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Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport has begun a pretrial of Airport Collaborative Decision-Making (A-CDM), which aims to improve the efficiency and resilience of airport operations by optimising the use of resources and improving the predictability of air traffic. It achieves this by encouraging airport partners (airport operators, aircraft operators, ground handlers and ATC) and the Network Manager to work more transparently and collaboratively, exchanging relevant accurate and timely information. It focuses especially on aircraft turnaround and pre-departure processes. It also allows the exchange of more accurate departure information, particularly target takeoff times, with the European Air Traffic Flow and Capacity Management network, leading to improved en-route and sectoral planning. A-CDM is a joint venture between several European and international organisations, including ACI Europe, Eurocontrol, IATA and the Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation.
Interesting. Let's see if it leads to improvements.
ReplyDeleteIt's putting lipstick on a pig. I am sure this is a Vinci company-wide implementation that BEG is doing by default.
DeleteIf they really wanted to improve their product then they would hire more people, offer higher salaries and better work conditions.
What happened with their growth stimulus plan? We are already in March and besides JU and W6 there are barely any major increases or announcements. Even Transavia delayed their launch.
BEG has a lot of room for improvement. I don't see any major changes since the new CEO came.
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DeleteCould we imagine the BUD scenario in BEG? Hungarinas are taking control back.
God I hope not. I wish Vinci would put a greater focus on BEG. However I think they are a bit lazy because JU and W6 seem to be doing well enough.
DeleteIt's up to BEG management to be proactive in attracting new customers and in helping others boost their presence. This Transavia situation is a debacle for them.
NEMJEE I'm sorry for bringing you back to reality but VINCI can't do anything more in a no tourist destination
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DeleteShould be enough of a reality check for you.
I have a lot of sympathies for the frustration about the BEG management, but we need a bit more balanced view here.
ReplyDeleteA-CDM is a European-wide initiative, developed by Eurocontrol more than two decades ago, and is aimed primarily at improving the efficiency in airport operations. It is implemented where the need for it exists, so a few more words on that.
Historically, the activities of the flight ops (crew and ground handlers) have been effectively detached from airport ops (apron movement, passenger movements), which in turn have been effectively detached from the ATC (Air Traffic Control) ops. The flight ops would do "their stuff", and then say to the airport "we're ready", then the airport ops would do "their stuff" and then say to the ATC "we're ready", and then ATC would do "their stuff" and off it goes.
However, this can only work at airports with the low levels of traffic, because none of these in the chain would risk creating delay (and resulting problems) onto the downstream actions. Typically, it is the responsibility of the flight crew to comply with the departure SLOT. At a small airport, they may "do their stuff" minding about the slot, and once ready, they can be sure to take off within a couple of minutes, thus staying within the slot. At a busy airport, once everyone else learns that the flight crew are ready, they may need another half-an-hour to get onto the runway and take-off, thus violating their slot.
A-CDM is, therefore, developed (as a concept) at the European level, to allow, as the name says "collaborative decision-making", that is, to enable three normally independent entities (flight ops, airport ops and ATC) know about each others' actions and intentions in near-real time, and align their decision-making according to shared information.
The introduction of A-CDM in Belgrade is, in my view, a good indication that the number of operations at the airport has reached such a level that further uncoordinated work of the three parties may itself become a source of delays. The decision to introduce it now is also a good indication of some proper lookahead and planning, rather than being constantly in the reactive and damage control mode.
I should mention for the end - A-CDM shouldn't be called a "Vinci's initiative". It's always a multi-party initiative, where airports often have the biggest stake (and the strongest PR), but are not necessarily the leaders, and certainly not the only responsible.
Judging by number of delays last theee years, they are three year late with the implementation of this system
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