1. 2015 IFATCA regional meeting 28-30 October 2015 Accra An Enabling Environment for Air Navigation Lindi-Lee Kirkman Manager Safety & Flight Operations Africa

2. 22015 Where we’ve come from 1903191419191921192619291930's1933193519361940's194419451950's19521960's196919711992 wright brothers first commercial flight Intl convention for air navigation first airport ATC (Croydon airport London) USA first regulations- air commerce act Warsaw convention first radio equipped tower instrument flights start first airway control station first generation ATC "system" paper strips replace blackboards Chicago convention founding of IATA second generation ATC "systems" making use of early radar first commercial jet flight third generation ATC systems (automation) FAA implement the first computer providing automatic distribution of flight-plan data first low cost airline First open skies agreement Pictures from www.avstop.com/history/atc and www.flying100years.comwww.avstop.com/history/atcwww.flying100years.com

3. Pushing to the Future 32015  Drivers:  Weakening global economy  The Environment  Increasing demand on airspace vs capacity…there is only one Sky  Rising fuel and operating costs  Customer demands (faster, better, safer, CHEEPER)

4. Creating the Plan  IATA User Requirements for Air Traffic Services (URATS)  ICAO Aviation System Block Upgrades (ASBU) 42015

5. User Requirements for ATS  Technology roadmap for 2020 and beyond  Planned, coordinated technology investment and role-out covering:  Communication  Navigation  Surveillance 52015

6. Aviation System Block Upgrades 62015  Blocks:  0 – Now  1 – from 2018  2 – from 2023  3 – from 2028  Industry: Future product development (timeously delivery)  ASNPs/Airlines: Planning, Resource Management and Capital Investment  Collaboration with industry partners

7. What are we after?  Safety  Access and Equity  Capacity  Efficiency  Environmental sustainability 72015

8. 8 The Perfect Flight.

9. Keys to Success  “Seamless” airspace  Single African Sky  Civil/military cooperation  Co-ordination  Interoperability  Standardization  Digitalization  Data  voice  Adaptability 92015

10. 102015 Thank you kirkmanl@iata.org sfoafi@iata.org