The Strategy describes the processes and measures by which the forecast demand may be satisfied while improving aviation safety.

The EUROCONTROL Air Traffic Management (ATM) Strategy for the years 2000+ (ATM 2000+ Strategy) has been developed at the request of the Transport Ministers of the European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC), to cater for the forecast increase in European Air Traffic which will demand a quantum increase in ATM and airspace capacity. The Strategy describes the processes and measures by which the forecast demand may be satisfied while improving aviation safety. It falls within the framework of the ICAO regional and global CNS/ATM planning, the ECAC Institutional Strategy and the revised EUROCONTROL Convention.

Volume 2 - this document - contains the more detailed rationale for change and guidance on the activities that are needed to meet the Strategy objectives.quantum increase in ATM and airspace capacity. The Strategy describes the processes and measures by which the forecast demand may be satisfied while improving aviation safety. It falls within the framework of the ICAO regional and global CNS/ATM planning, the ECAC Institutional Strategy and the revised EUROCONTROL Convention.

Provides an overview of why a common European Convergence and Implementation Plan (ECIP) is needed, how it works and who is involved, as well as giving a summary list of all current implementation objectives in relation to their ATM domains.

The European Convergence and Implementation plan (ECIP) is the common medium-term implementation plan for air traffic management (ATM) in Europe. The ECIP document explains briefly the background to the ECIP planning process, identifies which implementation objectives support the Single European Sky regulation, and describes the current set of implementation objectives in the context of the operational improvements and benefits that they bring to the European ATM system. It also lists the agreed capacity profiles for air traffic control centres and selected terminal airspace for the next 5 years in each of the ECAC States.

A working level document intended for planning staffs. It contains detailed descriptions of each of the current set of European Convergence and Implementation Plan (ECIP) implementation objectives and their associated Stakeholder Lines of Action, provides outlines of new objectives under development, and lists achieved objectives and those removed from the ECIP for other reasons.

Yearly report that describes the progress made in improving the performance of the European ATM system and in realising the European Convergence and Implementation Plan (ECIP) implementation objectives and Stakeholder Lines of Action in the previous calendar year. It also provides information on the safety actions and capacity performance and plans for the air traffic control centres. The current report covers the year 2003.

This document describes the factual situation within the sector of ATM, proposes actions to be taken to enhance ATM
safety and sets out in broad terms the contents of those actions. The document also presents the way forward and proposes firm timescales for implementation. Implementation
will be coordinated by the EUROCONTROL Agency and the Safety Regulation Commission for regular review by the Provisional Council.

Challenges of Growth 2008 is the third in a series of studies (published in 2001, 2004 and now 2008) that aim to provide decision-makers with up-to-date assessments of the challenges presented by the increasing demand for air transport.

A number of European economies may have left recession behind, but the recovery in traffic growth is arriving more slowly than forecast. The decline in traffic remains broad-based, affecting all market segments and nearly all States of Europe. As a result, the regular September update of the flight forecast presents a slight downward revision for 2009.

For the moment, the traffic situation is relatively stable. In practice this means that the recovery has been more gradual than forecast and all major market segments continue to operate fewer flights than in 2008. For the low-cost segment as a whole, a return to growth is probably only a few weeks away. However, for all-cargo and business aviation even the partial recovery of the Summer is looking fragile.

This report presents an update of the EUROCONTROL Medium-Term Forecast of flights published in February 2009 (MTF09). The forecast considers the development of air traffic in Europe over the next 7 years.

The forecast update (MTF09b) is that there will be 11.6 million IFR movements in the EUROCONTROL Statistical Reference Area (ESRA) in 2015, 15% more than in 2008. By 2015, the high-growth scenario has an extra 1.2 million flights compared to the base scenario (+10%); the low-growth scenario has 1.1 million fewer movements (-11%). This forecast shows volumes of traffic that are still around four years behind those forecast in 2008, i.e. it reaches the same traffic volumes up to four years later.

This report presents the forecast of annual numbers of instrument flight rules (IFR) movements between 2014 and 2030, prepared by the EUROCONTROL Statistics and Forecast Service (STATFOR) in May-November 2008. The forecast has been prepared as part of the Challenges of Growth 2008 project and it replaces the Long-Term Forecast issued in December 2006.

This strategy highlights that in its role definition ATFM should not be restricted to slot allocation mechanisms but should also be extended to the optimisation of traffic flow patterns and capacity management.

The main objective of this document is to enable the achievement of the ATFCM Strategy. The Evolution Plan describes a seamless and continuous ATFCM process that aims at ensuring a better realisation of the ATM capacity towards the traffic demand.

In responding to the mid-term airspace requirements of 2015, the Navigation Application and NAVAID Infrastructure Strategy aims to use navigation capability available at that time. In this way, the upgraded navigation capability in 2015 can be exploited at the same time gaining valuable experience which can be used in the realisation of the end goal of the navigation strategy, the SESAR ATM target concept of 4D Business Trajectories.

This volume describes the "Directions for Change" (DfC) and "Operational Improvements" (OIs).

This document defines the ATM Surveillance Strategy for ECAC from today to 2020+. The document identifies the operational drivers for change during that period and identifies the surveillance evolution necessary to enable the operational changes.

In brief it foresees (for En-Route and TMA airspace):
* The continuation of Primary Surveillance Radars where required.
* A migration to dependent cooperative surveillance (based on ADS-B) combined with Cooperative Independent Surveillance such as SSR Mode-S and/or Wide Area Multilateration.
* An increasing use of Aircraft Derived Data.
* An increasing use of surveillance data onboard the aircraft to support Airborne Separation Assistance System applications (Situational Awareness, Spacing, Separation) and later an increasing delegation of responsibility for Self-Separation to the aircraft.

The EATMP communications strategy (COM Strategy) sets out a roadmap for the introduction and deployment of these new technological solutions to meet the gate-togate
requirements of Air Traffic Services Providers (ATSPs), airports and airspace users (airlines, general aviation and the military) in the ECAC area.

This communications strategy represents the view of the EATMP Communication Team concerning the communication services, which should be provided in the near, medium and
long term future in order to support the requirements of Air Traffic Management. It describes available and potential infrastructures by means of which such communication services can be provided, identifies a preferred solutions and a road map towards the implementation.
It is related to the EUROCONTROL ATM strategy for the years 2000+, to other European strategies for Air Navigation Services, and to the CNS/ATM overall architecture.

Up to 2011, airspace developments in ECAC are included within the DMEAN Framework Programme. With effect from 2020+, the SESAR ATM Target Concept (D3) is intended for application. In airspace terms, a striking conceptual evolution is envisaged between DMEAN (2011) and SESAR’s 2020+ timeframe. Given the considerable differences between the envisaged operating environments of DMEAN and SESAR, it is considered appropriate to provide a description of an intermediate step towards SESAR at 2015. To this end, a midterm step is provided in this document with The 2015 Airspace Concept and Strategy for the ECAC Area, which provides a target for airspace developments. This concept provides a means of meeting the challenging 35% traffic increase forecast up to 2015 compared to 2007 and the commensurate environmental and flight efficiency demands.

Volume I presents the reference to ATM 2000+ as the “umbrella” strategy,
assumptions, aim, objectives, principles and implementation aspects;

Volume I presents the reference to ATM 2000+ as the “umbrella” strategy, assumptions, aim, objectives, principles and implementation aspects.

Volume II details ATC and DP related Concept Elements, derived from the ATM 2000+ strategy.