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Títol: Assessing the status of Airport Collaborative Decision Making (A-CDM) concept at European airports

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Director/a: KULJANIN, JOVANA

Departament: FIS

Títol: Assessing the status of Airport Collaborative Decision Making (A-CDM) concept at European airports

Data inici oferta: 06-07-2022     Data finalització oferta: 06-03-2023


Estudis d'assignació del projecte:
    GR ENG SIST AEROESP
Tipus: Individual
 
Lloc de realització: EETAC
 
Segon director/a (UPC): PONS PRATS, JORDI
 
Paraules clau:
A-CDM, Collaborative Pre-departure Sequencing, Information exchange, Airport efficiency, Capacity optimisation
 
Descripció del contingut i pla d'activitats:
Airports are critical elements in the air transportation system in terms of traffic flow management. The high volume of operations along with the constraining airside capacity can exacerbate surface congestion and lead to increased flight delays and costs, especially during peak times. In order to efficiently cope with these issues, Airport CDM (A-CDM) aims to improve the efficiency and resilience of airport operations by optimising the use of resources and improving the predictability of air traffic. It achieves this by encouraging the airport stakeholders (airport operators, airspace users, ground handlers and ATC) and the Network Manager to work more transparently and collaboratively, exchanging relevant, accurate and timely information. It focuses especially on aircraft turn-round and pre-departure processes. This concept has been already recognized by a large number of airports across Europe.
The project aims to investigate the current status of A-CDM across different European airports with emphasis on the potential evolution towards new operational systems (i.e., META CDM, APOC, etc.). The focus of the project will be on the particular benefits of A-CDM derived at Barcelona Airport, as a representative of the airport which implemented the given concept at an early stage. The proposed work plan is the following:
1. Describe the main concept surrounded by the A-CDM (i.e., the main elements, the workflow, the KPAs/KPIs used, etc.)
2. Summarise the main benefits derived from the implementation of this concept at different airports across Europe (by using aggregate and disaggregate approach);
3. Analyse the current status of the A-CDM at Barcelona Airport
4. Identify the potential concepts beyond the A-CDM and their future implementation


 
Overview (resum en anglès):
In the last decades, air transport has become more accessible and the demand is increasingly growing over the years. Airports and airspace are becoming congested and have to handle a very high volume of flights, therefore facing the need to increase their capacity and constantly improve their operational system.
The major challenge for airport stakeholders in those situations close to saturation is to achieve maximum operational efficiency and predictability, together with improved capacity and cost efficiencies. Nevertheless, airport partners often work in a divided and isolated
manner, operating independent systems, and this lack of common situational awareness can lead to widespread dysfunctions and inefficiencies.
Airport Collaborative Decision Making (A-CDM) is a solution within the SESAR (Single European Sky ATM Research) programme, promoted by EUROCONTROL, ACI-Europe, IATA and CANSO, that aims to improve the operational efficiency and predictability of airports, enhance traffic flow management and reduce congestion by making more efficient use of existing capacity and resources. These objectives are achieved by encouraging airport stakeholders to work together in a transparent and collaborative manner, through
the exchange of timely and accurate information.
This project aims to explain the A-CDM concept and its complete implementation process at an airport. Further, an assessment of the current status of A-CDM at Zurich and
Amsterdam-Schiphol airports and an analysis of the implementation process has been conducted. Moreover, in order to evaluate the possibility of expanding the concept to nonEuropean airports, the case of Mexico City airport, where the implementation attempt was not successful, has been also analysed. Finally, the existing and future systems that complement or continue the implementation of the A-CDM has been studied.
This study has been conducted on the basis of information provided by the Head of Flight OPS Engineering at Zurich airport, an interview with the A-CDM Process Manager at Amsterdam-Schiphol, and a series of interviews with a consultant who was in charge of the implementation at Mexico airport.
The main conclusions drawn are that A-CDM brings many quantitative and qualitative benefits in managing the turnaround process, predictability, reduction of taxi time, emissions and delay reduction, among many others. Nevertheless, it is a complex process that requires a lot of collaboration and knowledge in procedures, and in some cases, a lot of time and investments. It is therefore very important to evaluate the decision of implementation
taking into account the congestion and capacity levels of the airport. It has also been concluded that European airports have both technological and cultural advantages for CDM implementation, therefore, at present, they are the most favourable to be A-CDM airports. Furthermore, it was found that A-CDM, despite being a standardised Eurocontrol process, has a strong local factor and adapts to the conditions and needs of each particular airport.

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