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SESAR – PATHWAY TO
THE SINGLE
EUROPEAN SKY (SES)
When it was adopted by the European Parliament in March 2004, the Single European
Sky (SES) regulation became one of the most significant initiatives ever undertaken to
improve the European Air Traffic Management (ATM) system. Julian Moxon reviews the
aims and timeframes of this significant initiative
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he main aims of the SES are to create a more efficient,
seamless ATM system by reducing fragmentation
between States, harmonising the systems in use and
creating flexible airspace between civil and military users. As
such, its backers face major challenges as they seek to shift
the traditional approach to ATM development into a new era
that will provide the necessary capacity to handle the
predicted doubling of air traffic by 2020.
To achieve its aims the SES will rely on regulations to give it
the legislative teeth for the necessary changes, and, on
operational and technical initiatives, to enable them to
happen. The European Commission (EC) is managing the SES
regulatory approach through a series of implementing rules to
be developed by EUROCONTROL on the basis of mandates
entrusted to it. Now, the EC and EUROCONTROL have
launched the Sesar initiative to ensure that the SES succeeds
technically and operationally.
According to Bernard Miaillier, Head of EUROCONTROL’s
European ATM Strategy and Convergence business division,
there have been several major attempts in recent years to
move European ATM closer to the SES targets, but progress
was often inhibited by lack of collaboration amongst the
numerous stakeholders which comprise the ATM community.
He cites the EUROCONTROL’s ATM2000+ Strategy, various ECsponsored
initiatives and the Strategic Research Agenda under
the ACARE programme as examples of calls for working more
For the first time, the
Sesar programme
brings all stakeholders
together to create the
operational and
technical backing to the
SES regulatory scheme
T together. “What was needed was better collaboration
between all sectors of aviation industry to get faster decisionmaking
on the transformation of the ATM system through the
notion of a master plan for European ATM”.
For the first time, the Sesar programme brings all
stakeholders together to create the operational and technical
backing to the SES regulatory scheme. The definition phase
was launched by the EC and EUROCONTROL in June 2005, EC
Vice-President Jacques Barrot proclaiming the programme as
being “of strategic importance for Europe and the Single
European Sky”. EUROCONTROL Director General Víctor M.
Aguado added that the programme “will produce the ATM
Master Plan for Europe that will formulate operational
concepts and propose new systems as well as define the road
map for their implementation”.
The two-year, E60 million definition phase is funded equally
by EUROCONTROL and the EC’s transport directorate, (through
the Trans-European Network programme), under a contract
awarded in 2005. In another first, the work will be carried out
by a major new consortium comprising stakeholders from all
corners of the ATM community (listed at the end of this
article). The consortium will initially prepare a detailed
statement of work in preparation for the actual work due to
begin in January 2006. “Sesar will become the ultimate SES
implementation tool”, says Miaillier. “It is the operational and
technical vehicle for the SES. In essence it represents the next
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15 years of improvements to the European ATM system, while
recognising that changes will also be required later”.
Sesar does not mean, says Miaillier, stopping all existing
ATM improvement programmes. “The ambition is more to
extend them, and allow for the preparation of the further
operational and technical steps which, in turn, may require
additional regulatory measures under the SES regulations”.
The first benefits will, however, not be seen much before
2009/10, he adds. “We expect a smooth and efficient
transition from current EUROCONTROL programmes such as
Link 2000+ and DMEAN (Dynamic Management of the
European Airspace Network), which are platforms from which
the actions to come out of Sesar will be taken”. Miaillier adds,
however, “there may be significant changes compared to
current plans because of the much bigger stakeholder
involvement. We may find in the definition phase that there
are potential improvements we haven’t contemplated yet. We
　
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