NATIONAL SAR COORDINATION COMMITTEE MEETING. August 16 1

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1 NATIONAL SAR COORDINATION COMMITTEE MEETING August 16 1

2 PAKISTAN CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY PLAN ON AFGHANISTAN ATS CONTINGENCY 29 August, 2016

3 SEQUENCE Introduction ICAO APAC office initiatives Contingency in Afghanistan airspace a) Partial Contingency Airspace available with no ATS b) Complete Contingency Afghanistan airspace not available Pakistan s Proposals 03 Different Options 3

4 Introduction Transition of Air Navigation Services (ANS from the military to Afghan civil authorities); Afghanistan no / limited capability for the provision of ATS (Air Traffic Control Officers ATCOs competency); Afghan ATS infrastructure limitations; Disruption of ANS in Kabul FIR - uncontrolled airspace; ICAO APAC Office, IATA, world aviation community concerns for flight safety; 4

5 ICAO APAC OFFICE INITIATIVES ICAO APAC office held three meetings of the Ad Hoc Afghanistan Contingency Group (AHACG) sine late 2014; A special side line meeting alongwith Air Traffic Management Sub-Group/4 (ATM/SG/4) meeting held in Bangkok from 4-8 July, 2016; Preparation of a contingency plan to maintain air traffic flows with no or minimum impact; A special coordination meeting of AHACG on 25 th August, 2016 to finalize the Afghanistan contingency plan; 5

6 SCENARIO - 1 Partial contingency services Airspace available with no ATS; 6

7 SCENARIO - 1 Partial contingency services Airspace available with no ATS; 7

8 PAKISTAN S PROPOSAL OPTION -1 AFGHANISTAN AIRSPACE AVAILABLE NO ATS During disruption in the provision of ATS Afghanistan upper airspace (FL 310 and above) may be made available; Crossing / converging ATS routes in upper airspace (at or above FL310) within Kabul FIR may be closed; The extension of BOBCAT timings to 24 hours as discussed during first meeting of AHACG is supported; Application of 10 minutes longitudinal separation at regional level for traffic overflying Afghanistan airspace at the same flight levels. 8

9 SCENARIO - 1 The routes segments of ATS Route N636 (PAROD- SERKA) and M875 (TAPIS- SITAX) may be closed during availability of P628 and L509 respectively to avoid convergence. 9

10 PAKISTAN S PROPOSAL OPTION -1 Pakistan will ensure longitudinal separation of 10 minutes at TCPs with application of Mach number technique; Minimum longitudinal separation shall continue to exist till the next TCP between Afghanistan and Iran / Turkmenistan / and Tajikistan; 10

11 PAKISTAN S PROPOSAL OPTION -1 Iran, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan shall also apply the same procedure for east bound traffic to ensure 10 minutes longitudinal separation over the TCPs between Afghanistan and Pakistan. 11

12 PAKISTAN S PROPOSAL OPTION -1 FL330 shall be kept vacant as per existing restriction; Pakistan may also consider feeding westbound traffic via SERKA to P628; Note: Pakistan has an efficient CNS infrastructure and further augmentation is under process. 12

13 PAKISTAN S PROPOSAL OPTION 2 Another option with parallel unidirectional routing scheme in Afghanistan FIR is proposed as under to facilitate emergency climb / descend if so required; EAST BOUND ROUTES L750 (RANAH - Afghanistan) - ROSIE (Pakistan). M875 (AMDAR (Afghanistan) SITAX (Pakistan). L333 (SOKEM (Afghanistan) SERKA (Pakistan). 13

14 PAKISTAN S PROPOSAL OPTION 2 WEST ST BOUND ROUTES L509 (ASARI (India) LAJAK (Pakistan) TAPIS P173 to DAVET) Afghanistan). N644 (JHANG PAVLO (Pakistan) (LEMOD (Afghanistan) P628 (VIKIT ASLUM (Pakistan) CHARN (Afghanistan); NOTE: All other operating condition as specified in Option-1 shall apply. 14

15 PAKISTAN S PROPOSAL SCENARIO 1 RECOMMENDATION Pakistan fully supports operation through Afghanistan airspace based on application of Mach Number technique and 10 minutes longitudinal separation. 15

16 SCENARIO - 2 Closure of airspace Avoidance of Kabul FIR; Flight operation via South of Afghanistan (through Iran, Pakistan to India); Organized Track System (OTS) proposed by Iran is supported. IRAN DANOV AKRAL KEBUD AFGHANISTAN DERBO PAKISTAN ADEBA PANGJUR LAKAT 16

17 PAKISTAN S PROPOSAL OPTION 3 CIRCUMNAVIGATING SOUTH OF AFGHANISTAN AIRSPACE THROUGH IRAN AND PAKISTAN Three ATS route L124 (KEBUD), G665 (ASVIB) and G452 (DERBO) are already in operation and will accommodate most of diverted traffic; Additionally a new contingency bi-directional ATS route is proposed from DANOV (Iran) new TCP AKRAL (284902N E)- LAKAT (270632N E Intersection point at G214) ADEBA NH TASOP / RAMSA Pratapgarh (India); AFGHANISTAN DERBO IRAN DANOV AKRAL KEBUD PANGJUR PAKISTAN ADEBA LAKAT 17

18 TRAFFIC ORIENTATION SCHEME Iran proposed Royal Road OTS and restricted operation at specific flight levels; Pakistan supports Iranian Royal OTS scheme; Accordingly air traffic circumnavigating south of Afghanistan Airspace through Iran, Pakistan and India shall operate at the flight levels as specified below; Eastbound traffic at FLs 310,350 & L370; Westbound traffic at FLs 300,340 & 360; Iran shall not hand over traffic to Karachi at METBI / EGRON on OTS flight levels. 18

19 TRAFFIC ORIENTATION SCHEME Eastbound TFC entering Karachi FIR (at OTS FLs) via; DERBO (route G452) - Exit via TIGER (Delhi FIR); DANOV (Iran) AKRAL (New ATS route in Pakistan) to LAKAT- Nawabshah (route B210) - Exit via TASOP (route A325) to Pratapgarh; KEBUD (route-l124) to PANGJUR (route G210) Karachi Exit via TELEM (Mumbai FIR India); OR KEBUD (route-l124) to PANGJUR (route M636) Karachi Exit via SAPNA (Mumbai FIR India); IRAN DANOV AKRAL KEBUD AFGHANISTAN DERBO PAKISTAN ADEBA PANGJUR LAKAT 19

20 TRAFFIC ORIENTATION SCHEME Westbound TFC entering Karachi FIR (at OTS FLs) via; TIGER (route G452) - Exit via DERBO (Tehran FIR); PRATAPGARH (route A325) TASOP (route B210) Nawabshah LAKAT (New ATS route in Pakistan) - Exit via AKRAL to DANOV (Iran); PARTY (route G208) and SAPNA ( M638) Karachi PANGJUR -(route G208 / L124) - Exit via KEBUD (Iran); KABIM (route P518) PANGJUR -(route G208 / L124) - Exit via KEBUD (Iran); 20

21 PBN ROUTE SPECIFICATIONS IN PAKISTAN Initially RNAV 5 navigation specification is envisaged for; Routes G452, New proposed route and G214 with existing 50NM longitudinal separation; Non-compliant aircraft will be accommodated at or below FL290; Higher flight levels may be available subject to coordination with ATC (in surveillance environment); FL410/430 will be made available in Karachi FIR to enhance airspace capacity. NOTE: Pakistan has planned RNP 2 navigation specification for en-route phase of flight. 21

22 CIRCUMNAVIGATING AFGHANISTAN VIA NORTH Another possible option is to circumnavigate Afghanistan airspace from north through Dushanbe FIR to Lahore FIR as per following; ATS route L509 SAMAR (India) INDEK-JABAR- PESHAWAR / P500 to PADDY FIRUZ (DOSHANBE FIR) during 1500UTC to 2400UTC at the flight levels; From 1500UTC 1900UTC at FL300 / UNL; and From 1900UTC UTC at FL280 / UNL. Beyond the availability of ATS route L509 (i.e to 2400UTC), the operators may like to use ATS route A466 (SAMAR India / Pakistan TCP) to Lahore - Jhang - D.I.Khan and P500 to ADINA Peshawar PADDY to FIRUZ (DUSHANBE) as given in the map below; 22

23 CIRCUMNAVIGATING AFGHANISTAN VIA NORTH 23

24 ACTION BY PAKISTAN A new bi-directional ATS route established to support traffic flows ensuring flight safety; Implementation of traffic orientation scheme to segregate traffic minimizing conflictions; Fourth ATC Sector in Karachi ACC is already operational during night. It can be made operational at any time in case of contingency in Afghanistan airspace; Air Traffic Controllers training has already been completed; Safety assessment (for all three options) has also been completed; Flight Levels 410 / 430 are being made available during contingency; Pakistan is ready to support operation in case of Afghan contingency as and when situation so arise. 24

25 PAKISTAN PROPOSAL - SCENARIO 2 RECOMMENDATIONS Pakistan supports Iran and Indian proposals for circumnavigating Air Traffic through South of Afghanistan; Proposed Traffic Orientation Scheme may be implemented in India, Pakistan and Iran; Circumnavigating Afghanistan airspace via Lahore Dushanbe FIRs (ATS Route P500) may also be considered. 25

26 THANK YOU 26