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Collaborative Decision Making (CDM) - a new concept
Airport CDM is a project which aims at improving Air Traffic Flow and Capacity Management (ATFCM) at airports by reducing delays, improving the punctuality of events and optimising the utilisation of resources.
What is Airport CDM?
Airport CDM is a project which aims at improving Air Traffic Flow and Capacity Management (ATFCM) at airports by reducing delays, improving the punctuality of events and optimising the utilisation of resources.
Airport CDM allows an airport partner to make the right decisions in collaboration with other airport partners (the airport operator, aircraft operators, ground handlers, the air navigation service provider, the Central Flow Management Unit - CFMU, support services), knowing their preferences and constraints in regard to the actual and predicted situation.
The decision making by the airport partners is facilitated by the sharing of accurate and timely information and by adapted procedures, mechanisms and tools.
Airport CDM allows an airport partner to make the right decisions in collaboration with other airport partners (the airport operator, aircraft operators, ground handlers, the air navigation service provider, the Central Flow Management Unit - CFMU, support services), knowing their preferences and constraints in regard to the actual and predicted situation.
The decision making by the airport partners is facilitated by the sharing of accurate and timely information and by adapted procedures, mechanisms and tools.
What about Munich airport?
Munich is one of the first airports to implement the whole CDM procedure when the project was launched by EUROCONTROL in Mai 2004.
The airport partners decided to focus initially on the improvement of the turn-round process and the setting up of a pre-departure sequence using the Target Off-Block Time (TOBT, former COB) procedure.
Representatives of the following partners participate in the CDM Working Group (open to any partner): DFS and FMG
EUROCONTROL is actively participating in the project, providing support to the airport partners involved.
The airport partners decided to focus initially on the improvement of the turn-round process and the setting up of a pre-departure sequence using the Target Off-Block Time (TOBT, former COB) procedure.
Representatives of the following partners participate in the CDM Working Group (open to any partner): DFS and FMG
EUROCONTROL is actively participating in the project, providing support to the airport partners involved.
The Munich CDM Project
With the high growth forecast in the aviation industry in the forthcoming years and the recent enhancement to the Air Traffic Control (ATC) en-route network such as Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum (RVSM), airports are expected to become the restricting bottleneck to the overall Air Traffic Management (ATM) system.
Collaborative Decision Making (CDM) is one of the new concepts that have been adopted by the ECAC (European Civil Aviation Conference) Transport Ministers in the European Air Traffic Management Strategy for the Years 2000+ (ATM Strategy 2000+). EUROCONTROL, the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation, has been mandated to develop the ATM Strategy 2000+ in the next years, including Airport CDM.
Collaborative Decision Making (CDM) is one of the new concepts that have been adopted by the ECAC (European Civil Aviation Conference) Transport Ministers in the European Air Traffic Management Strategy for the Years 2000+ (ATM Strategy 2000+). EUROCONTROL, the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation, has been mandated to develop the ATM Strategy 2000+ in the next years, including Airport CDM.
What is CDM at Munich?
After a detailed gap analysis carried out by EUROCONTROL in 2004, the CDM project has been started as a common project to all partners led by DFS and FMG. It is based on the existing COB procedure for MUC Airport, improving the inbound and outbound information at Munich airport and providing a pre-departure sequence.
The (CDM) TOBT processes are based on the sharing of information between all the airport partners. Aims to provide timeliness and accurate data to all partners taking into account all available arrival, turn-round and departure information.
Regular working group meetings as well as special subgroup meetings had taken place in order succeed on the continuous improvement of the tool. The realization has now been finished and tested. The TOBT (Target Off Block Time) and TSAT (Target Startup Approval Time) are integrated in the operational systems of DFS Tower.
The (CDM) TOBT processes are based on the sharing of information between all the airport partners. Aims to provide timeliness and accurate data to all partners taking into account all available arrival, turn-round and departure information.
Regular working group meetings as well as special subgroup meetings had taken place in order succeed on the continuous improvement of the tool. The realization has now been finished and tested. The TOBT (Target Off Block Time) and TSAT (Target Startup Approval Time) are integrated in the operational systems of DFS Tower.
Who will benefit from Airport CDM?
- Aircraft operators: better adherence to schedule, possibility to express preferences
- Ground handlers: improved predictability of turn-round operations, better use of resources
- Airport operator: increased departure and arrival punctuality, more efficient use of stands, gates and terminals
- ATC: optimised use of airport airside infrastructure, reduced ground congestion
- CFMU: better adherence to slot, optimised use of airspace capacity
