Towards a Stable and resilient ATM by integrating Robust airline operations into the network - Scientific Progress during the 1st year of START project.

Abstract

Trajectory-based operations (TBO) is one of the cornerstones of a modernised air traffic-management (ATM) system. The TBO operation concept takes into account the trajectory of every aircraft during all phases of the flight and manages their interactions to achieve the optimum system outcome, with minimal deviation from the user requested flight trajectry, whenever possbile. However, as TBO is based on a constant exchange of information about trajectories between the ground and air systems, uncertainties inherent in the ATM system sometimes lead to a degradation of its performance when disruptions occur. The EU-funded START project aims to design, apply and verify optimised algorithms that will enable a robust ATM system not only for conventional air traffic but resilient in disrupted circumstances as well.