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Air Traffic Management (ATM) is a key component of the air transport infrastructure. European ATM activities currently amount to EUR 6.8 billion and directly employ some 50,000 people. In 2004, the air traffic control (ATC) part of ATM controlled almost 9 million flights.
We need to better understand how ATM affects the society and economy we live in. In order to improve the ATM community’s capacity for dialogue and change, we also need to understand how ATM affects the air transport value chain. This is particularly important in the light of the Single European Sky.
The work and research carried out by EUROCONTROL look at these aspects of ATM. They are organised into three main streams of activities: |
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27 Mar 2012
Standard Inputs for Cost Benefit Analyses
This document provides a set of standard inputs for commonly used data items in EUROCONTROL cost-benefit analyses (CBAs). The standard inputs will save time in the development of CBAs and will also help to achieve a greater consistency and comparability between different CBAs.
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The research carried out by the EUROCONTROL Experimental Centre provides the air transport industry and policy and decision-makers with an increased understanding of the impact that ATM has on society at large.
Sustainability in air transport includes studies into how different means of transport can cooperate and be interlinked (in particular air and rail), criteria for sustainability in air transport and societal viability, and measurement of disturbance of residents.
Dialogue with society addresses the image of ATM among the public at large, with a view to improving perception at a time when air transport growth requires significant investment and change in order to enhance the infrastructure.
ATM in change, in the context of the Single European Sky, will provide a better understanding of the reasons behind different attitudes in the ATM community in the face of change.
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Enhanced understanding of the wider perspective of air transport economics will help in understanding the future needs of Air Traffic Management. Research is undertaken by the EUROCONTROL Experimental Centre to support global air transport economic analyses and in particular to understand the role of ATM in the air transport value chain.
At the European level, the implementation of Functional Airspace Blocks and of a new charging regime covering en-route and TMA operations may change the strategies of airspace users. The main customers of ATM are the airspace users and in particular airlines and airports. Their development strategies will shape the future air traffic that ATM must be able to handle. It is necessary to better understand airline and airport strategies in order to anticipate the market evolution in the long term.
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Guidelines on the Eurocontrol approach to cost benefit analysis, including the EMOSIA methodology, together with standard values and a library of past Cost Benefit Analysis reports are provided in the Cost Benefit Analysis pages.
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