IVATF/2 Montreal, 11 th – 15 th July 2011 FOLLOW UP TO VOLCEX 11/01 AND GRIMSVÖTN European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation Žarko SIVČEV EUROCONTROL Directorate Network Management

1.VOLCEX 11/01 2.Grimsvötn 3.EVITA 4.European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell (EACCC) CONTENT

Scenario: eruption of Grimsvötn Aim: test effectiveness of the amended contingency plan Newcomers: EACCC and Regulators Participants: EUR/NAT VOLCEX 11/01 V. ash exercise VOLCEX 11/01 13/14 Apr AOs, 14 ANSPs, 10 CAAs, 3 VAACs, EUROCONTROL, EC & EASA

Alert: Icelandic MWO VAAC CFMU Crisis Cell SIGME T NOTAM VA Advisory Ash concentration Information exchange: CDM teleconferences Information: VAAC Measures: ANSPs CFMU 13 th – 14 th April, – UTC EVITA prototype 14 th April: decisions to perform flights made by airlines based on safety risk assessment 13 th April: States act in accordance with the approach currently in force in each State 14 th April: States act in accordance with the safety risk assessment approach VOLCEX 11/01

GRIMSVÖTN – May 21 st – 29 th 21 st May – ash plume up to 20km Eurocontrol volcanic ash procedure activated - NOP Portal, teleconferences 22 nd May - EACCC activated 25 th May – EVITA operational Impact: Iceland, Scandinavia, UK, Germany ~900 flights cancelled 29 th May – end

VOLCEX 11/01 Debrief - Conclusions Future VOLCEX - focus, AO crisis cell, volcanologist EACCC - harmonising European response, communications/media Reduce information overload !!! Including Grimsvötn EASA role Data/Information Flow - VAAC, MET, AIS, teleconferences, NOP Portal NOP Portal – one stop shop, EVITA Observations, PIREPs

EVITA 7 - Input: ash concentration data, NOTAM, user defined areas - Output: charts, impacted flights, aerodromes, sectors Since 1 st July 2011 – local training

May 2010: European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell Lessons learnt from 2010 ash crisis Network management expertise Political leadership EASAEASA

European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell (EACCC) Coordinate management of response to the network crisis affecting aviation in Europe Activated when circumstances beyond normal environment of ops are evident Members EACCC … Airlines ANSP Military Airports

4 teleconferences held More states have adopted SRA EACCC recommends mutual recognition of SRA by NSAs EASA established central repository with accepted AO SRAs EACCC during Grimsvötn eruption Actions: EASA –U–Use ICAO IVATF draft guidance material to develop a reference material in Europe –O–Organise a workshop for NSAs AOs – submit SRAs to NSAs UK and Irish CAA - work with VAAC London and other EUR MET providers on improving ash concentration charts EACCC - report to Ministers: still different approaches

Crisis management Safety Risk Assessment approach EVITA Ash concentration charts/data I N S U M M A R Y Changes in Europe EACCCEACCC Still a lot of work ahead …