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1 INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION ASIA AND PACIFIC OFFICE REPORT OF THE FIFTH MEETING OF THE SOUTHEAST ASIA ROUTE REVIEW TASK FORCE (SEA-RR/TF/5) BANGKOK, THAILAND, 3 5 OCTOBER 2011 The views expressed in this Report should be taken as those of the Meeting and not the Organization Approved by the Meeting and published by the ICAO Asia and Pacific Office, Bangkok

2 SEA-RR/TF/5 Table of Contents Page History of the Meeting Introduction... i Officers, Secretariat and Participants... i Opening of the Meeting... i Documentation and Working Language... i Report of the Meeting Agenda Item 1: Adoption of Provisional Agenda... 1 Agenda Item 2: Review Outcomes of Related Meetings... 1 Agenda Item 3: Review of ADS/CPDLC Implementation... 2 Agenda Item 4: Review Current Operations across South-East Asia And Identify Problem Areas... 2 Agenda Item 5: Implementation of the New CNS/ATM Systems in the Region... 4 Agenda Item 6: ATS Route Development... 7 Agenda Item 7: Develop a Coordinated Plan for Implementation of Actions Agreed by the Meeting... 9 Agenda Item 8: Any other Business Agenda Item 9: Date and Venue for the Next Meeting Appendices Appendix A: List of Participants... A-1 Appendix B: List of Papers... B-1 Appendix C: Chart showing FIR and Capabilities... C-1 Appendix D: Route Implementation Table... D-1 Appendix E: Route Implementation Plan... E-1 Appendix F: Task List... F-1...

3 SEA-RR/TF/5 History of the Meeting i 1.1 Introduction The Fifth Meeting of the Southeast Asia Route Review Task Force (SEA-RR/TF/5) was held at the ICAO Asia and Pacific Regional Office, Bangkok, Thailand from 3 to 5 October Officers, Secretariat and Participants The meeting was chaired by Mr. Peter Rabôt, Head, Air Navigation Services Safety Office, Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS). Mr. Len Wicks, Regional Officer, ATM of the ICAO Asia and Pacific Office acted as Secretary to the Meeting. He was assisted by Mr. Soon Boon Hai, ATM Expert, ICAO Asia and Pacific Office and Mr John Richardson, ATM Expert, ICAO Asia and Pacific Office Forty-six (46) participants from Cambodia, Hong Kong China, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam and IATA attended the meeting. A list of participants is in Appendix A. 1.3 Opening of the Meeting The Chairman, Mr. Peter Rabôt, welcomed all participants to the fifth meeting of the Southeast Asia Route Review Task Force. He reminded the meeting that this being the fifth in the series of meetings, it should be a productive one as all the issues were by known to the Task Force members. He added that it was time to produce an appropriate plan which included the necessary timelines and the means to achieve implementation On behalf of Mr. Mokhtar A. Awan, Regional Director, ICAO Asia and Pacific Regional Office, Mr. Len Wicks, Regional Officer ATM, welcomed all participants from States and International Organizations. He took the opportunity to apprise the meeting of the developments in Seamless ATM initiatives in the region. He mentioned that there were great differences in APAC ATM capability and development, including automation, CNS infrastructure, and cultural attitude. Other issues included the inability to use the airborne capability of modern aircraft.and the notion of this is my airspace, this is your airspace, which was an impediment to Seamless ATM Among other things, he urged the meeting to use ATS surveillance-based separations, not procedural separation monitored by surveillance, and to apply tactical separations that do not depend on a rigid Flight Level Allocation Scheme (FLAS). He also encouraged collaboration between States and civil and military cooperation, and asked meeting participants to have a subregional view, not a narrow national view focused on airspace boundaries. 1.4 Documentation and Working Language The meeting was conducted in English. All meeting documentation was in English working papers and 4 information papers were presented to the meeting. A list of the papers is at Appendix B.

4 SEA-RR/TF/5 Report of the Meeting 1 Agenda Item 1: Adoption of Agenda 1.1 The meeting adopted the following agenda: Agenda Item 1: Agenda Item 2: Agenda Item 3: Agenda Item 4: Agenda Item 5: Agenda Item 6: Agenda Item 7: Agenda Item 8: Agenda Item 9: Adoption of Provisional Agenda Review Outcomes of Related Meetings Review of ADS/CPDLC Implementation Review Current Operations across South-East Asia and Identify Problem Areas Implementation of the New CNS/ATM Systems in the Region ATS Route Development Develop a Coordinated Plan for Implementation of Actions Agreed by the Meeting Any Other Business Date and Venue for the Next Meeting Agenda Item 2: Review Outcomes of Related Meetings Seamless ATM in the Asia Pacific (WP/2) 2.1 The meeting was apprised of developments regarding the objective of achieving a seamless sky. Given the soaring air traffic growth in the Asia/Pacific in the last decade and a projected robust growth rate in the next decade, it was timely that the region embarked on a programme to ensure continued safety and operational efficiency in managing the increasing traffic flows. 2.2 The objective of a Seamless Sky was first addressed at the 46 th Conference of Directors General of Civil Aviation, Asia and Pacific Regions in Osaka in October The Conference issued the Kansai Statement, which requested that APANPIRG to be a starting platform for the discussion on Seamless ATM. The ICAO Asia/Pacific (APAC) Seamless Air Traffic Management (ATM) Symposium and Ad Hoc Meeting were held at the ICAO Asia and Pacific Regional Office, Bangkok, Thailand from 15 to 17 August The APANPIRG/22 meeting then adopted Decision 22/56 and established an Asia/Pacific Seamless ATM Planning Group (APSAPG) of high-level State and International Organisation representatives, reporting directly to APANPIRG. 2.3 It was clear that Asia/Pacific States and their Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs) were cognizant of the urgent need to work towards Seamless ATM as a means of addressing the burgeoning traffic growth, as reflected in the decision to establish the APSAPG.

5 2 SEA-RR/TF/5 Report of the Meeting 2.4 The meeting was also informed that many city pairs in the region were already, or close to, operating in a seamless ATM manner. Some initiatives were in progress where flights were operated across more than two Flight Information Regions (FIRs) and even ground handling was included in the decision-making chain. 2.5 Within the South China Sea (SCS) area, the Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) project would soon provide Air Traffic Service (ATS) surveillance capability where none existed in the past. Indonesia, Singapore and Viet Nam had been collaborating in this project. 2.6 This major improvement in ATS surveillance capability should mean more seamless ATM as longitudinal separation between succeeding aircraft could be harmonized over an entire route. However, the benefits were not confined to just a reduction in longitudinal separation, as it also allowed a reduction in lateral separation between aircraft. 2.7 The meeting was asked to note the opportunity provided by ADS-B surveillance to harmonize horizontal separation standards across the full length of a route, and the potential to implement a more seamless ATM between neighbouring city pairs. Agenda Item 3: Review of ADS/CPDLC Implementation 3.1 The Philippines informed the meeting that ADS/CPDLC trial operations in the Manila FIR were expected to resume in the first quarter of Agenda Item 4: Review Current Operations across South-East Asia and Identify Problem Areas Seamless ATM operations on Route A1 (WP/4) 4.1 Thailand reminded the meeting that, according to the definition of Seamless Airspace proposed by CANSO, the airspace was technically and procedurally interoperable, universally safe, and in which all categories of airspace users transition between FIRs or other vertical or horizontal boundaries, without requiring considered action to facilitate that transition and without any noticeable change in: (a) type or quality of service received; (b) air navigation and communications performance standards; and (c) standard practices to be followed. 4.2 The Bangkok FIR was fully serviced by Secondary Surveillance Radar (SSR) and Very High Frequency (VHF) communications, which allowed the provision of ATS on route A1 within the Bangkok FIR using surveillance spacing. 4.3 It was noted that A1 transited multiple FIRs eastbound with key city pairs involved from Southeast Asian airports such as Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh, Phnom Penh, and Siem Reap to East Asian destinations such as Tokyo, Seoul, and Taipei. 4.4 The current Operational Letter of Agreement (LOA) between the Vientiane Area Control Centre (ACC) and the Bangkok ACC stated that eastbound aircraft on the route A1 could be transferred using FL290, FL330, FL370, FL390 and FL410, while westbound aircraft could be transferred to Bangkok using all even levels.

6 SEA-RR/TF/5 Report of the Meeting The LOA between the Vientiane ACC and the Bangkok ACC also stated that longitudinal separation for the route A1 was either 10 minutes MNT or 40NM radar spacing (FL280 or above). 4.6 Despite the agreement of 40NM radar spacing for eastbound aircraft on A1, the Bangkok ACC was normally required to transfer aircraft using the same flight level to Vientiane ACC at 10 minutes MNT notwithstanding the availability of ATS surveillance within the Vientiane FIR. ATS Surveillance services were also available in other FIRs associated with A At the SEA-RR/TF/4 meeting, China and Hong Kong, China proposed a reduction to 30 NM spacing on A1, which was welcomed by this meeting as a first step in seamless operations between FIRs in this sub-region. 4.8 It was further noted that, at the Mekong ATM Coordination Group (MK-ATMCG/1) held in Bang Saen, Thailand in April 2011, which Cambodia, Hong Kong, China, Laos, Thailand and Viet Nam were represented, 30NM radar spacing had been agreed to by all participants of the meeting subject to China s (Sanya FIR) agreement. In addition, a longer-term plan was agreed to which included an eventual parallel route during hours of high demand. 4.9 The outcomes of the MK-ATMCG/1 were reported to SEACG/18 in May SEACG/18 suggested an implementation date of 25 August 2011, which was circulated to participants of the MK-ATMCG/1 with no negative response. This progress was reported to the ATM/AIS/SAR/SG/21 meeting in Bangkok in June Unfortunately this implementation date did not transpire. The meeting further deliberated on the implementation date. The States involved (except China, which was not present) agreed to implement 30NM minimum longitudinal spacing on A1 and A202 on 8 March As to the concern regarding the absence of China at the meeting, Hong Kong, China advised the meeting that since proposing the implementation of 30NM minimum longitudinal spacing on A1 in the joint working paper, China had expressed their continued commitment and readiness to support the implementation on both A1 and A202. The meeting thanked Hong Kong, China and China for this positive decision Hong Kong, China would communicate the decision of the Task Force to China. Reduction of longitudinal Spacing with implementation of ADSB in the South China Sea Area (WP/9) 4.12 Singapore presented to the meeting the past and on-going efforts to enhance safety and improve efficiency for the major routes serving Southeast Asia and the Pearl River Delta, L642 and M771. These were two of the busiest routes in the South China Sea area. After implementing RNAV 10, 50NM longitudinal and 50NM lateral separation for L642 and M771 in July 2008, RNP4 implementation was explored to further improve efficiency and enhance safety. However, the potential of implementing RNP4 Performance Based Navigation (PBN) specifications could be limited by the level of equipage of flights operating on these routes and was also reliant on the respective States PBN implementation plans and implementation timeline for RNP With the implementation of ADS-B operations within the Singapore FIR, seamless surveillance coverage could be provided end-to-end on these two routes. This presented an opportunity for the States involved to enhance the operational efficiency on these routes through an appropriate reduction of longitudinal spacing for ADS-B equipped flights on these routes.

7 4 SEA-RR/TF/5 Report of the Meeting 4.14 In preparation for seamless surveillance operations on L642 and M771 with the deployment of ADS-B, Singapore had proposed a phased approach for an operational trial within the Singapore FIR which would provide an opportunity for all stakeholders to be familiar with new operating procedures, and ample time for operators to progressively upgrade their on-board equipage Phase I of the operational trial would involve applying ADS-B surveillance separation to suitably equipped aircraft on an opportunity basis at F350 and above. Phase II of the operational trial would commence immediately after Phase I and would involve applying ADS-B surveillance separation to suitably equipped aircraft on a priority basis at F350 and above, allowing more aircraft opportunities to obtain their optimum level The full implementation of an exclusive ADS-B airspace for L642 and M771 at or above F290 within the Singapore FIR was scheduled to take place by the end of Singapore would be working closely with Viet Nam for the introduction of reduced longitudinal separation on these two routes. States were urged to explore the possibility of extending such collaboration to other ATS routes over the South China Sea in order to reduce the longitudinal spacing between suitably equipped ADS-B aircraft to multiply the benefits of implementing ADS-B In order to assist in subsequent deliberations with regard to the minimum level of Air Traffic Control (ATC) separation service that could be expected by users within an entire FIR concerned, the meeting requested States to ascertain their capability with the aid of an FIR Chart, which is appended at Appendix C. Agenda Item 5: Implementation of the New CNS/ATM Systems in the Region Bay of Bengal, Indian and Arabian Sea Airspace Developments (WP/5) 5.1 The meeting was informed of the developments in the Bay of Bengal, Indian Subcontinent and the Arabian Sea, and the need for the SEA/RR/TF to note the possible impact on operations in the South China Sea region. There were many initiatives being pursued, some with collaboration within sub-regions in this airspace, and many on an individual basis. It was clear that there was a need to discuss and establish common requirements that supported more efficient ATM and ultimately, the Seamless ATM concept. 5.2 A significant amount of work had taken place in the last decade to improve Asian route structures and airspace. This included the EMARSSH plan in 28 November 2002, Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum (RVSM) implementation on 27 November 2003, Air Traffic Flow Management (ATFM) implementation on 5 July 2007 concurrent with several enhancements to the EMARSSH plan, and recent introduction of RNP10 50/50NM horizontal separation on some routes. On 17 November 2011 the upcoming introduction of RVSM in Afghanistan and westwards would also be a significant operational improvement. At the recently concluded Bay of Bengal Reduced Horizontal Separation (BOB-RHS) meeting, India and Oman signalled that they were ready to implement RNP10 50/50 separation within their FIRs. India s airspace restructuring 5.3 As part of the restructuring, 11 Area Control Centres (ACCs) would be amalgamated into four, and eventually two ACCs. The entire continental airspace would be covered by overlapping ATS surveillance combined with matching seamless air-ground communications and ATS Interfacility Data-link Communications (AIDC). Uniform application of ATS surveillance separation across the Indian FIRs would be the outcome. The plan also included possible ADS-B sites offshore to allow the delivery of seamless ADS-B services.

8 SEA-RR/TF/5 Report of the Meeting 5 Malaysia /Thailand Surveillance Data Sharing (IP/3) 5.4 Thailand and Malaysia presented their Surveillance Data Sharing plan in line with the Seamless Airspace initiative to effectively utilize the Communications, Navigation and Surveillance (CNS) infrastructure in place in Malaysia and Thailand. 5.5 The meeting was informed that Malaysia and Thailand had reached a tentative agreement to share surveillance data in order to enhance ATM performance for aircraft transiting between two countries. Surveillance data sharing would initially be carried out in two phases for currently available Secondary Surveillance Radar (SSR) sites as depicted in Figure 1 and Once surveillance data sharing was in place, aircraft transiting the Bangkok Kuala Lumpur FIR boundary could be transferred using radar handover procedures in place of the current conventional handover, with appropriate longitudinal spacing, which was also under discussion. Figure 1: Malaysia s Kota Bharu SSR site Thailand s Phuket SSR site

9 6 SEA-RR/TF/5 Report of the Meeting Figure 2: Malaysia s Langkawi SSR site Thailand s Hat Yai SSR site

10 SEA-RR/TF/5 Report of the Meeting 7 Agenda Item 6: ATS Route Development Route Proposals (WP/3) 6.1 IATA provided a list or routes which they considered as high priority routes submitted at previous meetings. These routes were: Realignment of L642/ M771 (between Sanya and Hong Kong FIR) Establish Uni-directional flow/ realignment A1 Establish Uni-directional flow/ realignment A202 Uni-directional crossing routes (to increase primary traffic flow capacity) MNL HKG MNL BKK BSW BKK Uni-directional routes BKK BJS BKK SHA Availability of 30/30 separations where appropriate RNAV 5 on L642/ M771 when full surveillance/ VHF permits RNAV 5 corridor SIN JKT BLI SIN Upgrading non RNAV to RNAV routes New Route M752 New Segments serving (proposed by Viet Nam ) HAN REP HCM REP HAN RGN 6.2 IATA requested the meeting to produce a plan with each ATS route assigned a conceptual outcome, priority, milestones, State stakeholders, and the means by which the route would be consulted. The latter could be by bilateral discussion, through the Mekong ATM Coordination Group, or a Small Working Group under SEACG itself. IATA also requested that the meeting identify any proposals considered to be Long Term and take action to capture these in the ICAO Route Catalogue. Safety Assessment of 50NM lateral and 50NM longitudinal separation standards on RNAV Routes M635 and M774 (WP/6) 6.3 During the Second Meeting of the ICAO South East Asia Route Review Task Force (SEA-RR/TF/2, March 2010), Indonesia and Singapore agreed to implement the realignment of some ATS routes, including A464 and A576 to allow implementation of RNP10 operations. It was noted that the Southeast Asian Safety Monitoring Agency (SEASMA) had agreed to conduct the safety assessment once Indonesia and Singapore were satisfied on the route realignment. 6.4 On behalf of SEASMA, Singapore presented the results of the risk assessment associated with the implementation of 50NM lateral and 50NM longitudinal separation standards on RNAV routes M635 and M774 (Figure 3). 6.5 The safety assessment was conducted using internationally applied ICAO collision risk methodology. The main sources of data used in the safety assessment are information extracted from the December 2010 Traffic Sample Data (TSD) collection, radar-based measurements of position obtained from the Singapore ATC Centre and the result of monitoring navigational performance on the routes a process which had been underway on a continuous basis since January There were no reports of a large navigational error for the period from July 2010 to June 2011.

11 8 SEA-RR/TF/5 Report of the Meeting 6.6 The risk associated with the 50NM lateral separation standard was estimated to be in compliance with the Regional Target Level of Safety (TLS). Examination of the risk associated with the 50NM longitudinal separation standard also indicated that the TLS was satisfied with high confidence. In light of positive risk estimates and the ongoing programme for monitoring navigational performance, the safety assessment supported the introduction of 50NM lateral and 50NM longitudinal separation standards on M635 and M774. Figure 3: ATS routes M635 and M774 RNAV Route M904 Implementation Plan (IP/2) 6.7 It was recalled that, at the Southeast Asia Route Review Task Force (SEA-RR/TF/3) meeting held in August 2010, Thailand proposed the establishment of a new ATS Route M752 from Bangkok to ENREP. 6.8 Thailand coordinated with the States concerned to obtain agreement for the implementation of the RNAV Route with a route chart. 6.9 It was advised that, in order to commemorate His Royal Highness Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn s contribution to civil aviation in Thailand, route designation M904 was approved with the cooperation of the ICAO Asia-Pacific Regional Office, in place of the originally proposed M Since portions of RNAV Route M904 in the Singapore FIR involved close coordination with Malaysia, the three States would coordinate the progress towards implementation. Thailand also advised that RNAV route N891, which was adjacent to the new route M904, would be treated as a same track for separation purposes, since both routes will converge at waypoint ENREP Following the delivery of the Proposal for Amendment of BANP and completion of operational procedures, it was expected that the new RNAV Route M904 would be ready for implementation by 12 January 2012.

12 SEA-RR/TF/5 Report of the Meeting 9 Efforts to enhance Flight Efficiency in the South China Sea area (IP/4) 6.12 Malaysia informed the meeting about collaboration between Malaysia and Singapore to study the establishment of a parallel ATS route structure serving traffic between city pairs Penang/Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur/Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur/Brunei, Kuala Lumpur/Miri, Kuala Lumpur/Sandakan, Kuala Lumpur/Labuan, Kuala Lumpur/Tawau and vice versa. There was also discussion on the establishment of a holding area north of Singapore in order to reduce traffic complexity and to provide ATC more ATM flexibility One proposal was the establishment an RNAV Route parallel to ATS Route M758 to meet future demand between West and East Malaysia, as the capacity limitations on M758 had caused about 19% of flights on this route to operate at less than their optimum flight level. The reduction of horizontal separation from the conventional 10 minutes based on Mach Number Technique would also be reviewed in view of the better on-board avionic capabilities of the aircraft on the route. Agenda Item 7: Develop a Coordinated Plan for Implementation of Actions Agreed by the Meeting South East Asia Green Routes Network (WP/10) 7.1 Bangkok, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore were four major international airports in the South East Asia region. In the face of immense growth in air traffic in the region, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Singapore met to formulate a strategy to meet the demand. 7.2 On behalf of Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and IATA, Singapore informed the meeting of the collaboration between the four States and IATA to conceptualise an RNAV5 route network based on the surveillance and communication capabilities, to effectively serve the air traffic movements between the four airports (Figure 4). This was intended to enhance route capacity and flight efficiency, contributing to reduced fuel burn and carbon emissions as follows: a) implementation of four parallel uni-directional RNAV5 routes to segregate Kuala Lumpur and Singapore city pair against flights beyond the city- pair to allow better ATM, which would enhance safety and improve efficiency for flights operating in the area; b) a pilot project Collaborative Decision-Making (CDM) between Singapore and Thailand, which focused on sharing information that would contribute to identification of best practices to enhance flight efficiency and predictability; c) Malaysia and Thailand were in the process of harmonising their PBN plan, especially at the FIR boundary where air traffic movements would achieve seamless services to enhance safety and flight efficiency and, thus supported further modification of the routes connecting the Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur FIRs; d) on-going RNP10 route developments between Singapore and Jakarta FIRs to serve the South East Asia and Australasia traffic flows (at the same time, Indonesia and Singapore were also studying the feasibility of RNAV 5 route network serving Jakarta and Singapore city pair); and e) Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore were also working on converting ATS route B348 to an RNAV route and where feasible, RNAV5 route specification could be applied to enhance flight efficiency.

13 10 SEA-RR/TF/5 Report of the Meeting Figure 4: South East Asia Green Routes Network Developing a plan for identified route enhancements (WP/8) 7.3 The meeting was reminded that the SEA/RR/TF had met four times and therefore should be fully conversant with the issues related to route enhancements. The meeting was also reminded of the exhortation by the ATM AIS SAR SG/21 meeting to the Task Force to produce a plan with each ATS route assigned a conceptual outcome, priority, milestones, States, stakeholders, and the means by which the route would be consulted. 7.4 The Meeting was reminded that the Task Force had also to determine if the deliverables warranted its future existence beyond this meeting. It had been suggested by the ATM AIS SAR SG/21 Meeting that should the SEA-RR/TF be dissolved, the current tasks of the SEA- RR/TF could be distributed to the bilateral or multilateral groups such as Mekong ATM group. However, this meeting would have to decide if there were other better ways and means of achieving the same objectives. 7.5 The Meeting was provided with the relevant charts indicating the routes identified as high priority routes to assist them in their discussions. Small working groups were then formed to address the routes relevant to their respective area of responsibility. The output of the Meeting was captured in Appendix D (Route Implementation Table) and Appendix E (Route Implementation Plan).

14 SEA-RR/TF/5 Report of the Meeting 11 Update SEA-RR/TF Task list (WP/7) 7.6 The meeting updated the Task List which is at Appendix F to this Report. Agenda Item 8: Any Other Business 8.1 There was no other business. Agenda Item 9: Date and Venue for the Next Meeting 9.1 The next meeting of the SEA-RR/TF was planned to be held with the SEACG/19 during the week of 30 April to 4 May 2012, in order to review progress in implementation, and to update the route improvement plans proposed at SEA-RR/TF/5. Closing of the Meeting 9.2 In closing the meeting, the Chairman, Mr. Peter Rabôt thanked all participants for their hard work and cooperative efforts at the Task Force

15 SEA-RR/TF/5 Appendix A to the Report List of Participants Name Title/Organization Tel/Fax/ 1. CAMBODIA (3) 1. Mr. Chhun Sivorn Deputy Director State Secretariat of Civil Aviation #62, Preah Norodom Blvd Phnom Penh Cambodia 2. Mr. Chea Sokkheng Deputy Director Flight Operation and Air Safety State Secretariat of Civil Aviation #62, Preah Norodom Blvd Phnom Penh Cambodia 3. Mr. Saichon Pingsakul Director, ATS Planning & Training Department Cambodia Air Traffic Services Co., Ltd. CATS Building Opposite Phnom Penh International Airport Russian Federation Blvd Sangkat Kakab, Khan Dang Kor Phnom Penh Cambodia 2. HONG KONG, CHINA (1) 4. Mr. Lucius Fan Senior Operations Officer Civil Aviation Department 4/F Air Traffic Control Complex Hong Kong International Airport Lantau Hong Kong, China Tel: Fax: ans.ssca@gmail.com chhunsivorn@yahoo.com Tel: Fax: cheasokkheng@yahoo.com Tel: Fax: saichonp@cats.com.kh Tel: Fax: lwcfan@cad.gov.hk A 1

16 SEA-RR/TF/5 Appendix A to the Report Name Title/Organization Tel/Fax/ 3. INDONESIA (2) 5. Mr. Indra Gunawan Senior Staff of Directorate of Air Navigation DGCA Indonesia Gedung Karya Building 23 rd Fl. Jl. Merdeka Barat No. 8, Jakarta Indonesia 6. Mr. Moch. Luthfi Kalbuadi M. AIS Officer Directorate of Aviation Safety, DGCA-Indonesia Jl. Medan Merdeka Barat 8 Jakarta Indonesia 4. LAO PDR (2) 7. Mr. Bountaeng Symoon Director of Air Navigation Division Department of Civil Aviation Wattay International Airport P.O. Box 119 Vientiane Lao PDR 8. Mr. Manasavanh Kounlath Deputy Director ATSC Lao Air Traffic Management P.O. Box 2598 Vientiane Lao PDR Tel: / Fax: ind124gunawan@yahoo.com indra.gunawan@dephub.go.id Tel: +(62) , Fax: +(62) luthfik6089@gmail.com Tel: Fax: bountaeng@yahoo.com laodca@laotel.com Tel: Fax: manas998@yahoo.com A 2

17 SEA-RR/TF/5 Appendix A to the Report Name Title/Organization Tel/Fax/ 5. MALAYSIA (2) 9. Mr. Wong Sie Tzen Deputy Director Department of Civil Aviation Jalan Kepayan Kota Kinabalu Sabah Malaysia 10. Mr. Nasuruddin Bin Zainol Abidin 6. PHILIPPINES (2) Principal Asst Director ATM Air Traffic Control Center Department of Civil Aviation LTSAAS Subang Selangor Malaysia 11. Ms. Melba S. Acurantes Assistant Facility In-Charge, Manila ACC Administration Air Traffic Service Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines MIA Road corner Ninoy Aquino Avenue Pasay City 1300, Metro Manila Philippines 12. Ms. Anna Joy C. Papag Assistant Facility In-Charge, Manila ACC Administration Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines MIA Road corner Ninoy Aquino Avenue Pasay City 1300, Metro Manila Philippines Tel: Fax: stwong@dca.gov.my Tel: ext 324/203 Fax: nasuruddin@dca.gov.my nbza@yahoo.com Tel: Fax: ms_acurantes@yahoo.com Tel: Fax: ae_jae0627@yahoo.com A 3

18 SEA-RR/TF/5 Appendix A to the Report Name Title/Organization Tel/Fax/ 7. SINGAPORE (4) 13. Mr. Edmund Heng Deputy Chief SATCC Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore P.O. Box 1 Singapore Changi Airport Singapore Mr. Jeffrey Loke Head (International ANS Policy) Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore P.O. Box 1 Singapore Changi Airport Singapore Mr. Andy Ang Air Traffic Control Manager (ATM/Sys) Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore P.O. Box 1 Singapore Changi Airport Singapore Mr. Peter Rabot Head (Air Navigation Services Safety Office) Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore P.O. Box 1 Singapore Changi Airport Singapore THAILAND (18) 17. Mr. Veera Cheevaidsarakul Aviation Safety Inspector, Professional Level Airport Standards Bureau Department of Civil Aviation 71 Soi Ngarmduplee, Rama IV Rd Thungmahamek, Sathorn Bangkok 10120, Thailand Tel: Fax: edmund_heng@caas.gov.sg Tel: Fax: jeff_loke@caas.gov.sg Tel: Fax: andy_ang@caas.gov.sg Tel: Fax: peter_rabot@caas.gov.sg Tel: Fax: veera@aviation.go.th A 4

19 SEA-RR/TF/5 Appendix A to the Report Name Title/Organization Tel/Fax/ 18. Sqn.Ldr. Sompol Chompradist Aviation Safety Inspector (Operations) Department of Civil Aviation 71 Soi Ngarmduplee, Rama IV Rd Sathorn, Bangkok Thailand 19. Ms. Thipsuda Chiamcharoenvut Flight Operations Inspector Airport Standards Bureau Department of Civil Aviation 71 Soi Ngarmduplee, Rama IV Rd Sathorn, Bangkok Thailand 20. Ms. Kanjana Kanjanapen Transportation Technical Officer, Practitioner Level Department of Civil Aviation 71 Soi Ngarmduplee, Rama IV Rd Sathorn, Bangkok Thailand 21. Mr. Nopadol Sang-ngurn Air Traffic Control Specialist Airport Standards Bureau Department of Civil Aviation 71 Soi Ngarmduplee, Rama IV Road Bangkok 10120, Thailand 22. Mr. Tinnagorn Choowong Senior Director Enroute Air Traffic Management Bureau Aeronautical Radio of Thailand Ltd 102 Ngamduplee Thungmahamek, Sathorn Bangkok 10120, Thailand Tel: Fax: s_mapol@hotmail.com sompol.c@aviation.go.th Tel: Fax: numzie@hotmail.com Tel: ext 1164 Fax: kanjana.k@aviation.go.th Tel: ext 1399 Fax: nopadol.s@aviation.go.th Tel: Mobile: Fax: bacctc@aerothai.co.th A 5

20 SEA-RR/TF/5 Appendix A to the Report Name Title/Organization Tel/Fax/ 23. Mr. Sunun Nimfuk Director, Area Control Centre 2 Aeronautical Radio of Thailand Ltd 102 Ngamduplee Thungmahamek, Sathorn Bangkok 10120, Thailand 24. Mrs. Sirikes Niemloy Director, Airspace Management Centre Aeronautical Radio of Thailand Limited 102 Ngarmduplee, Tungmahamek Sathorn Bangkok 10120, Thailand 25. Mr. Phuwadol Phanumas Air Traffic Control Manager Area Control Centre Aeronautical Radio of Thailand Ltd 102 Ngamduplee Thungmahamek, Sathorn Bangkok 10120, Thailand 26. Ms. Chananya Pinkaewprasert Air Traffic Control Manager Airspace Management Centre Aeronautical Radio of Thailand Ltd 102 Soi Ngarmduplee Tungmahamek, Sathorn Bangkok 10120, Thailand 27. Mr. Visut Dechpokket Engineering Manager Aeronautical Radio of Thailand Ltd 102 Ngamduplee Thungmahamek, Sathorn Bangkok 10120, Thailand Tel: Fax: sunun.ni@aerothai.co.th Sunun.nimfuk@gmail.com Tel: +66 (2) sirikes.ni@aerothai.co.th Tel: phuwadol.ph@aerothai.co.th khunphoo@hotmail.com Tel: chananya.pi@aerothai.co.th Tel: +66 (02) visut.de@aerothai.co.th A 6

21 SEA-RR/TF/5 Appendix A to the Report Name Title/Organization Tel/Fax/ 28. Mr. Siwaphong Boonsalee Engineering Manager Aeronautical Radio of Thailand Ltd 102 Ngamduplee Thungmahamek, Sathorn Bangkok 10120, Thailand 29. Mr. Chanchai Rattanopath Senior System Engineer Aeronautical Radio of Thailand Ltd 102 Ngamduplee Thungmahamek, Sathorn Bangkok 10120, Thailand 30. Ms. Piyajit Phanaphat Executive Officer, Systems Engineering Aeronautical Radio of Thailand Ltd 102 Ngamduplee Thungmahamek, Sathorn Bangkok 10120, Thailand 31. Mr. Kittipong Pongswasdi Senior Administration Officer Aeronautical Radio of Thailand Ltd 102 Ngamduplee Thungmahamek, Sathorn Bangkok 10120, Thailand 32. Mr. Thongchai Jumpathippong Aeronautical Radio of Thailand Ltd 102 Ngamduplee Thungmahamek, Sathorn Bangkok 10120, Thailand Tel: boonsale@aerothai.co.th Tel: +66 (02) chanchai.ra@aerothai.co.th Tel: Fax: piyajit.ph@aerothai.co.th Tel: Fax: kittipong.po@aerothai.co.th Tel: to 41 A 7

22 SEA-RR/TF/5 Appendix A to the Report Name Title/Organization Tel/Fax/ 33. Capt. Apiluk Permpol Manager, International Flight Safety and Operations Development Department Operations Support Department Thai Airways International Public Company Limited 89 Vibhavadi Rangsit Road Bangkok 10900, Thailand 34. Mr. Pakdee Dangkasan Chief of Flight Dispatch Bangkok Airways Co., Ltd. 2 nd Floor, Bangkok Air Operations Complex Mu 4 Bangna-Trad Rd. Bangchalong, Bangplee Samuthprakarn 10540, Thailand 9. VIET NAM (5) 35. Mr. Nguyen The Hung Deputy Director (Head of Delegation) Air Navigation Department Civil Aviation Administration of Viet Nam 119 Nguyen Son Street Longbien Dist. Ha Noi, Viet Nam 36. Mr. Lam Phuc Anh Ha Deputy Director NORAT/VATM Ha Noi Viet Nam 37. Mr. Phan Tat Thanh Chief, Ho Chi Minh ACC SORAT/VATM Ho Chi Minh Viet Nam Tel: Fax: flightops@thaiairways.com Tel: Fax: pakdee@bangkokair.com Tel: Fax: hungand@caa.gov.vn hungand_caav@yahoo.com Tel: Tel: Fax: atc_hcm@hcm.fpt.vn A 8

23 SEA-RR/TF/5 Appendix A to the Report Name Title/Organization Tel/Fax/ 38. Mr. Nguyen Tien Giang Deputy Chief ATC Division ATS Department Vietnam Air Traffic Management (VATM) Ha Noi, Viet Nam 39. Mr. Truong Hai Nam Deputy Chief of Flight Operation Engineering Operation Control Center Vietnam Airlines Ha Noi, Viet Nam 10. IATA (7) 40. Mr. David Rollo Assistant Director Safety, Operations & Infrastructure Asia/Pacific International Air Transport Association 111 Somerset Road #14-05 TrippleOne Somerset Singapore Capt. Alex Sha Assistant VP Flight Ops International Air Transport Association 111 Somerset Road #14-05 TrippleOne Somerset Singapore Mr. Owen Dell Manager International Operations Cathay Pacific Airways Limited International Affairs Department 9 th Floor, Central Tower, Cathay Pacific City 8 Scenic Road Hong Kong International Airport Lantau Island Hong Kong, China Tel: ntgiang@vatm.vn Tel: namtruonghai@vietnamair.com.vn Tel: Fax: rollod@iata.org Tel: Fax: Tel: Fax: owen_dell@cathaypacific.com A 9

24 SEA-RR/TF/5 Appendix A to the Report Name Title/Organization Tel/Fax/ 43. Mr. Julian Fung Assistant Manager International Operations Cathay Pacific Airways Limited International Affairs Department 9 th Floor, Central Tower, Cathay Pacific City 8 Scenic Road Hong Kong International Airport Lantau Island Hong Kong, China 44. Capt. Aric Oh Deputy Chief Pilot (Flight Ops Technical) Singapore Airlines Limited SIA Training Centre 04-C 720 Upper Changi Road East Singapore Mr. Teppei Kitamura Route Planning/Flight Operations Japan Airlines Technical Center 2, Haneda Airport Ota-ku, Tokyo Japan 46. Mr. Toshiji Tanaka Assistant Manager, Flight Standards All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd , Haneda Airport Ota-ku, Tokyo Japan Tel: Fax: Julian_Fung@cathaypacific.com Tel: Fax: aric_oh@singaporeair.com.sg Tel: Fax: teppei.kitamura@jal.com Tel: Fax: tosh.tanaka@ana.co.jp A 10

25 SEA-RR/TF/5 Appendix A to the Report Name Title/Organization Tel/Fax/ 11. ICAO 47. Mr. Len Wicks Regional Officer ICAO Asia & Pacific Office 252/1 Vibhavadi Rangsit Road Ladyao, Chatuchak Bangkok Thailand 48. Mr. Soon Boon Hai ATM Expert 252/1 Vibhavadi Rangsit Road Ladyao, Chatuchak Bangkok Thailand 49. Mr. John Richardson ATM Expert 252/1 Vibhavadi Rangsit Road Ladyao, Chatuchak Bangkok Thailand Tel: ext 152 Fax: lwicks@bangkok.icao.int Tel: ext 47 Fax: bsoon@bangkok.icao.int Tel: ext 151 Fax: jrichardson@bangkok.icao.int A 11

26 SEA-RR/TF/5 Appendix B to the Report LIST OF WORKING PAPERS (WPs) AND INFORMATION PAPERS (IPs) WORKING PAPERS NUMBER AGENDA WORKING PAPERS PRESENTED BY WP/1 1 Provisional Agenda Secretariat WP/2 2 Seamless ATM in the Asia Pacific Region Secretariat WP/3 6 Route Proposals IATA WP/4 4 Seamless ATM Operations on Route A1 Thailand WP/5 5 Developments in the Bay of Bengal, Indian Continent, and Arabian Sea Airspace WP/6 6 Assessment of the Safety of 50NM Lateral and 50NM Longitudinal Separation Standards on RNAV Routes M635 and M774 Secretariat SEASMA WP/7 7 Update SEA-RR/TF Task List Secretariat WP/8 7 Developing a Plan for Identified ATS Route Enhancements Secretariat WP/9 4 Reduction of Longitudinal Spacing with the implementation of ADS-B in the South China Sea Area Singapore WP/10 7 South East Asia Green Routes Network Indonesia Malaysia Thailand Singapore IATA INFORMATION PAPERS NUMBER AGENDA INFORMATION PAPERS PRESENTED BY IP/1 - List of Working Papers (WPs) and Information Papers (IPs) Secretariat IP/2 6 RNAV Route M904 Implementation Plan Malaysia Singapore Thailand IP/3 4 Malaysia-Thailand Surveillance Data Sharing Malaysia Thailand IP/4 6 Efforts to enhance Flight Efficiency in the South China Sea Area Malaysia Singapore. B 1

27 SEA-RR/TF/5 Appendix C to the Report Within-FIR Lowest Separation Capability Status (entire FIR, planned as at 1 January 2012) Unconfirmed Non-RNP Procedural Separation 50NM RNP10 Separation by 1 April 12 50NM RNP10 Separation 30NM RNP4 Separation ATS Surveillance- Based Separation

28 SEA-RR/TF/5: Route Implementation Table SEA-RR/TF/5 Appendix D to the Report Route Name Benefit FIR C/N/S capability Route 1: M635/M774 To facilitate RNP 10 implementation Singapore/ Jakarta/ Ujung Pandang VHF in Singapore RNAV rte Long range radar in Singapore FIR VHF and Radar in Jakarta FIR: Challenges to implementation Consultation needed Mitigation Consultation Implementation timeline Remarks Start date Completion date Consultation Singapore/Indone 12 Jan April 90 day review to be completed sia bilateral 2012 done. Singapore and Indonesia to issue AIP supplement and submit the BANP amendment. Route 2: Implement 30 nm longitudinal separation (A1,A1//P901 in Hong Kong FIR) and A202) Route 3: R213 TRN-PNH Increase capacity on a busy route by using surveillance capability For better connectivity between Ho Chi Minh and Phnom Penh FIR Bangkok, Vientiane, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh, Sanya, Hong Kong Ho Chi Minh and Phnom Penh ADSC /ADSB/ CPDLC/VHF in Ujung Pandang Radar surveillance /VHF VHF Long Range Radar LOA(s) to be redrafted. Safety Case Controller training LOA (s) To be confirmed good to go at Mekong ATM Coordination Group Meeting Jan 2012 (TBC) Thailand, Laos, Viet Nam, China, Hong Kong Overcome Nil Viet Nam Cambodia AIRAC 8 TH MARCH 2012 (SUBJECT TO CHINA AGREEME NT) Note: Surveillance based separation (ref: Longer term route structure plan) Refer to remarks under Route 9: Completed Nil- R213 to be re-named. Viet Nam will take required action. D 1

29 Route 4: R334 TSN- KANGG SEA-RR/TF/5: Route Implementation Table SEA-RR/TF/5 Appendix D to the Report Viet Nam Cambodia Thailand Route 5: M756 TSN-ENREP Route 6: CAB- BHY Route 7: LPB/CMA/ BGO Route 8: NAN TATEL BGO Reduce flying time. Fuel Saving and CO2 reduction For access to Guangzhou FIR from CATBI Improve accessibility to BGO from Viet Nam Improve accessibility to BGO Ho Chi Minh and Singapore Hanoi and Guangzhou Vientiane, Bangkok Yangon Vientiane, Bangkok, Yangon VHF /Radar Surveillance in Ho Chi Minh FIR ADS/CPDLC in Singapore Radar/VHF in Hanoi and Guangzhou FIR VHF/Radar in Vientiane and Bangkok HF/ADS/ CPDLC in Yangon VHF /Radar in Vientiane, Bangkok FIR HF and ADS CPDLC in Yangon Converging routes issue. Lack of surveillance capability ADS-B surveillance capability required Viet Nam Singapore (possibility of Malaysia as a peripheral FIR) Defer the route requirement Consultation needed. - Viet Nam/China Long term Nil Bilateral CNS issues in Yangon Fir Danger area Military issues in Thailand Nil Military agreement. Laos, Myanmar and Thailand Laos, Myanmar Thailand Not applicable Upon confirmation from RTAF nil Not applicable The new route would be northbound unidirectional only. Thailand reports that the route cannot be approved due to Danger Area in the way 2012 Thailand reports that the route is approved, but may be slightly re-aligned within Bangkok FIR. Awaiting confirmation from the RTAF D 2

30 SEA-RR/TF/5 Appendix D to the Report Route 9: A202/A1 parallel routes New description required for the route. Route 10: Unidirectional route for L628 Route 11: Unidirectional route M768 BN- TSN SEA-RR/TF/5: Route Implementation Table Increase capacity To increase level availability for M768 and to provide excess levels for busier parallel routes Bangkok, Vientiane, Ho Chi Minh, Sanya, Hong Kong, Hanoi Bangkok, Phnom Penh, Ho Chi Minh, Manila Bangkok Phnom Penh Ho Chi Minh Singapore Kota Kinabalu VHF/Radar in all concerned FIRs VHF /radar in Bangkok and Phnom Penh FIR. HF/CPDLC in Ho Chi Minh FIR HF and VHF in Manila. Partial radar cover in Ho Chi Minh and Manila VHF in Bangkok, Phnom Penh Kota Kinabalu. VHF/HF/ CPDLC in Ho Chi Minh FIR HF CPDLC in Singapore FIR Military airspace. Airspace planning issues. Airspace organization for crossing busy routes W1 and W2 Low traffic volume. Justification for parallel route for future traffic Military agreement Consultation needed Further consultation needed ADS-B surveillance Thailand, Laos, Viet Nam, China, Hong Kong China Thailand, Cambodia, Viet Nam, Philippines Thailand, Cambodia, Viet Nam, Malaysia, Singapore Subject to further evaluation Subject to further consultation 2011 (Planning for RNP10 Operations), 2014 (planning of new route) Not applicable Nil 2012/2013 (Implementa tion of RNP10 Operations), (establishme nt of new route) It was agreed To use the Mekong ATM group to address the issue to develop a plan for the restructure of the routes in the area.. Timelines to be developed by the group. To include realignment of M771 and L642. Nil D 3

31 Route 12: Unidirectional route A461 MNL-HK HK to report Route 13: B462/B348/ MNL/TPE Route 14: Re-align M771 Route 15: Re-align L642 Route 16: Implement M904 SEA-RR/TF/5: Route Implementation Table To increase capacity Increase capacity Fuel savings and CO2 reduction Fuel savings and CO2 reduction For better Air traffic management and seamlessness Manila Hong Kong Manila Taipei Ho Chi Minh Sanya, Hong Kong Ho Chi Minh, Sanya Hong Kong Singapore Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok VHF in Hong Kong and Manila FIR Radar in Hong Kong Partial radar cover in Manila VHF in Taipei VHF and HF in Manila VHF and Radar for all FIRs VHF and Radar for all FIRs VHF Radar for Thailand, Malaysia. VHF for Singapore Surveillance SEA-RR/TF/5 Appendix D to the Report Further consultation and evaluation required ADS-C CPDLC being implemented in Manila FIR Data Sharing between 2 FIRS Parallel route to be subject to discussion EATMCG meeting(approx March 2012) Philippines and Hong Kong China Philippines Taiwan, IATA As for Route 9 As for Route 9 Viet Nam, Hong Kong China, China As for Route 9 As for Route 9 Viet Nam, Hong Kong Consultation needed Consultation completed China, China Singapore Malaysia Thailand 2 nd quarter 2013:Unidire ctional Route, RNP10 criteria, 4 th quarter 2014 RNP4. 2 nd quarter 2012 Subject to further evaluation Subject to further End st Quarter th quarter 2012 Not applicable Not applicable Hong Kong to seek airlines advice thru CPA. Hong Kong cannot implement changes from July 2013 to June 2014 due commissioning of new ATMS and ATCC Reported by Philippines that Taipei is amenable to upgrade the route B348 to RNAV rte. Parallel route will not be implemented at this stage. To Be combined with the A202 airspace restructure To Be combined with the A202 airspace evaluation restructure 12 Jan Jan 2012 Request for BANP amendment received D 4

32 South East Asia ATS Route Review Implementation Plan V1.0, 5 October 2011 Southeast Asia Route Implementation Plan Version 1.0, 5 October

33 South East Asia ATS Route Review Implementation Plan V1.0, 5 October 2011 Contents Contents... 2 Background... 3 Route Structure 1: M635/M Route Structure 2- A Route Structure 3- R213 TRN-PNH... 7 Route Structure 4- R334 TSN-KANGG... 7 Route Structure 5 M756 TSN-ENREP... 8 Route Structure 6 B224 CAB-BHY... 9 Route Structure 7 LPB/ CMA/ BGO Route Structure 8 NAN /TATEL / BGO Route Structure 9 Re-align A202 & A Route Structure 10 Unidirectional route for L628 MNL/BKK Route Structure 11 Unidirectional Route M768 BN-TSN Route Structure 12 Unidirectional Route A461 MNL-HK Route Structure 13 B462/B348 MNL/TPE Route Structure 14 Re-align M Route Structure 15 Re-align L Route Structure 16 M

34 South East Asia ATS Route Review Implementation Plan V1.0, 5 October 2011 Background The South East Asia Route Review Task Force was requested by the ATM/AIS/SAR/SG/21 to produce a plan with each ATS route assigned a conceptual outcome, priority, milestones, State stakeholders, and the means by which the route would be consulted. The latter could be by bilateral discussion, through the Mekong ATM Coordination Group, or a Small Working Group under SEACG itself. IATA had no issue with reassigning reporting lines, or conducting the Task Force and SEACG in the same week. In essence, the Task Force was effectively being put on notice and its future would be decided based on its deliverables. Hong Kong, China was in support of the alternative means of delivering results, especially as the complexity of the task regarding each route varied. Singapore agreed with the Secretariat s plan, and emphasized that the stakeholders must try and meet the identified timeline. Thailand did not mind which format was used to deliver the results. The Sub-Group Chairman suggested that the Secretariat should discuss this matter with the SEACG Chairman to keep the ATM Coordination Group informed. This route implementation plan was agreed by the Fifth Meeting of the South East Asia Route Review Task Force (SEA-RR/TF/

35 South East Asia ATS Route Review Implementation Plan V1.0, 5 October 2011 Route Structure 1: M635/M774 Background: The two routes were initiated by Singapore and Indonesia as part of their route reorganisation in order to facilitate the implementation of RNP10 separation, and to provide more seamless operations and increase capacity. A464 /A576, linking Singapore with Bali and Australian destinations will be re-aligned as described in the diagram above. CNS capabilities required are DCPC, to be achieved through CPDLC. FIRs: Singapore/ Jakarta/ Ujung Pandang. Communications: VHF in Singapore FIR, VHF in Jakarta FIR, VHF and CPDLC in Ujung Pandang FIR. Navigation: RNAV route. Surveillance: Long Range Radar in Singapore and Jakarta FIR, ADS-C /ADS-B in Ujung Pandang FIR Priority: High. Challenges to implementation: Nil. Mitigations: Nil. Consultation: Completed. Implementation timeline: Start - 12 Jan 2012, Completion - 11 April Remarks: A 90 day review is to be done. Singapore and Indonesia to issue AIP supplement and submit the BANP amendment. 4

36 South East Asia ATS Route Review Implementation Plan V1.0, 5 October 2011 Route Structure 2- A1 Background: There had been considerable discussion between concerned parties to reduce the longitudinal separation on A1 (blue line). Currently flights had to be separated by 40NM, and on occasions up to 10 minutes. As far back as 2007, Thailand had at SEACGG/14 suggested that the existing radar facilities and coverage be utilized to allow for radar spacing to be applied from the Bangkok FIR through to Taipei FIR. This was a very busy bi-directional route (approximately 1,000 flights a week) serving flights between airports east of Hong Kong such as Taipei and southern Japan and destinations west of Hong Kong such as Bangkok and Phnom Penh. The interim requirement was to provide 30NM in-trail separation for flights with no closing speed. This requirement was identified at the SEA-RR/TF/5 meeting to increase the capacity of the route pending a re-organisation of the route structure to a parallel unidirectional route structure (refer to Route Structure 9). FIRs: Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, China, Hong Kong China Communications: VHF in Hong Kong, Sanya, Ho Chi Minh, Vientiane, and Bangkok FIRs. Navigation: RNAV route. Surveillance: Long Range Radar in Hong Kong, Sanya, Ho Chi Minh, Vientiane, and Bangkok FIRs. All the ACCs in the FIRS concerned were providing radar service to flights within radar coverage in their respective FIRs. The entire route through the 4 FIRs was within radar surveillance. 5

37 South East Asia ATS Route Review Implementation Plan V1.0, 5 October 2011 Priority: This was a high priority item as the traffic flow is very high and there was an urgent need to use the available capability to enhance operations to increase capacity. Challenges to implementation: Close consultation between Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, China, Hong Kong China was required. Letters of Agreement needed to be amended to include new Transfer of Control requirements. Mitigations: a Safety Case, controller training, and revised Letters of Agreement was required. Consultation: Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, China, Hong Kong China. To confirm, good to go at Mekong ATM Coordination Group Meeting Jan Date of meeting not confirmed as yet. Implementation timeline: 8 March 2012 (pending China s agreement). Remarks: Surveillance based separation (see Remarks under Route Structure 9 for longer term airspace re-structure plan). 6

38 South East Asia ATS Route Review Implementation Plan V1.0, 5 October 2011 Route Structure 3- R213 TRN-PNH Route Structure 4- R334 TSN-KANGG R334 R213 Background: Requested by Vietnam, to improve connectivity for flights between Ho Chi Minh FIR and Phnom Penh FIR. Route 3: R213 TRN-PNH. Route 4: R334 TSN-KANGG FIRs: Ho Chi Minh and Phnom Penh FIR. Communications: VHF in Ho Chi Minh FIR and Phnom Penh FIR. Navigation: Conventional route. Surveillance: Long Range Radar in Ho Chi Minh FIR and Phnom Penh FIR. Priority: High. Challenges to implementation: Nil. Mitigation: Nil. Consultation: Completed. Implementation Timeline: Implemented. Remarks: No further action, except to change route designator of R213, as R213 was not available. 7

39 South East Asia ATS Route Review Implementation Plan V1.0, 5 October 2011 Route Structure 5 M756 TSN-ENREP Background: The route is requested by Vietnam to reduce the flying time from TSN to ENREP. FIRs: Ho Chi Minh and Singapore FIRs Communications: VHF in Ho Chi Minh FIR, VHF and CPDLC in Singapore FIR Navigation: RNAV Route Surveillance: Long Range Radar in Ho Chi Minh FIR and ADS-C / ADS-B in Singapore FIR Priority: Medium Challenges to Implementation: As the requested route converges at ENREP with L642, M753, and N891, there is a need for traffic separation to be considered along the other routes prior to the transfer of control to the next ACC. Also northbound traffic on the requested route will cross M765 inside Ho Chi Minh FIR. Malaysia may be required to participate in the discussions as northbound traffic on M765 originating from Kuala Lumpur FIR, routing via VKB. After discussion between Malaysia, Singapore and Viet Nam, it is acknowledged that the route is a long term requirement due to traffic growth in Viet Nam. Mitigation: Arrangements needed to ensure separation prior to convergence. The three States agreed that once ADS-B implementation is in place, the establishment of the new route will be revisited as the CNS infrastructure would have been in place to mitigate the safety and efficiency concerns Consultation: Malaysia, Singapore and Viet Nam. Implementation Timeline: start 2010, completion 2013/2014. Remarks: The new route would be northbound unidirectional only. 8

40 South East Asia ATS Route Review Implementation Plan V1.0, 5 October 2011 Route Structure 6 B224 CAB-BHY Background: Vietnam has requested the route to provide access from CATBI in Hanoi FIR to BHY in Guangzhou FIR (see chart above). FIRs: Hanoi FIR and Guangzhou FIR. Communications: VHF in Ho Chi Minh FIR, VHF in Guangzhou FIR. Navigation: RNAV route. Surveillance: Long Range Radar in Hanoi FIR, and Guangzhou FIR. Priority: High. Challenges to implementation: Nil. Mitigation: Nil. Consultation: China and Vietnam. Implementation Timeline: Long term. Remarks: Bilateral between China and Vietnam. 9

41 South East Asia ATS Route Review Implementation Plan V1.0, 5 October 2011 Route Structure 7 LPB/ CMA/ BGO Background: Vietnam has requested the route LPB /CMA/ BGO to improve accessibility to BGO in Yangon FIR. (see blue line) FIRs: Vientiane FIR, Bangkok FIR and Yangon FIR. Communications: VHF in Vientiane and Bangkok FIR. HF/CPDLC Yangon FIR Navigation: Conventional route. Surveillance: Long Range Radar in, Vientiane, Bangkok FIR. ADS-C in Yangon FIR Priority: High. Challenges to implementation: CNS issues in Yangon FIR, Danger area in Thailand FIR. Mitigation: Nil. Thailand reports that the route cannot be approved due to a Danger Area in the way Consultation: Completed, but Thailand unable to process the requirement. Implementation Timeline: Not Applicable Remarks: Nil 10

42 South East Asia ATS Route Review Implementation Plan V1.0, 5 October 2011 Route Structure 8 NAN /TATEL / BGO Background Vietnam has requested the route NAN /TATEL/ BGO to improve accessibility to BGO in Yangon FIR. The route will serve traffic between Yangon, Chiang Mai, Luang Prabang and Hanoi (see blue line ). FIRs: Vientiane FIR, Bangkok FIR and Yangon FIR. Communications: VHF in Hanoi, Bangkok and Yangon FIR, HF and ADS CPDLC in Yangon Navigation: Conventional route. Surveillance: Long Range Radar in Hanoi, Vientiane and Bangkok FIR. Priority: High. Challenges to implementation: Military issues in Thailand. Mitigation: Military agreement. Consultation: Completed. Implementation Timeline: Upon confirmation from RTAF, 2012 Remarks: Thailand reports that the route is approved, but may be slightly re-aligned within Bangkok FIR. Awaiting confirmation from the RTAF. 11

43 South East Asia ATS Route Review Implementation Plan V1.0, 5 October 2011 Route Structure 9 Re-align A202 & A1 Background: IATA has proposed a unidirectional routing scheme for A202, and A1/P901 some years ago, as a means of providing better capacity and efficiency. With a unidirectional routing scheme, the same levels can be used in both directions, thereby doubling capacity with just a single step. A1/P901 (approximately 1000 movements per week) and A202 (approximately 600 movements a week) are among the busiest routes in the region. FIRs: Hong Kong, Ho Chi Minh, Hanoi, Vientiane, and Bangkok. Communications: VHF in Hong Kong, Ho Chi Minh, Hanoi, Vientiane, and Bangkok FIRs Navigation: RNAV Surveillance: Long Range Radar in Hong Kong, Ho Chi Minh, Vientiane, and Bangkok FIRs Priority: High Challenges to implementation: Military airspace, Airspace planning issues. Mitigation: Military agreement and consultation needed Consultation: Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, China, Hong Kong, China. Implementation Timeline: Subject to further evaluation. Remarks: It was agreed to use the Mekong ATM Group to address the issue to develop a plan for the restructure of the routes in the area. The evaluation for the route restructure of the area will include the re-alignment of M771 and L642. Timelines were to be developed by the group. 12

44 South East Asia ATS Route Review Implementation Plan V1.0, 5 October 2011 Route Structure 10 Unidirectional route for L628 MNL/BKK Background: L628 serves mainly traffic between Manila and Bangkok airport and airports west of Bangkok. It carries approximately 200 movements per week. However, it is advantageous to provide a unidirectional, parallel route structure, which will double the level availability on this route. As L628 crosses 2 pairs of parallel routes excess levels can be freed and allocated to the busier routes. However, this does not preclude the implementation of a unidirectional parallel route structure. FIRs: Bangkok, Phnom Penh, Ho Chi Minh, and Manila FIRs. Communications: VHF in Bangkok and Phnom Penh FIR. VHF and HF/CPDLC in Ho Chi Minh FIR. HF and VHF in Manila FIR Navigation: RNAV. Surveillance: Long range radar in Bangkok, Phnom Penh FIR. Partial radar cover in Ho Chi Minh FIR. Partial radar cover in Manila FIR. Manila FIR in the process of implementing ADS-C. Priority: High. Challenges to implementation: Vietnam advised that new route structure would seriously affect the airspace organization, and ATM operations, for crossing busy routes W1 and W2. Vietnam suggested that the introduction of RNP10/RNP 4 as a first phase and introduction of a parallel route as a second phase on L628 subject to traffic requirements. Mitigation: Further consultation needed. Consultation: Bangkok, Phnom Penh, Ho Chi Minh, Manila. Implementation Timeline: Nil. Remarks: IATA indicated that the rationale for implementing a parallel route for L628 is not to address a capacity issue on L628 but to increase capacity of the crossing routes by freeing up excess flight levels. 13

45 South East Asia ATS Route Review Implementation Plan V1.0, 5 October 2011 Route Structure 11 Unidirectional Route M768 BN-TSN Background: M768 serves traffic between Bangkok, Tan Son Nhat and Brunei, Bali, and points in Australia. It carries approximately 120 flights a week. However, as it cuts across 3 pairs of busier parallel routes it would be advantageous to provide a parallel route structure which would double the route capacity. FIRs: Bangkok, Phnom Penh, Ho Chi Minh, Singapore and Kota Kinabalu. Communications: VHF in Bangkok, Phnom Penh and Kota Kinabalu FIR. VHF/HF/CPDLC in Ho Chi Minh FIR. CPDLC/HF in Singapore FIR. Navigation: RNAV Route. Surveillance: Full radar coverage in Bangkok, Phnom Penh FIR and Kota Kinabalu FIR. Partial radar coverage and ADS-C in Ho Chi Minh FIR. ADS-C in Singapore FIR. Priority: Medium Challenges to Implementation: Currently the traffic volume does not warrant the establishment of a parallel route to M768. The current NPDC levels available are able to cope with the traffic volume and all other levels are coordinated between the ACCs concerned. Also with the current CNS infrastructure available, there would be an impact on the traffic capacity on some of the higher density routes. However during the discussion, consideration was given to traffic increases in the near future and the first step would be the introduction of RNP10 operations (50NM longitudinal separation) as the first phase between Ho Chi Minh, Singapore and Kota Kinabalu FIRs. The second phase will be to establish a parallel route to the south of M768 (without realigning M768 as shown in the diagram above). Mitigation: All States agreed that once ADS-B implementation is in place, the CNS infrastructure would have been in place to mitigate the safety and efficiency concerns currently faced. Also the new parallel route is recognised as a long term solution for the traffic increase. Consultation: Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam 14

46 South East Asia ATS Route Review Implementation Plan V1.0, 5 October 2011 Implementation Timeline: 2011 (start planning for RNP10 Operations), 2014 (planning of new route), completion Date: 2012/2013 (Implementation of RNP10), (establishment of new route). Remarks: Cambodia, Thailand and Viet Nam are also working towards upgrading R468 within Bangkok, Phnom Penh and Ho Chi Minh FIRs (extension to M768) into an RNAV Route. The plan is also to implement surveillance separation in the near future. 15

47 South East Asia ATS Route Review Implementation Plan V1.0, 5 October 2011 Route Structure 12 Unidirectional Route A461 MNL-HK Background: IATA made the proposal to implement a unidirectional route to parallel A461 to increase the capacity (blue line). A461 serves the Hong Kong /Manila city pair as well as airports from Australia. Currently A461 carries approximately 560 movements per week. A461 also crosses N892 and L625. FIRs: Manila and Hong Kong. Communications: VHF in Hong Kong FIR, VHF in Manila FIR Navigation: Conventional route. Surveillance: Long Range Radar in Hong Kong, and Manila FIR (partial radar cover). Priority: High Challenges to implementation: Lack of Surveillance capability in Philippines Mitigation: ADS-C CPDLC being implemented in Manila FIR, a Data Sharing between Hong Kong and Manila FIRS. Consultation: Philippines and Hong Kong Implementation Timeline: unidirectional Route, RNP10 criteria, 2 nd quarter 2013 RNP4-4 th quarter Remarks: Hong Kong cannot implement changes from July to June 2014 due to commissioning of new a ATMS and ATCC. 16

48 South East Asia ATS Route Review Implementation Plan V1.0, 5 October 2011 Route Structure 13 B462/B348 MNL/TPE Background: IATA proposed the implementation of a unidirectional route to B462/B348 as a means of increasing flight level availability. B462/B348 serves Manila and Taipei and airports northwards. B348 carries approximately 550 movements per week. FIRs: Manila and Taipei Communications: VHF in Taipei, HF and VHF in Manila FIR. Navigation: Conventional route. Surveillance: Long Range Radar in Taipei, and Manila FIR Priority: High. Challenges to implementation: Consultation needed. Mitigation: Parallel route to be subject to discussion EATMAG meeting. Consultation: Philippines, Taiwan, IATA. Implementation Timeline: To be confirmed following EATMAG Meeting. Remarks: Reported by Philippines that Taipei is amenable to upgrade the route B348 to RNAV rte. Parallel route will not be implemented at this stage. 17

49 South East Asia ATS Route Review Implementation Plan V1.0, 5 October 2011 Route Structure 14 Re-align M771 Background: IATA requested the re-alignment of M771 to reduce the track distance for flights departing Hong Kong, in view of the new reduced horizontal separation requirements. The route was spaced 60NM from the adjacent routes when they were conceived. This is a very busy uni-directional route (approximately 500 flights a week) serving flights between Hong Kong and airports such as Ho Chi Minh, Kuala Lumpur, and Singapore. Even a minor reduction of track miles will translate into significant savings in terms of fuel and CO2 emissions. FIRs: Ho Chi Minh, Sanya, and Hong Kong. Communications: VHF in Ho Chi Minh FIR, Sanya, and Hong Kong FIR. Navigation: RNAV route. Surveillance: Long Range Radar/ADSB/ADS-C in Ho Chi Minh FIR, Long Range Radar in Sanya and Hong Kong FIR. Priority: High Challenges to implementation: As for Route 9. Mitigation: As for Route 9. Consultation: Vietnam, Hong Kong China, China. Implementation Timeline: Subject to further evaluation. Remarks: To be combined with the A202 airspace restructure. 18

50 South East Asia ATS Route Review Implementation Plan V1.0, 5 October 2011 Route Structure 15 Re-align L642 Background: Like M771, IATA has also asked for a re-alignment of the route to take advantage of the reduction of horizontal separation for flights on L642 and M771 on account of RNP10 implementation. As with M771 the traffic movements number approximately 500 per week and even a small reduction in the track miles will yield significant savings in terms of fuel and CO2 emissions. FIRs: Ho Chi Minh, Sanya, and Hong Kong. Communications: VHF in Ho Chi Minh FIR, Sanya, and Hong Kong FIR. Navigation: RNAV route. Surveillance: Long Range Radar/ADSB/ADS-C in Ho Chi Minh FIR, Long Range Radar in Sanya and Hong Kong FIR. Challenges to implementation: As for Route 9 Mitigation: As for Route 9 Consultation: Vietnam, Hong Kong China, China. Implementation Timeline: Subject to further evaluation. Remarks: To be combined with A202 airspace re-structure. 19

51 South East Asia ATS Route Review Implementation Plan V1.0, 5 October 2011 Route Structure 16 M904 New route requirement SEA-RR TF/5 Background: For the purpose of achieving better ATM seamlessness and traffic management, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore collaborated to implement a new route between Bangkok and Singapore. FIRs: Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore Communications: VHF in Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore FIR Navigation: RNAV route Surveillance: Long Range Radar in Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur FIR 20