Showing the workings of the Eurocontrol Central Flow Management Unit

1. The CENTRAL FLOW MANAGEMENT UNIT 2008 © EUROCONTROL 2008 – Central Flow Management Unit

4. ATC delay Welcome on board………. we apologise for this delay, the reason is ATC delay… CFMU

5. Capacity Supply Demand

6. Imbalance Supply / Capacity Demand

7. Rerouting Imbalanced ATC sector

8. Levelcapping Ground 24.500 ft Imbalanced ATC sector

9. Regulation Imbalance Balance between Capacity and Demand

11. ATM Structure in Europe One single Flow Management System over Europe 40 States 73 En-route centres = 1750 Sectors 585 Aircraft Operators 544 Airports 74 FMPs 467 staff 3500+ connected end-users Peaks 34 400+ flights a day 10 000 000+ flights a year CFMU

14. European Air Traffic

15. Yearly traffic and ATFCM delays Yearly Average Delays 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Average Delay per flight (minutes) Average Delay per Flight 2.9 3.6 5.4 3.8 3.3 2.2 1.7 1.7 1.9 1.9 2.1 Average EnRoute Delay per Flight 2.2 2.9 4.5 2.9 2.5 1.5 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.2 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Average Airport Delay per Flight 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9

16. Future 2000: 8 million 2006: 10 million 2020: 16 million

17. CFMU Operations Virtual tour of CFMU Operations