Presentation to the ICAO IVATF Montréal, 27th – 30th July 2010

EUROCONTROL/CFMU VOLCANIC ASH CRISIS REPORT

European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation

Žarko SIVČEVEUROCONTROL/CFMU

Network Operations

1. 14th April – 28th April2. European coordination 3. 3rd May to 23rd May4. Volcanic ash – solutions sought5. What if an eruption starts tomorrow?

It all started on 14th April …

1.14th April – 28th April

From contingency

to crisis

VAAC London - First Volcanic Ash Advisory - 14th April

VAAC London - First Volcanic Ash Advisory - 14th April

CFMU activates its volcanic ash contingency procedure

• Early warning – issue information on volcanic ash activity

• On request of national ATC providers : CFMU Applies measures

• Facilitate information exchange – organise teleconferences

Europe enters an ash aviation crisis on Thursday 15 April

1414thth April 2010 – April 2010 – 15:0015:00

1818thth April 2010 – April 2010 – 15:0015:00

Impact on the European traffic 15 April – 21 April

Daily Traffic per Volcano Activity Week

2857

8

2859

7

2265

3

2496

5

2812

6

2750

8

2808

7

2084

2

1165

9

9330

5204

5335

2191

1

1310

1

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

THU FRI SAT SUN MON TUE WED

W201015 W201016

• 54% of flights not operated

• More than 100,000 flights

• 1% of annual traffic

0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800

PARIS CH DE GAULLE

FRANKFURT MAIN

LONDON/HEATHROW

MADRID BARAJAS

MUENCHEN 2

SCHIPHOL AMSTERDAM

ROME FIUMICINO

BARCELONA

WIEN SCHWECHAT

ISTANBUL-ATATURK

COPENHAGEN KASTRUP

ZURICH

PARIS ORLY

OSLO/GARDERMOEN

DUESSELDORF

BRUSSELS NATIONAL

STOCKHOLM-ARLANDA

ATHINAI/ELEFTHERIOS VENIZELOS

MILANO MALPENSA

GENEVA

W201016

W201015

Impact on Airports (traffic) 15 April – 21 April

In the area directly affected by the ash – 70% reduction

Outside of the area directly affected by the ash – 23% reduction

Impact on Aircraft Operators (traffic) 15 April – 21 April

0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600 1800 2000

LUFTHANSA

RYANAIR

EASYJET

AIR FRANCE

SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINES SYSTEM

AIR BERLIN

TURKISH AIRLINES

KLM ROYAL DUTCH AIRLINES

ALITALIA

BRITISH AIRWAYS

IBERIA AIRLINES

AUSTRIAN AIRLINES

SWISS INTERNATIONAL AIR LINES

AIR NOSTRUM

NORWEGIAN AIR SHUTTLE

WIDEROES FLYVESELSKAP

TAP PORTUGAL

VUELING AIRLINES

LOT POLISH AIRLINES

OLYMPIC AIRLINES

W201015 W201016

In the area directly affected by the ash – average reduction of 67%

Outside affected areas - average reduction of 20%

Several airlines lost more than 80% of foreseen traffic

2. European Coordination

UNLOCKING THE CRISIS: 19TH APRIL

• Close coordination – EC & EUROCONTROL– EC – political leadership – EUROCONTROL – network management

expertise

• EUROCONTROL proposes three options• Teleconference of the EUROCONTROL

Provisional Council (AM) & EU Council of Ministers (PM) – option 3

Unlocking the crisis: 19th April

OPTION 3- NO FLY ZONE

- Contaminated Zone - Ash Free Zone

Buffer 60NM

States to decide on NO FLY ZONE

NEW ROLE FOR EUROCONTROL/CFMU

• Early warning – issue information on volcanic ash activity

• On request of national ATC providers : CFMU applies measures

• Facilitate information exchange – teleconferences

• Publish charts to assist states in deciding on NO FLY ZONE

EUROCONTROL - NO FLY ZONE Proposal – April 20th – 28th

3. 3rd May to 23rd May

NO ASH IN EUROCONTROL ZONE – April 28th – May 3rd BUT…

• Closures in UK and Ireland, then Portugal, Spain, Italy, Morocco

• 11th May – UK CAA/Met Office remove the 60NM buffer following a safety assessment - States retain prerogative to add the 60NM buffer

• 18th May - UK CAA/Met Office issue a new CHART: black, grey, red

• 21st May – EASA issue a Safety Information Bulletin:– NO FLY ZONE, – ENHANCED PROCEDURES ZONE: GREY AND RED, – NORMAL ZONE

3rd May – Volcanic ash procedures restarted…

NEW VAAC LONDON CHART

EUROCONTROL CHARTS – May 3rd – 23

rd

4. Volcanic ash – solutions sought

Lessons learned

AOs

ANSPs

Regulators

CFMU

VAACs

…IVATFIVATF

Lessons learned - AOs

CFMU Network Operations Portal (NOP)

https://www.cfmu.eurocontrol.int/PUBPORTAL/gateway/spec/index.html

13.5 million hitsin one day!

• EC, EUROCONTROL, EASA working together

• EUROCONTROL/CFMU facilitated:– Information sharing, – Pan-European coordination and – Implementation of appropriate network solutions (as

foreseen for the future European Network Manager)

• EC & EUROCONTROL created a European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell (EACCC)

Lessons learnt - Crisis

European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell

• Main role: to facilitate the management of crisis situations affecting aviation in the European (ECAC) region

• Activated when circumstances beyond the normal environment of operations are evident

• Responsibilities:– alert, – take initiatives,– propose measures to manage the crisis,– coordinate the implementation of these measures,– ensure that an external communication policy

is properly executed

EC & EUROCONTROLEASA, AO, ANSP, AirportsICAO, regulators & NSAMilitary, acft manuf …

ATM or airworthiness

ATM or airworthiness

Harmonised approach in

states

Harmonised approach in

states

ThresholdThresholdDispersion

model validation

Dispersion model

validation

Enhanced information exchange

Enhanced information exchange IVATFIVATF

Volcanic ash – solutions sought…

5. What if an eruption starts tomorrow?

Contingency or crisis ?

• Alert: Icelandic MWO VAAC CFMU Crisis Cell MWO/

SIGMETNOF/NOTAM

NOPPortal

VAAAsh

conc.

Danger

Areas???

Low

Med

ium

StateA

StateB

State

C ?

• Information exchange: teleconferences

• Information: VAAC

• Measures: States CFMU

Hig

h

Harmonised

approach!

EUROCONTROLTHANK YOU!