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Delivering Free Route Airspace for Northern Europe ~ Progress to date

Branka Subotić, Executive Director

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Borealis Alliance

• 9 ANSPs
• 3 FABs
• > 3.8M flights/year
• > 10400 flights/day
• 38% of European traffic

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Free Route Airspace (FRA) Programme

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Free Route Airspace (FRA) Programme

• Commenced on 1st January 2015 and is expected to run until 2021,

when the vision will be realised

• “Free Route” within Borealis FRA takes into account EUROCONTROL

definition as well as regional practices

• Free Route Airspace is key to the delivery of fuel efficient and

environmentally friendly user preferred routings from the eastern boundary of the oceanic airspace to the Russian border

• Our aim is to enable airspace users to fly efficient routes which can

be planned for in advance, allowing savings such as reduced fuel load to be realised

• For more information please see http://www.borealis.aero

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Borealis FRA Progress in 2015 (1/2)

• Transitioned seamlessly from NEFRA to Borealis

FRA governance structure:

§ Borealis Board § Borealis FRA Steering Group § Borealis FRA Project Group

• Formed the following Borealis FRA expert groups:
• 1. Project Group
• 2. Technical Subgroup
• 3. Airspace Modelling/Simulation Subgroup
• 4. Publication group
• Delivered some of the key Borealis FRA documents:
• 1. Programme Management Plan
• 2. CONOPS
• 3. Terms of Reference

GOVERNANCE IN PLACE KEY DOCUMENTS AGREED AND DELIVERED BY 9 ANSPs

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Borealis FRA Progress in 2015 (2/2)

• Encouraged our regulators in forming the 9 State

NSAs group that aims to deliver a common regulatory framework for the Borealis FRA Programme

• Reviewed our Borealis FRA CONOPS with airlines

and FPSP and received positive feedback

• Engaged with the EC, EASA and EUROCONTROL on

an on-going basis to inform them of our progress and seek support when needed

• Applied for the CEF funding and were successfully

awarded EUR6.5M under the INEA 2014 Call

• Further applied for the CEF funding under the INEA

2015 Call

9 STATE NSAs GROUP ON BOARD THUMBS UP FROM THE AIRLINES AND EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS RECOGNISED BY THE CEF AS ONE OF THE KEY EUROPEAN PROJECTS

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Free Route Airspace (FRA) Programme

Irish and Danish/Swedish FAB

INCREMENTAL STEPS TO JOIN EXISTING FRA VOLUMES

NEFAB and NEFRA Icelandic and UK airspace joining from 2016 onwards

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Irish/DK-SE FAB Free Route Airspace

• The IAA’s ENSURE (En-Route Shannon Upper Airspace Re-Design) project

removed the airway structure from its enroute airspace, thereby changing its nature to route free

• DK-SE FAB implemented Free Route Airspace from November 2011
• In both cases, well ahead of the EU requirements

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NEFAB Free Route Airspace

• NEFAB FRA kicked off in November 2015 in Estonia, Finland, Latvia

(FL95+) and Norway (FL135+)

• Enables airspace users to plan and operate according to business

trajectories

• Flight planning and operations can take into account factors impacting

costs:

• prevailing winds
• shortest routes
• airspace reservations
• Well ahead of the EU requirements

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NEFRA Programme

• NEFRA is the interface connecting Free Route Airspaces volumes in

NEFAB and DK/SE FAB above FL285+

• Pioneers multi-FAB Free Route Airspace across two FABs or six States
• In November 2015 common flight planning rules in FRA introduced

accross NEFAB and DK/SE FAB

• In progress: remaining requirements to use fixed points at FAB

borders are being gradually removed

• Once finalised, the whole area will seem as one continuous FRA to

airspace users

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Borealis FRA Implementation Steps

• Seven implementation steps 2016 – 2021

ID Lead ANSP Step Planned S1 IAA Extension of FRA in Shannon FIR down to FL75 2016 S2 Isavia FRA for flights departing/arriving within Reykjavik FIR via Norway FIR S3 Isavia FRA for flights departing/arriving within Reykjavik FIR via Scottish FIR S4 NATS Implementation of FRA in seven Scottish FIR sectors 2017 S5 Isavia FRA for all flights transiting via Norway and Scottish FIRs S6 NATS Full implementation of FRA in Scottish FIR and in parts of London FIR S7 NATS Full implementation of FRA in London FIR 2021

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Borealis FRA CONOPS

• First CONOPS developed and agreed across

nine ANSPs

• Defines implementation of the seamless

interface between FRA volumes in DK-SE FAB, NEFAB, UK/Ireland FAB and Iceland

• Enables airspace users to plan and execute

user-preferred trajectories without reference to any existing ATS route structure within the FRA volumes of the nine Borealis Alliance Members

• Borealis FRA volumes (planned vertical

extension) are shown on the graph

FL55+ FL255/ FL335+ FL75/55/55+ FL135/195+ FL285+ FL95+

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Industry and stakeholder support

EASA Flight Standards Director (Ricardo Genova Galvan): Ø “EASA welcomes the harmonised approach taken for the Borealis Free Route Airspace initiative. In line with the European regulatory framework it aims to provide efficiency benefits for airspace users in Europe”. Chair of 9-State NSA Group (Kari Seikkinen): Ø “The 9-State NSA Group established to support the Borealis Alliance’s work is a benchmark for regulatory cooperation across Europe. We are committed to working together to explore how we can best help this exciting initiative deliver for Europe’s airspace users.” Deputy Director Operations Control Ryanair (Choorah Singh): Ø “Free Route Airspace (FRA) in Europe will enable Ryanair to fly more environmentally friendly flight trajectories and help reduce greenhouse emissions by reducing fuel consumption. Ryanair looks forward to working closely with the Borealis Alliance to deliver the benefits of FRA as soon as possible and to further enhance cooperation between European ATM stakeholders.”

MAJOR STEP FORWARD FOR SES SETTING THE BENCHMARK FOR REGULATORY COOPERATION SAVING AIRLINES TIME, MONEY AND FUEL

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Length (Nm) Time (min) Fuel (kg) CO2 (kg) NOx (kg)

• 2.1
• 0.3
• 10.7
• 33.8
• 0.1

ENRY (Moss Airport Rygge) → EGCC (Manchester) Operated by Ryanair 4 times a week

Example 1

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Length (Nm) Time (min) Fuel (kg) CO2 (kg) NOx (kg)

• 4.2
• 0.6
• 32.1
• 101.3
• 0.3

BIKF (Reykjavik - Keflavik) → EKBI(Billund) Operated by many airlines (e.g. SAS, Turkish, Norwegian Air Shuttle, Lufthansa, KLM, Finnair, BA, Icelandair, Ryanair, Air Berlin, Air Baltic)

Example 2

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Seamless Airspace 2.5M Nm à 4.7M Nm 390K min à 770K min Reduced Fuel Burn 15K t à 26K t

Estimated Benefits from Borealis FRA (incl. NEFRA) 20181 à 20212 (per annum)

1 Borealis FRA SAAM modelling results for the first five implementation steps 2 NEFRA SAAM modelling results extrapolated for Borealis traffic, assuming all seven implementation steps

Cost Savings €21M à € 39M Less Emissions 47K t à 83K t CO2 206t à 365t NOx

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Thank you very much!

For more information please contact: Branka Subotić Borealis Alliance Executive Director branka.subotic@nats.co.uk For more information please go to: www.borealis.aero