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Cooperation helps manage traffic rebound
During the past 12 months, the Latin American and Caribbean region experienced a fast growth in air traffic and is working to mitigate the impact of increasing air traffic demand. Some of the region's actions include cooperation among regional ANSPs, working with stakeholders, implementing new technologies, and restructuring airspace. I am glad to re-enforce the support that CANSO is offering and providing to the region through many programmes, significantly by strengthening the collaboration, cooperation, communication, and coordination we have established year after year with CANSO members, ANSPs, international organisations and stakeholders.
CANSO organised webinars and training, facilitated best practice exchange among ANSPs, and collaborated with partners to drive the transformation of ATM performance. Some examples are the agreement reached at the seventh ICAO NACC Working Group meeting by approving the use of CADENA to facilitate data sharing and promote a shared situational awareness vital to the safe, efficient, and harmonised flow of air traffic. Also, CADENA will be a contingency communications platform for the NACC region, a big step towards harmonisation and cooperation.
CANSO participated in the ICAO South America office Strategic perspectives – Exercise of the Air Transport Strategic Planning for the South America Region with a view to 2035 and provided inputs on the strengths, challenges, and opportunities the South American regional aviation system faces when developing the Air Transport Strategic Planning for the South America Region 2035. CANSO submitted working papers and provided information on the CATS Global Council and GreenATM.
CANSO briefed the Air Navigation Commission (ANC) on the Regional Aviation Safety Group – Pan America (RASG-PA) advancements for 2022. CANSO highlighted the primary outcomes, including zero fatal accidents in 2022, and a sustained decrease in accident rate at 1.89 for 2022. CANSO showcased the RASG-PA dashboard and explained the positive development of the KPIs.
We know there are quite a few challenges for air traffic management in the region and, at the same time, lots of opportunities. Many of you agree that increasing collaboration and coordination will help accelerate progress towards a safer, more efficient, cost-effective ATM system in the region. We are moving from concepts to actual implementation.
Javier Vanegas
Director, Latin America and Caribbean Affairs
CANSO joined in the SpaceX Boca Chica launch preparation and supported coordination between the FAA, ECNA and SENEAM to identify routes that went into effect to avoid the Aircraft Hazard Areas.
CANSO was invited to be an FAA ATO Space CDM International Sub-Team member. At the meeting, CANSO briefed on the importance of sharing information with regional ANSPs and reducing the Aircraft Hazard Areas ahead of time and explained the importance of Space operations Collaborative Decision Making (CDM) by showcasing a real case scenario for Transporter 2. After a CDM approach coordinated by CANSO, the improvements with relation to Transporter 1 mission include a new hazard area 50% smaller, allowing critical airways usage to the east of the hazard area, and the active times were also rescheduled to after peak traffic hours of 15-1900 UTC, mitigating impacts to traffic flow.
CANSO held a very successful Latin America and Caribbean Conference 2022, in coordination with the FAA, in Orlando, Florida, USA. Over 130 delegates participated and the conference reviewed the regional achievements and highlighted the importance of more regional integration. The conference explored the actions of ANSPs in maintaining high levels of safety, the technologies supporting ATM, airspace, and airport capacity, and how the LAC region will benefit and embrace the CATS Global Council's vision for the skies of 2045.
The CIIFRA team projected yearly benefits from nine trial user preferred routes (UPRs) are: a saving of 15,232 flight minutes, which is the equivalent of 39 flights saved between Atlanta and Lima based on an average flying time between the two of six-and-a-half hours; a reduction of 4,561,606 kg of CO2 emissions, the equivalent of greenhouse emissions of more than 11.3 million miles driven by an average passenger car; and savings of over US$3 million in operational costs.
CANSO finalised the Aeronautical Information Circular (AIC) sample related to the four trial free routes, and Regional ANSPs started publishing the Aeronautical Information Circular (AIC) related to the first optimised city-pair user-preferred route that airlines can use for filing flight plans to save fuel and reduce CO2 emissions. The AIC results from the CANSO – IATA – ICAO Free Route Airspace (CIIFRA) project.
Emirates Airlilnes joined the CANSO CADENA initiative.
Between 2022 and 2023, CADENA held 24 contingency Ad-hoc web conferences: six for hurricanes and tropical storms, two volcanic ash events, six ATC-Zero events, one equipment outage (e.g., radar failure, electric power failure, communication failure, NOTAM and weather system outages), six airport incidents and issues, and three high operational impact space launch coordinations.
CANSO activated the CADENA Contingency protocol to coordinate a Jamaica Airspace closure. During the coordination web conferences, ECNA, COCESNA, OFNAC, Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago agreed to increase sectors to reduce the impact created by the Jamaica Airspace closure. The early coordination allowed ANSPs to increase staff to cope with the demand, and the airlines modified their flights and schedules, saving time and money.
CANSO and Infina introduced the ANSP Learning Portal offering virtual training to the aviation community.
CANSO held a webinar to share the work and potential benefits to the region of CANSO’s work programmes.
CANSO delivered a two-part webinar series sponsored by SITA to explore datalink and Controller-Pilot Datalink Communications (CPDLC) for Latin America and Caribbean. Part 1 looked at Datalink for CPDLC Oceanic and Domestic, while Part 2 explored the essential, efficient tower.
Tim Arel, COO FAA ATO, was named LAC3 Chair.
CANSO joined in the SpaceX Boca Chica launch preparation and supported coordination between the FAA, ECNA and SENEAM to identify routes that went into effect to avoid the Aircraft Hazard Areas.
CANSO and Infina introduced the ANSP Learning Portal offering virtual training to the aviation community.
CANSO finalised the Aeronautical Information Circular (AIC) sample related to the four trial free routes, and Regional ANSPs started publishing the Aeronautical Information Circular (AIC) related to the first optimised city-pair user-preferred route that airlines can use for filing flight plans to save fuel and reduce CO2 emissions. The AIC results from the CANSO – IATA – ICAO Free Route Airspace (CIIFRA) project.
The CIIFRA team projected yearly benefits from nine trial user preferred routes (UPRs) are: a saving of 15,232 flight minutes, which is the equivalent of 39 flights saved between Atlanta and Lima based on an average flying time between the two of six-and-a-half hours; a reduction of 4,561,606 kg of CO2 emissions, the equivalent of greenhouse emissions of more than 11.3 million miles driven by an average passenger car; and savings of over US$3 million in operational costs.
CANSO was invited to be an FAA ATO Space CDM International Sub-Team member. At the meeting, CANSO briefed on the importance of sharing information with regional ANSPs and reducing the Aircraft Hazard Areas ahead of time and explained the importance of Space operations Collaborative Decision Making (CDM) by showcasing a real case scenario for Transporter 2. After a CDM approach coordinated by CANSO, the improvements with relation to Transporter 1 mission include a new hazard area 50% smaller, allowing critical airways usage to the east of the hazard area, and the active times were also rescheduled to after peak traffic hours of 15-1900 UTC, mitigating impacts to traffic flow.
CANSO held a very successful Latin America and Caribbean Conference 2022, in coordination with the FAA, in Orlando, Florida, USA. Over 130 delegates participated and the conference reviewed the regional achievements and highlighted the importance of more regional integration. The conference explored the actions of ANSPs in maintaining high levels of safety, the technologies supporting ATM, airspace, and airport capacity, and how the LAC region will benefit and embrace the CATS Global Council's vision for the skies of 2045.
Emirates Airlilnes joined the CANSO CADENA initiative.
Between 2022 and 2023, CADENA held 24 contingency Ad-hoc web conferences: six for hurricanes and tropical storms, two volcanic ash events, six ATC-Zero events, one equipment outage (e.g., radar failure, electric power failure, communication failure, NOTAM and weather system outages), six airport incidents and issues, and three high operational impact space launch coordinations.
CANSO activated the CADENA Contingency protocol to coordinate a Jamaica Airspace closure. During the coordination web conferences, ECNA, COCESNA, OFNAC, Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago agreed to increase sectors to reduce the impact created by the Jamaica Airspace closure. The early coordination allowed ANSPs to increase staff to cope with the demand, and the airlines modified their flights and schedules, saving time and money.
CANSO held a webinar to share the work and potential benefits to the region of CANSO’s work programmes.
CANSO delivered a two-part webinar series sponsored by SITA to explore datalink and Controller-Pilot Datalink Communications (CPDLC) for Latin America and Caribbean. Part 1 looked at Datalink for CPDLC Oceanic and Domestic, while Part 2 explored the essential, efficient tower.
Tim Arel, COO FAA ATO, was named LAC3 Chair.
AND CARIBBEAN
Cooperation helps manage traffic rebound
During the past 12 months, the Latin American and Caribbean region experienced a fast growth in air traffic and is working to mitigate the impact of increasing air traffic demand. Some of the region's actions include cooperation among regional ANSPs, working with stakeholders, implementing new technologies, and restructuring airspace. I am glad to re-enforce the support that CANSO is offering and providing to the region through many programmes, significantly by strengthening the collaboration, cooperation, communication, and coordination we have established year after year with CANSO members, ANSPs, international organisations and stakeholders.
CANSO organised webinars and training, facilitated best practice exchange among ANSPs, and collaborated with partners to drive the transformation of ATM performance. Some examples are the agreement reached at the seventh ICAO NACC Working Group meeting by approving the use of CADENA to facilitate data sharing and promote a shared situational awareness vital to the safe, efficient, and harmonised flow of air traffic. Also, CADENA will be a contingency communications platform for the NACC region, a big step towards harmonisation and cooperation.
CANSO participated in the ICAO South America office Strategic perspectives – Exercise of the Air Transport Strategic Planning for the South America Region with a view to 2035 and provided inputs on the strengths, challenges, and opportunities the South American regional aviation system faces when developing the Air Transport Strategic Planning for the South America Region 2035. CANSO submitted working papers and provided information on the CATS Global Council and GreenATM.
CANSO briefed the Air Navigation Commission (ANC) on the Regional Aviation Safety Group – Pan America (RASG-PA) advancements for 2022. CANSO highlighted the primary outcomes, including zero fatal accidents in 2022, and a sustained decrease in accident rate at 1.89 for 2022. CANSO showcased the RASG-PA dashboard and explained the positive development of the KPIs.
We know there are quite a few challenges for air traffic management in the region and, at the same time, lots of opportunities. Many of you agree that increasing collaboration and coordination will help accelerate progress towards a safer, more efficient, cost-effective ATM system in the region. We are moving from concepts to actual implementation.
Javier Vanegas
Director, Latin America and Caribbean Affairs