SESAR SOLUTIONS

CATALOGUE

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Delivering high-performing
aviation for Europe

Air traffic management is a key enabler for a sustainable and high-performing

aviation sector in Europe, as highlighted by the EU Aviation Strategy. There are
27,000 flights passing through Europe daily, representing 26 % of the world
market. The sector directly employs 2 million European citizens and contributes
EUR 110 billion to EU GDP. It ensures that remote areas of Europe can stay
connected and benefit from industries such as tourism. SESAR is a perfect
example of how to effectively pool private and public resources to research and
deliver deployable innovative solutions to modernise air traffic management.

I invite all aviation stakeholders to download the SESAR Solutions Catalogue and
start to implement the future of aviation today!

Violeta Bulc
European Commissioner for Mobility and Transport

www.sesarju.eu/newsroom

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What is SESAR?

Air traffic management (ATM) is an essential part of European air transport and
aviation, connecting cities and people citizens as well as boosting jobs and growth.
However, Europe’s ATM system is based on ageing technology and procedures
and needs updating. As one of the most innovative infrastructure projects ever
launched by the European Union, SESAR’s role is to define, develop and deploy
what is needed to increase ATM performance and build Europe’s intelligent air
transport system.

Defining, delivering and deploying SESAR

Development Deployment

European ATM SESAR Solutions Common Projects

Master Plan Deployment Programme
Implementation projects

SESAR Joint Undertaking

A unique public-private partnership, in place since 2007, uniting:

2 founding members: 19 industry members 100+ companies

EU and Eurocontrol
management

60+ universities, 3,000 experts from

research centres and SMEs aviation and ATM

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What are SESAR Solutions?

SESAR Solutions refer to new or improved operational procedures or

technologies that aim to contribute to the modernisation of the European
and global ATM system. Each solution includes a range of documentation,
including:
• Operational services and environment descriptions;
• Safety, performance and interoperability requirements;
• Technical specifications;
• Regulatory recommendations;
• Safety and security assessments;
• Human and environmental performance reports.
The first edition of SESAR Solutions catalogue contains 63 Solutions,
of which 24 are being deployed across Europe simultaneously (Pilot
Common Project).

Examples of airports
where SESAR Solutions
are being deployed

Oslo Gardermoen Stockholm Arlanda

Copenhagen Kastrup
Manchester Ringway
London Heathrow
London Stansted
Amsterdam Schiphol
Dublin
Berlin Brandenburg Airport
London Gatwick Düsseldorf Int.
Munich Franz Josef Strauss
Brussels National
Frankfurt Int. Vienna Schwechat

Paris-Orly Zurich Kloten

Paris-CDG
Milan Malpensa
Nice Cote d’Azur
Barcelona El Prat Rome Fiumicino
Istanbul Ataturk Airport
Madrid Barajas
Palma De Mallorca Son Sant Joan

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Rolling out SESAR Solutions

Work is underway to implement the solutions in the catalogue. Here are just a
few examples of these implementations and the benefits that they are bringing.

Remote technology at your service

In 2014, the world’s first SESAR remote tower

services (RTS) opened for business in Sundsvall,
serving Örnsköldsvik airport over 150 km away.
SESAR is also delivering RTS solutions to serve
two low-density airports or as a contingency
tower. Demonstrations are underway in
Ireland and Germany with a view to further
implementation of remote tower solutions.

Assigning holding to history

Extended-arrival management (E-AMAN) allows for the

sequencing of arrival traffic much earlier than is currently
the case, so allowing more smooth traffic management.
London-Heathrow has implemented the solution and
has already cut holding times in its arrival stacks by one
minute, reducing noise emissions and saving airlines
over EUR 2 million in fuel bills and 7 500 tonnes of
carbon dioxide annually. The solution, which is part of
synchronised deployment plans (PCP), has already been
implemented in 7 other locations in Europe.

Free and smarter skies

Free-routing allows an aircraft to plan freely

their route, optimising their respective flights
in line with individual operator business needs
and military requirements. Around 25 % of the
European network has implemented steps towards
free routing area. Flying distances are reduced
by approximately 7.5 million nautical miles (NM),
representing the equivalent of 45,000 tonnes of fuel
saved, or reduced emissions of 150,000 tonnes, or EUR 37 million.

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Delivering performance

Performance is at the heart of SESAR, which is why every SESAR Solution

is assessed and documented according to a set of key performance areas,
notably safety, cost efficiency, operational efficiency, capacity, environment,
security and human performance1.

The performance of these solutions is contributing to the High Level Goals

of the Single European Sky, an initiative of the European Commission to de-
fragment Europe’s airspace.

-2.3%
+33% fuel consumption and
emission per flight
airspace capacity
in TMA
-4%
air navigation +34%
service costs airspace capacity -30%
en-route flight time variance*

+11%
airport capacity safety
No increase in accidents
despite increase in traffic
* Corresponding to a reduction of the
standard deviation between actual and
scheduled flight time from 7.4 to 6.1 minutes.

(1) Source: 2015 Performance Assessment (B.5-D71). The figures refer to the performance assessment made on
all the SESAR results captured by 2015 relative to the 2005 baseline. This includes solutions which are ready for
industrialisation (V3), solutions for which more work is planned under SESAR 2020 (V2) and developments with
regard the deployment baseline.

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SESAR Solutions

SESAR Solutions have been categorised according to four key areas of ATM (key
features), meeting the needs of the entire community.

Precision approaches using GBAS Category II/III

Time-based separation

Automated assistance to controllers for surface

movement planning and routing

D-TAXI service for controller-pilot datalink

communications (CPDLC) application

Manual taxi routing function

Guidance assistance through airfield ground lighting

Virtual block control in low-visibility procedures

High-performing airport operations

Airport safety nets for controllers: conformance monitoring alerts and

conflict detection

Enhanced ground controller situational awareness in all

weather conditions

Runway status lights

Enhanced traffic situational awareness for vehicle drivers

Departure manager (DMAN) baseline for integrated

AMAN DMAN

Pre-departure sequencing supported by route planning

Departure management integrating surface

management constraints

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SESAR Solutions

Flow-based integration of arrival and departure

management

Integrated and throughput-optimised sequence of arrivals

and departures

ATC and AFIS services in a single low-density aerodrome from

a remote controller working position (CWP)

Single remote tower operations for medium traffic volumes

Remote tower for two low-density aerodromes

Remotely-provided air traffic services for contingency situations at

aerodromes

A low-cost and simple departure data entry panel for the

airport controller working position

Airport operations plan (AOP) and its seamless integration with

the network operations plan (NOP)

Extended arrival management (AMAN) horizon

Point merge in complex terminal airspace

Advanced air traffic services

Arrival management (AMAN) and point merge

Continuous descent operations (CDO) using point merge

Precision area navigation (P-RNAV) in a complex

terminal airspace

Optimised route network using advanced required

navigation performance (RNP)

Enhanced terminal operations with RNP

transition to ILS/GLS

Enhanced terminal operations with RNP transitions to LPV

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SESAR Solutions

Approach procedures with vertical guidance

Arrival management into multiple airports

Controlled time of arrival (CTA) in medium-density/

medium-complexity environments

ASAS spacing applications ‘remain behind’ and ‘merge behind’

Sector team operations - en-route air traffic organiser

Multi-sector planning

Medium-term conflict detection (MTCD) and

conformance monitor tools

User-preferred routing

Free route through the use of direct routing

Free routing for flights both in cruise and vertically-evolving above

a specified flight level in low-to-medium density airspace
Optimised ATM network services

Enhanced short-term conflict alert (STCA) for terminal

manoeuvring areas (TMAs)

Enhanced short-term conflict alerts (STCA) with downlinked parameters

Enhanced airborne collision avoidance system (ACAS)

Initial collaborative network operations plan (NOP)

Automated support for dynamic sectorisation

Variable profile military reserved areas and enhanced

civil-military collaboration

Automated support for traffic complexity

detection and resolution

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Advanced short-term ATFCM measures (STAMs)

Calculated take-off time (CTOT) and

target time of arrival (TTA)

Enhanced air traffic flow management (ATFM) slot swapping

User-driven prioritisation process (UDPP) departure

Initial ground-ground interoperability

AOC data increasing trajectory prediction accuracy

Extended flight plan

Digital integrated briefing

Meteorological information exchange

Enabling aviation infrastructure

Initial system-wide information management (SWIM) technology solution

ACAS ground monitoring system

Improved hybrid surveillance

Aeronautical mobile airport communication

system (AeroMACS)

Air traffic services (ATS) datalink using Iris Precursor

Flexible communication avionics

ADS-B surveillance of aircraft in flight and on the surface

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SESAR in a global context

The SESAR Solutions Catalogue is a one-stop-shop for air

navigation service providers, airports, airlines and other
stakeholders to browse the technologies and procedures
necessary for deploying Europe’s ATM system in line
with the European ATM Master Plan. To further support
implementation, additional technical information about
each solution is packaged and available on the SESAR
JU website. The Catalogue is also a means to encourage
the export of SESAR Solutions to the global market
in full accordance with the International Civil Aviation
Organization’s (ICAO) Aviation System Block Upgrade
(ASBU) initiative.

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Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2016

© SESAR Joint Undertaking, 2016

Print ISBN 978-92-9216-067-8 doi:10.2829/284032 MG-02-16-621-EN-C

PDF ISBN 978-92-9216-066-1 doi:10.2829/495132 MG-02-16-621-EN-N

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