Case Study - DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH
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Case Study - DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH
Case Study: Azerbaijan Air Navigation Services Supporting the Azerbaijan Air Navigation Solution Services with fast-time simulation As part of the complex challenges related to airspace and system changes, the simulation Model of the future terminal at Heydar Aliyev International Airport Situation experts of DFS supported AZANS in testing In the air transport system, time and capacity future scenarios with several fast-time Reference Customer are scarce resources. This is a critical consid- simulations. The aim is to ensure that the re- Azerbaijan Air Navigation Services eration given the constant growth in air traffic. sulting airspace structure is controllable and Heydar Aliyev International Airport Several questions arise such as: How can we that the proposed air traffic can be handled increase airspace capacity and improve safety without an increase in potential conflict areas. Task without negatively impacting costs and delays? DFS supported AZANS by creating a new How can we organise airspace without produc- As a first step to optimise the traffic flow, SIDs and STARs structure as well as by ing capacity bottlenecks? the Terminal Control Area (TMA) of Baku testing a new airspace structure International Airport has been improved. Air traffic in Azerbaijan is steadily growing, AZANS is planning on implementing new Requirements both in the number of traffic movements as Standard Instrument Departure Routes ■ Develop new Standard Instrument well as in passenger numbers. Furthermore, in (SIDs) and Standard Arrival Routes (STARs) Departure Routes and Standard Arrival the creation process of a Functional Airspace at Baku International Airport with only one Routes on the basis of area navigation Block, new airspace structures seamlessly TMA sector instead of two. During the first procedures taking into account the spanning national borders are planned. fast-time simulation carried out by DFS, the ECAC Criteria ■ Analyse the strengths and weaknesses current Baku TMA as well as the proposed Consequently, Azerbaijan is actively taking SIDs/STARs structure with one TMA, both of the current and planned airspace part in the current developments by improv- developed by AZANS, were analysed. structures ing and extending Heydar Aliyev International ■ Verify that the proposed air traffic can (Baku) Airport and other airports as well as The results of this simulation showed that reorganising airspace. For this purpose, the the new arrival and departure routes resulted ■ Identify conflict areas Azerbaijan Air Navigation Services Department in improvements compared to the current ■ Measure the workload (AZANS) awarded the German air navigation situation. Further potential for optimisation service provider DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung has also been identified. To eliminate the the contract to conduct fast-time simulations identified deficiencies, the arrival and depar- to support the reorganisation of airspace ture routes had to be changed. be handled structure at Baku airport. The future TMA structure at Heydar Aliyev International Airport About DFS: DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH, the German air navigation service provider, is a State-owned company under private law and has 6,000 employees. DFS ensures the safe and punctual flow of air traffic over Germany. DFS operates control centres in Langen, Bremen, Karlsruhe and Munich. In addition, DFS is represented in the Eurocontrol Centre in Maastricht, the Netherlands, and in the control towers of the 16 international German airports. DFS provides training and consultancy services around the world and develops and sells air traffic management systems. The company‘s portfolio also comprises flight-relevant data, aeronautical publications and aeronautical information services. DFS took on the task of developing new adapted to ATC demands. Furthermore, the Customer feedback SIDs and STARs on the basis of area number of aircraft movements per sector, ”AZANS was very satisfied with navigation (RNAV) procedures using the the maximum number of aircraft at one time the cooperation with DFS and European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) in the sector and the average flight time per the quality of the services pro- Criteria. ECAC is an independent sub-orga- sector were recorded and analysed. vided met our expectations. We are satisfied with the simulations nisation of ICAO with the aim to harmonise civil aviation policies and practices among Results and may use the services its 44 European member states.The next All results of the simulations are based on for some of our future projects.” step was to analyse the entire airspace values used by DFS. They also assume an of Azerbaijan in relation to the strengths infrastructure and working methods equiva- Farhan Guliyev, and weaknesses of the current and future lent to those of DFS. AZANS Head of Development airspace structure, including a revised SIDs/ STARs structure developed by DFS in Under these conditions, the fast-time simu- cooperation with AZANS. lation showed that the actual traffic in the TMA and control area would be manageable One of the main evaluation criteria in this in the future scenario. In the reorganised simulation was the number of potential airspace structure, the risk of conflicts, conflicts in the sectors of the entire especially in the TMA, was reduced by im- airspace and their distribution. The DFS proved separation of arrival and departure “workload model” gives an additional routes. As a result of the improvements, the impression whether a sector can handle measured workload values indicated that the simulated traffic or if a reorganisation the traffic of each sector can be controlled of the sector is necessary. This model throughout a whole day without overload is a method to measure workload in situations. the working environment and has been For further information, please contact: DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH Business Unit Aeronautical Solutions Am DFS-Campus 10 63225 Langen Germany Telephone: +49 (0)6103 707-2051 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.worldwide.dfs.eu