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Christian Albrecht Etihad RNP Abu Dhabi
1. CHRISTIAN ALBRECHT
VP OPERATIONS LOGISTICS
AIR NAVIGATION NEW
TECHNOLOGY FORUM 2014
BEJING, 04 -05 JUNE 2014
RNP-AR IN ABU DHABI –
A PROJECT REPORT
FROM THE FIRST RNP-AR
PROJECT IN THE
MIDDLE EAST
2. AGENDA
• Etihad Airways and Abu Dhabi
• Terminal Airspace efficiency as a local challenge
• The requirement of functioning ATM - better efficiency and capacity
increase
4. A CHALLENGING CLIMATE
• Economic and political instability
• Volatile oil prices
• Consolidation, larger
competitors
• Overcapacity, yield compression
• Market access constraints
• Infrastructure limitations
• Taxes, charges and imposts
• Digital-age consumers
• Skills shortages
• Air Traffic capacity
5. We have evolved from a startup
airline to a global aviation player with
one hub
6. India, China, Far
East, Africa, South
America
Rapid growth in
emerging markets
Much slower
growth in
established
markets
Europe, North America
Traffic flows are
changing
Emergence of Gulf hubs,
at crossroads of new
routes
THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY IS CHANGING
7. GLOBAL MARKET DYNAMICS – AIR TRAFFIC IS DOUBLING EVERY 15 YEARS
DEMAND GROWTH - Air traffic demand
growth is the a Challenge facing the industry
PASSENGER AIR TRAFFIC TO DOUBLE BY
2030
SOURCE: ICAO, AIRBUS GMF 2010
CARGO AIR TRAFFIC TO TRIPLE BY 2030
SOURCE: ICAO, AIRBUS GMF 2010
$8.3B
$16.7B
$4.0B
$3.9B
Costs To Passengers
Costs to Airlines
Impact on GDP
Costs from Lost
Demand
ECONOMIC COST OF DELAY - Economic cost
of delay is enormous and will only get worse as traffic
demand grows
ANNUAL COST OF US DELAYS 2010: $
32.9B SOURCE: FAA NEXTOR DELAY IMPACT STUDY
2010
COST PER EVERY MINUTE OF DELAY: $102
SOURCE: SOURCE: EUROCONTROL WESTMINSTER COST OF
DELAY STUDY
ENVIRONMENTAL COST OF DELAY- Carbon
footprint of aviation growing with demand while
environmental pressures increase
CARBON REDUCTIONS REQUIRE
EFFICIENCIES SOURCE: IATA PATHWAY TO CARBON
NEUTRAL AVIATION 2010
EMISSIONS REDUCED 50% BY 2050
SOURCE: ICAO ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT 2010
8. The requirement of functioning ATM
– better efficiency and capacity
increase
9. CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENT IN PBN IN ABU DHABI
• First RNP-AR approach
flown into Abu Dhabi
International on 6 MAR 2012
• RNP-AR approaches in daily
use by 16 Operators
• Continual improvement of
procedures
• Flexible use of airspace and
real time coordination with
military for aircraft inbound
via M318 - ATUDO
10. BENEFITS OF RNP-AR IN ABU DHABI
LOWER FUEL BURN
Less distance to Fly (8NM per flight)
Better Vertical Profile
Fully Managed Descent
SAFETY
Can potentially remove Circle to Land
Better Energy Management
Fully Managed Approach
IMPROVED ACCESS TO AIRPORT
Lower Minima
Less Diversions and Cancellations
NPA on both sides
11. MIXED MODE SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTED
LINKED PROCEDURES
STRUCTURED DECISION POINTS
• Mixed mode operations (both
ILS and RNP-AR) successfully
accomplished through
procedure design and controller
training
• About 65% of aircraft
requesting RNP-AR are issued
approach
• Resulting in 40% reduced radio
transmissions, stabilized flight
paths, fuel savings
12. CHALLENGES IN DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS
• Collaboration ANSP and Pilots – both parties do not
work fully integrated. Still relatively high number of rejected
approaches after two years
• Procedure Design – “housekeeping” and improving the
procedure is a continuous task and need special focus
• Standardization – not all ATCOs are confident to approve
the approach. Different training standards have impact on
operations
• Best equipped, best served – no clear policy defined for
aircraft not capable to fly RNP-AR lead to interruptions in RNP
“mass production”
