Recommendations Report

Kurzfassung

The project European Airport Movement Management by A-SMGCS (EMMA), an Integrated Project launched by the European Commission in its sixth framework programme, was executed between March 2004 and April 2006. The aim of the EMMA project was to mature and validate the A-SMGCS concept levels 1 and 2 by setting de facto standards for A-SMGCS systems and their operational usage and by the streamlining of existing products. The EMMA project brought A-SMGCS one further step towards the harmonised European implementation of A-SMGCS. In close cooperation with EUROCONTROL, the advanced operational concept for A-SMGCS levels 1 and 2 has been proven and strengthened by the implementation of levels 1 and 2 A-SMGCS and extensive validation and verification activities at three different European airports: Milano-Malpensa, Prague-Ruzyne, and Toulouse-Blagnac. In Prague-Ruzyne, controllers went as far as to work with the system in low visibility conditions, although this was not expected within the time-frame of the EMMA project. Measurement indicators and test procedures were defined and a significant amount of data was collected during the functional and operational tests. Controllers and pilots actively participated and contributed to the results. The analysis resulted in detailed recommendations covering: • the concept of an A-SMGCS levels 1 and 2, • the technical and operational requirements, • procedures, • implementation issues (e.g. safety assessment, training and licensing), and • detailed recommendations for a harmonised A-SMGCS V and V methodology. Further on, this document provides detailed recommendations to the respective stakeholders (i.e. users, research institutions, industry, and the European Commission as the contractor). In an additional innovative study, a preliminary concept and an implementation roadmap for a complete A-SMGCS, considering higher-level services like routing, planning, and the air-ground integration, has been proposed to prepare the successor project EMMA2.