1. IATA Turbulence Program Introduction and update
FPAW Katya Vashchankova, IATA

2. Costs of Turbulence to the Industry
Aircraft Operators:
Injury compensation
Damaged cabin interiors
Diversions
Aircraft inspections / out-off-service time
Extra fuel burn
Increased insurance premiums after serious accidents
Legal fees
Cost of brand damage
National Air Space:
2nd leading cause of impact to NAS capacity (FAA)

3. Dealing with Clear Air Turbulence: brand damage #turbulence

4. Present Day Challenges
Turbulence costs are on the rise
Pilot Reports (PIREP) remain the standard way to report turbulence
Current industry efforts to collect automated turbulence reports are fragmented and the data is kept proprietary
Very few airlines are collecting objective, in-situ turbulence data, either by working with a crowdsourcing solution provider or independently. What happens in the operational context during the flight is this: An aircraft from airline A encounters severe turbulence. It sends information about this event into the turbulence data pool of airline A weather provider X. An aircraft from airline B follows closely and hits unprepared the same turbulence, because it gets it turbulence warnings from weather provider Y. Unfortunately, weather provider Y is not exchanging turbulence data with weather provider X and therefore provider Y could not warn airline B aircraft
Lack of clarity on data ownership
Most stakeholders dealing with turbulence (ANSPs, NWS, Research institutes, integrators, app developers, etc.) do not have access to the data

5. Example Aircraft flying through moderate-to-severe turbulence
Airline A
Airline B
Airline C
PIREPs
PIREPs
PIREPs
In Situ Turbulence
In Situ Turbulence
ATC
Provider A
Provider B
Aircraft flying through moderate-to-severe turbulence

6. What is the problem with the current situation?
Limited critical mass
Limited forecast improvement
Limited understanding of the
turbulence phenomenon
Limited room for innovation
What is the problem with the current situation?
Benefits associated with data-driven turbulence management cannot be fully realized

7. Airline request to IATA
Develop a global, real-time, objective aircraft-sensed turbulence data exchange to improve safety and operational efficiencies
Because airlines are ultimately the ones who end up baring the costs of turbulence events, they have formally requested IATA to develop a global turbulence data sharing platform.

8. IATA Global Turbulence Database
Solution
Marketplace
Integrators
Government
Weather Providers
Benefits
Data Access Gateway
_____/______/____
HTTP Rest
Pub/Sub
Publisher
Topic A
Topic B
Topic C
IATA Global Turbulence Database
Internal /Common Model
Collection
Processing
Common Model
Broadband or VHF
Aircraft
Airlines
Ground Station(s)

9. Potential benefits to operators
Improved safety and cost-savings (fewer crew and passenger injuries) Better customer service Flight operational efficiencies (flight planning based on accurate data and improved forecasts)
Because airlines are ultimately the ones who end up baring the costs of turbulence events, they have formally requested IATA to develop a global turbulence data sharing platform.

10. Progress to date Global Turbulence Study to validate the need
Regional workshops in DOH, BJS, SIN, MIA, LON to validate the concept and collect requirements
Conceptualized the technical and governance framework of the Platform
Engaged in situ turbulence technical SMEs to collect best practices to share with the industry

11. Next steps
Pilot Project with live data exchange to be launched in early 2018
Operational platform to be available
as of 2019

12. IATA Turbulence Dissemination Platform
Airlines
ANSPs
Weather Providers
System Integrators
Research Organizations
NMSs
Business Aviation
Potential data users
Equitable and fair access to the data
Protecting airlines’ interests as data owners

13. Thank you. For more information, please contact iataturbulence@iata
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