Holding patterns close to busy airports ensure busy runways are used to full capacity. However, this results in additional fuel burn and noise emissions, often close to habitation. In response to Single European Sky cost-efficient objectives, the extended arrival management (E-AMAN) common service aims to reduce holding through earlier arrival sequencing, absorbing delay in the en-route part of the flight or even before departure of the flight in case the departure airport is located within the eligibility horizon of the E-AMAN. An optimised arrival sequence also minimises tactical intervention in the terminal manoeuvring area. The strong business case has prompted the European Commission to mandate E-AMAN implementation at 25 airports by 2024 under IR 716/2014.

E-AMAN provides arrival sequences involving multiple actors, for example multiple airport operators, arrival management systems, area control centres, upper area airspace management, as well as the Network Manager. The procedure is based on the calculation of scheduled times for runway thresholds and derived times for a coordination point and metering-fix.

SESAR addressed two deployment scenarios: By co-locating E-AMAN systems, a single common service interface can deliver services to adjacent control centres at ANSP level; while federated E-AMAN systems distribute harmonised data to regional end-users. The solution provides the technical capability to extend the arrival management process, including arrival sequencing and planning functions, and distributes this information to all involved actors using SWIM capability. The service provides local arrival planning information according to client needs and can be used in planning and tactical operations, for example providing departure delay times or for speed advisories during flight.
 

In a technical validation, SESAR members demonstrated the feasibility of using the common service interface to exchange data between consumer systems from different manufacturers as stipulated in the new EUROCAE standard ED-254. It also demonstrated that clients can subscribe to arrival data from different sources. The service improves cost efficiency by reducing the number of system deployments and technical structures in operation. The solution is ready for industrialisation and has been implemented in Spain.

BENEFITS

Increased cost efficiency

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