Speaker Biograghy: Francisco is Head of the Operations Management Department at Alicante-Elche airport. For the last six years he has been responsible for the coordination of the AENA/ENAIRE SESAR (Single European Sky ATM Research) work team involved in the integration of the airports into the European ATM network. Within the airport, he is responsible for airside performance and continuous improvement management. In relation to the contribution of AENA to the SESAR programme, he is leading the airport's contribution to and trials of the Airports-Network information exchange and the Airports Arrivals Management using the Target Times of Arrival concept. Prior to his current position, Francisco was part of the team that successfully implemented a passenger process monitoring system and its integration into the Airport Operations Centre at Palma de Mallorca Airport.


Day 1 - 14 March
Session: Management & Operations

15:15 - 15:45 - Airport arrival management – a business collaborative approach
Synopsis: In a busy environment like the European ATM network, a lot of effort is being put into improving current ATM capacity and efficiency. One of the concepts being developed to improve efficiency is the Arrival Manager (AMAN). The AMAN uses a tactical approach, but at the end of the day what really matters to our customers is how efficient they have been in economic terms. We propose a business collaborative approach to solve DCB imbalances and reduce cost to the airport stakeholder. When a DCB problem is detected at an airport (such as reduced capacity caused by weather or an over delivery during a relatively short period), current ATFM measures applied to solve the DCB problem do not take into account the impact in the aircraft next leg – they are purely tactical measures that do not take into account the business needs of airlines. The same approach is used by the AMAN. In the presentation we will show how a business approach can be implemented to solve airport arrivals DCB problems combining the TTA (target time of arrival) with the airport stakeholder business needs to improve the overall cost impact for airlines and airport stakeholders.

Audience will learn:

• How airlines' business needs can be introduced into the resolution of an airport arrival DCB problem
• How the airports can have an active role in the ATM, improving the overall network performance
• How aircraft departure knock-on effect and delay can be reduced in congested situations
• How it can reduce the impact in terms of cost for the airlines