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DATA LINK ACTIVITIES IN AIR EUROPA. EUROCAE WG78 / RTCA SC214 Plenary 10th meeting May 3–7th 2010 Mallorca - Spain. Hosted by. Current Fleet of Air Europa. Boeing 767-300: 2 units. Boeing 737-800: 26 units. Airbus 330-200: 6 units. Embraer 195: 6 units. Total Fleet: 40 aircraft.
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DATA LINK ACTIVITIES IN AIR EUROPA EUROCAE WG78 / RTCA SC214 Plenary 10th meeting May 3–7th 2010 Mallorca - Spain Hostedby
Current Fleet of Air Europa Boeing 767-300: 2 units Boeing 737-800: 26 units Airbus 330-200: 6 units Embraer 195: 6 units Total Fleet: 40 aircraft
Lufthansa LINK2000+ Programme of Eurocontrol Air Europa joined LINK2000+ Programme as Pioneer Airline in January 2004 Sep’2004: first B737-800 forward fit VDL 2 Nov’2005: first flight with operational use of CPDLC Today 16 B737-800 aircraft equipped with ATN/VDL2 Next step: PM-CPDLC and VDL 2 Multi-Frequency
CASCADE Programme of Eurocontrol Air Europa joined CASCADE Programme as Pioneer Airline in January 2007 Today all B737-800 and A330-200 aircraft are certified for ADS-B-OUT ADS-B-IN under consideration.
Atlantic Interoperability Initiative to Reduce Emissions (AIRE) Oceanic Demonstration • Air Europa invited by the FAA to participate in AIRE oceanic trials in NAT. • 2008 – AIRE Phase I: (May’08) pre-operational trials. Around 1% fuel savings. Air Europa unique airline. • 2009 – AIRE Phase II: (Jun-Oct’09) Air Europa participated with 117 flights. Great success. Fuel savings: avrg. of 490 per flight. • Other companies: American Airlines, Lufthansa and TAP. • More trials planned for 2010.
Proyecto OPTIMI (OCEANIC POSITION TRACKING IMPROVEMENT & MONITORING) • Started in Feb’2010. • Aimed to: • Improve aircraft monitoring in oceanic/remote areas • Optimize co-ordination between ATC units and SAR in oceanic areas. • Use of existing technologies (SATCOM, ADS-C, CPDLC - FANS)
Next Steps: • TailoredArrivals in MIA • AIRE II. Air Europa will carry out more oceanic trials in 2010: • Oceanic trials in the North Atlantic airspace. • Oceanic trials in the South Atlantic airspace. • ContinuousDescentApproaches (CDA) in PMI and MAD (Required Time of Arrival – RTA’s .
Thank you Juan Rosselló Air Europa Centro Empresarial Globalia. Llucmajor 07620. Islas Baleares. T: +34 971 178133 F: +34 971 178097 E: jrossello@air-europa.com