How is ATM Landscape Changing in Asia-Pacific?

Joint Safety & Ops Workshop CANSO APAC Conference 5 May 2017 Tinnagorn Choowong Hanoi, Vietnam EVP Operations, AEROTHAI

The Challenges: Traffic Growth

• 6.2% annual passenger growth in APAC

• APAC as largest aviation market share

• Increasing share of “emerging” markets

Source: 2016 ACI Forecast

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The Challenges: New Players, New Landscape

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Low-Cost Carriers • Fast-growing • Extensive intra-regional route network • Main operations at secondary airports • Drive high demand for pilot training

and GA training areas • Short turnaround times & low

tolerance to delays

RPAS • Growing demand, both recreational

and commercial users • Varying level of user knowledge • New airspace concepts required

(Integrated? Segregated? Flexible?) • New regulatory framework and

guidance required

Emerging Changes: Enhanced Data Communication • System-Wide Information Management (SWIM) concept

• Controller-Pilot Datalink Communication (CPDLC)

• ATS Interfacility Data Communications (AIDC) (Don’t forget: cybersecurity will be an issue here…)

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SWIM

Emerging Changes: Advanced SAT-Based Navigation • Satellite-Based navigational equipment on aircraft

• Enhanced satellite navigation system

• Accurate augmentation systems;

on the ground, in the air, through the space (GBAS, ABAS, SBAS)

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Emerging Changes: Extensive Surveillance Options • Classical Radar (PSR & SSR)

• Multilateration (MLAT) / Wide-Area MLAT (WAM)

• Satellite-Based Surveillance, e.g. ADS-B

Ground-based & Space-based

• (Bonus) Multi-Static PSR (“Passive Radar”)

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Emerging Changes: New Airspace Designs • Performance-based design

PBN, PBCS

• Flexible Use of Airspace (FUA)

• Traffic-based sector configurations

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Emerging Changes: New ATM Concepts • Network operations and cross-border ATFM

• Airport CDM (A-CDM)

• 4D Trajectories / Trajectory-Based

Operations (TBO)

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Emerging Changes: Human Factor Consideration

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Key Questions for the Day • What are the most important changes we will see

in Asia-Pacific in the next decade?

• How can we effectively manage those changes, taking in account all of our stakeholders?

• How can we ensure our human resources can “keep up” with the changes in the industry?

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