NATIONAL SAR COORDINATION COMMITTEE MEETING August 16 1
PAKISTAN CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY PLAN ON AFGHANISTAN ATS CONTINGENCY 29 August, 2016
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
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
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
SCENARIO - 1 Partial contingency services Airspace available with no ATS; 6
SCENARIO - 1 Partial contingency services Airspace available with no ATS; 7
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 0613755E)- LAKAT (270632N 0650125E Intersection point at G214) ADEBA NH TASOP / RAMSA Pratapgarh (India); AFGHANISTAN DERBO IRAN DANOV AKRAL KEBUD PANGJUR PAKISTAN ADEBA LAKAT 17
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
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
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
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
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 - 2400UTC at FL280 / UNL. Beyond the availability of ATS route L509 (i.e. 1500 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
CIRCUMNAVIGATING AFGHANISTAN VIA NORTH 23
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
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
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