achieve the goals.
  • The development phase (2008–2013) includes all activities necessary to prepare the introduction of the master plan developed in the definition phase. This includes, for example, detailed action plans and all necessary legislative measures. New equipment and standards are being developed which, with the help of the regulatory mechanisms of the single European sky, are intended to guarantee the upgrading of the existing ground and airborne systems and their interoperability with non-European systems.
  • For the implementation phase (2014–2020), the aviation partners have committed themselves to jointly coordinate, manage and implement the previously decided measures. It consists of the large-scale production, procurement and implementation of the new air traffic management infrastructure and the corresponding aircraft equipment.

SESAR goals

The ultimate goal of SESAR is to ensure sustainable development of the aviation sector in Europe . This should be done in a safe and efficient manner through a performance-based concept. The most important performance goals are:

  • tripling the capacity;
  • the increase in security by a factor of 10;
  • improving environmental performance by 10% per flight;
  • reducing air traffic management costs by 50%.

SESAR concept

The SESAR concept is the solution for achieving the SESAR goals. The key to the SESAR concept is the so-called "Business Trajectory" principle, in which the users of the airspace and the air traffic controllers determine the optimal flight path in a collaborative process. The target concept of SESAR makes extensive use of existing and newly developed technologies, such as Galileo . It is based on a number of new key features:

  • the network operation plan, a dynamic operational plan for continuous operation that provides a general overview of the network situation;
  • the full involvement of airport operations as part of the air traffic management and planning process;
  • the flight trajectories , which reduces restrictions on the air space organization to a minimum;
  • new procedures for maintaining the distance between aircraft, which can increase safety, capacity and efficiency;
  • system-wide information management (SWIM), which ensures a secure connection between all air traffic management actors who access the same data;
  • People as central decision-making bodies: Air traffic controllers and aircraft pilots are supported by new, automated functions that reduce their workload and deal with complex decision-making processes.

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  1. ↑ SESAR: The research program on air traffic management in the single European sky. Retrieved on April 3, 2012 (German).