International Civil Aviation Organization African Flight Procedure Programme

International Civil Aviation Organization African Flight Procedure Programme REPORT OF THE GLOBAL ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED SINCE JUNE 2014 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 The objective of this paper is to report on the activities conducted by the African Flight Procedure Programme (AFPP) since the launch of the Programme in June 2014. 2. MEMBER STATES OF THE AFPP 2.1 Since the launch of the AFPP on June 2014, the Member States of the AFPP were as follows: Participating States Active Participating States User States 2014 24 21 3 28 25 3 30 26 4 Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d Ivoire, Djibouti, DRC, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Guinea Equatorial, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Roberts FIR (Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone), Senegal, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. 2.2 Some States signed lately in Year or as APS and contribution is only due in or 2017. 3. FOLLOW-UP OF WORK PROGRAMME SINCE 2014 3.1 This section is detailing the programme achievements since its launch contrasted against approved annual work programme, as well constraints experienced, based on SC/3 WP5 ATT A.

2 AFPP 1. WORKSHOPS 1.1. AFCAC/ICAO Joint Seminar/Workshop on PBN Plan 1.2. AFPP Familiarization Seminar/Workshop 2014 2014 - Seminar/Workshop on PBN Plan - Dakar, Senegal - Seminar/Workshop on AFPP familiarization - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - 25 States / - 75 participants - Expertise: AFPP, ASECNA; AFCAC and AIRBUS - Participants to ASBU meeting 24-26/06/14 N/C - Information and training workshop delivered to States and representations to develop PBN Plan - Statement from representatives to develop PBN before end of Year 2014: 2 States met the goal. 20-21/11/14 N/C Information about the AFPP to ESAF States - (A) Cabo Verde, Cote d'ivoire, Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda - (B) Angola, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Guinea**, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone**, Zambia - (C) Zimbabwe - (D) Algeria, Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Seychelles, South Africa, Sudan

AFPP 3 1.3. Quality Assurance for Flight Procedure Process workshop 1.4. PBN Training Workshop for ATC and ATM personnel 2 events Cancelled - Quality Assurance for Flight Procedure Process workshop - : Douala, Cameroon - : Nairobi, Kenya - PBN Training Workshop for ATC and ATM personnel - Nairobi, Kenya - 18 States - 47 participants - Expertise: AIRBUS and AFPP - 9 States - 16 participants - Expertise: Kenya (EASA) and AFPP 1-4/09/15, Douala 3-6/11/15, Nairobi : request from WACAF Office to conduct direct assistance to dedicated States - State representatives obtained knowledge for implementing instrument flight regarding ICAO Doc 9906 related to Quality Assurance 11-15/04/16 N/C ATC and ATM personnel obtained knowledge of the PBN flight concept and use. - (A) Botswana, Cameroon, Cote d'ivoire, Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania, Togo and Uganda - (B) Burkina Faso, Djibouti, Gabon, Ghana, Mali and Mauritania (D) Algeria, Burundi, Egypt and South Africa - (A) Cote d'ivoire, Kenya, Mozambique and Uganda - (B) Mali, Angola, Gambia, Ghana - (D) Ethiopia

4 AFPP 1.5. Airspace design Concept workshop 1.6. Data Origination for IFPD workshop - Airspace design Concept workshop - : Dakar, Senegal - : Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania - Data Origination for IFPD workshop (#1) - Dakar, Senegal - 20 States / - 57 participants - Expertise: ICAO HQ expert and AFPP - 11 States / - 23 participants - Expertise: Kenya 9-13/11/15, Dakar 24/10-04/11/16, Dar Es Salaam N/C - CAA and ATM personnel obtained knowledge of PBN Concept for Airspace Design for - AFPP experts trained in order to create internal capability for the AFPP to facilitate such workshop in future 16-18/11/16 N/C Experts obtained knowledge in aeronautical data collection, including obstacles and terrain, for instrument flight - (A) Botswana, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Kenya, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda - (B) Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Mauritania, Senegal, Sierra Leone**, Zambia - (C) Zimbabwe - (D) Egypt, Seychelles, Sudan, South Africa - (A) ASECNA, Cameroon, Cote d'ivoire, Kenya, Niger, Tanzania, Togo and Uganda - (B) Angola, Chad, Gambia, Ghana and Senegal (D) Algeria

AFPP 5 2. TRAINING COURSES 2.1. Flight 2014 Procedure Design Initial Course 2.2. Flight Procedure Design PBN Course 2.1.1. Flight Procedure Design Initial Course (part A) - Dakar, Senegal 2.2.1. Flight Procedure Design PBN Course (part B) - Dakar, Senegal - 12 States - 1 Organization - 24 participants (PANS OPS Instructors seconded by ASECNA and Tanzania) - 13 States / Organization - 25 participants (PANS OPS Instructors seconded by ASECNA and Tanzania) 27/10-14/11/14, Toulouse, France 22/08-16/09/16, Dakar 2-26/06/15, Dakar 21/11 16/12/16, Dakar - Contents of the course was purchased to ENAC, France, after TCB process - Course location was moved to Toulouse, France due to security issues to conduct the course in Dakar Contents of the course was purchased to ENAC, France, after TCB process Experts trained to conventional flight design Experts trained to PBN flight design - (A) ASECNA, Cabo Verde, Cote d'ivoire, Kenya, Mozambique, Niger, Togo and Uganda - (B) Chad, Gabon, Mauritania and Senegal - (D) Egypt - (A) ASECNA, Cabo Verde, Chad, Cote d'ivoire, Kenya, Niger, Tanzania, Togo and Uganda - (B) Angola, Mauritania and Senegal - (D) Egypt 25 experts from 13 African States trained designers

6 AFPP 2.3. OJT for Designer 2.4. PBN Operational Approval Training Course 2.3.1. Direct assistance to conduct OJT for trained designers - 2014-2.4.1. PBN Operational Approval Training Course - Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania - Cote d'ivoire - Ghana - Senegal - Uganda - 19 States - 1 Organization - 12 Air Operator - 78 participants - Expertise: ICAO HQ, AIRBUS, DGAC France April to June and October / November 14-16/10/14, Dar Es Salaam 23-27/11/16, Lomé event postponed 2017-2014 and : N/C - : Impossibility to find hosting State and dates available for external expertise to facilitate the course (ICAO HQ) Internal design capability developed for: - Cote d'ivoire, 1 designer - Ghana, 1 designer - Uganda, 2 designers - Senegal, 1 designer Experts trained to PBN Operations approval - (A) Cote d'ivoire and Uganda - (B) Ghana and Senegal - (A) Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Cote d'ivoire, Niger, Tanzania, Togo and Uganda - (B) Angola, Burkina Faso, Comoros, Gabon, Gambia, Nigeria, Senegal - (C) Madagascar, Zimbabwe - (D) Rwanda, South Africa 5 trained designers participate to OJT, after 2014 and PANS OPS training courses 78 experts from 19 African States, 1 Organization and 12 Air Operators, trained to this competency

AFPP 7 2.5. Flight Procedure Design Course for Oversight Service Personnel Postponed Postponed 2017 Course content under development after having conducted Flight Procedure Design Initial and PBN courses in

8 AFPP 3. ASSISTANCE TO STATES 3.1. National PBN Plan 9 events 3.1.1. Direct assistance related to National PBN Plan 3.1.2. Workshop related to National PBN Plan - Yaoundé, Cameroon 3.1.3. Workshop related to National PBN Plan - Dakar, Senegal - Cabo Verde - Sierra Leone CAA - Cote d'ivoire CAA - Gabon CAA - Mali CAA - Cameroon CAA - Congo, Guinea and Sao Tome and Principe CAAs 2014 Meeting at WACAF Office in August - Has started in - Meeting on 7-9/06/16 - Submission on April - Submission on January - Submission on February - Submission on September - Submission expected by mid- 2017 - AFPP follow-up - Submission on November 11-13/05/16 - Submissions expected by mid- 2017 - AFPP follow-up (A) Cabo Verde (B) Sierra Leone** (A) Cote d'ivoire (B) Gabon (B) Mali (A) Cameroon - (B) Congo and Guinea - (D) Sao Tome and Principe Plans submitted end of : - ESAF 63% (15/24) - WACAF 63% (15/24)

AFPP 9 3.2. Instrument flight 7 events 3.2.1. Workshop 3.2.2. Workshop 3.2.3. Workshop - Gabon CAA - PBN flight at Gamba and Rabi Airports - Togo CAA, Lomé Airport Management and ASECNA - PBN flight at Niamtougou Airport - Cameroon CAA, Lomé Airport Management and ASECNA - Conventional and PBN flight at Maroua International Airport Has started on 03/ Has started on 06/ Has started on 06/ Process is slowed due to issues for procedure validation - Regulatory approval on May and May - Regulatory approval on January - Regulatory approval expected by end (B) Gabon (A) Togo (A) Cameroon Dedicated assistance for Instrument flight procedure approval process to 6 States

10 AFPP 3.2.4. Workshop 3.2.5. Workshop 3.2.6. Workshop 3.2.7. Workshop - Djibouti CAA and "Aéroport de Djibouti" - 13 participants - PBN flight at Djibouti Int. Airport - Senegal - 16 participants - Instrument flight - Mali CAA - PBN flight at Gao, Tessalit and Timbuktu - Equatorial Guinea CAA - PBN flight at Bata 12/ Process slowed due to issues for validation step (preflight evaluation and flight validation). Air France additional assistance - Regulatory approval to be finalized by end - AFPP to follow-up 8-11/03/16 Experts from Senegal (ANACIM, ADS) and ASECNA obtained knowledge for of instrument flight. May 4-8/07/16 Expected in 2017 Regulatory approval expected by December Regulatory approval to be finalized by mid-2017 Beneficiary States/ (B) Djibouti (B) Senegal (B) Mali (C) Guinea Equatorial Dedicated assistance for Instrument flight procedure approval process to 6 States MINUSMA request to implement PBN flight procedure. ASECNA designed procedure.

AFPP 11 4. INSTRUMENT FLIGHT PROCEDURES DESIGN 4.1. Design Project 6 events 4.1.1. Direct assistance to design flight 4.1.2. Direct assistance to design flight - Cameroon - Conventional and PBN for Maroua International Airport - Cote d'ivoire (CAA and ANSP, SODEXAM) - Conventional and PBN for Bouaké, Korhogo, Man, Odienné, San Pedro and Yamoussoukro Airports April to April December 2013 to June Process slowed by CCAA difficulties for step 8 of Quality Assurance process (preflight evaluation and flight validation) Project for 5 Domestic airports. Assistance to develop oversight service by CAA and design service by SODEXAM - Flight validation done in September coupled to ATC training by AFPP expert. - Finalization of project expected by end - Flight approved and published between May 2014 and November Beneficiary States/ (A) Cameroon (A) Cote d'ivoire 12 projects conducted, 35 conventional procedure designed, 47 PBN (vertical guidance) designed, 16 Int. and Domestic airports, 4 States

12 AFPP 4.1.3. Direct assistance to design flight procedure 4.1.4. Direct assistance to design flight procedure (AIRBUS Global PBN Project) 4.1.5. Direct assistance to design flight - Botswana - Conventional and PBN for Francistown, Gaborone, Kasane and Maun airports - Sierra Leone - PBN for Freetown International Airport - Expertise: AIRBUS and AFPP - Cameroon - PBN for Bafoussam, Bamenda and Bertoua airports Starting on January 2017 Started on January 2017 Starting on March 2017 Project for 4 Domestic airports. Assistance to develop oversight service by CAA. Project for PBN flight procedure. Assistance for training CAAs and ANSPs personnel in charge of oversight service in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Roberts FIR designer trained by AFPP to conduct OJT based on 1 airport of the Project Project to be completed in 2017 Project to be completed in 2017 Project to be completed in 2017 (A) Botswana (B) Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone** (A) Cameroon 8 projects (PBN) to be conducted in 2017

AFPP 13 4.1.6. Information for direct assistance to design flight - Zimbabwe - PBN for Harare and Nkomo International airports Starting dates to be defined N/C (C) Zimbabwe 4.2. Automated flight procedure design software Installation and maintenance of GéoTitan software (automated design) licenses on AFPP computers by ENAC and CGX teams. Training for use of software and internal network also provided 2014 Implemented Notes: A - APS up to date with Contributions / B - APS not up to date with Contributions / C - User States / D - Non-member State / ** not concerned N/C