The SESAR (Single European Sky ATM Research) program to define and implement a new air traffic management system for the Single European Sky (SES) presents an opportunity for all stakeholders to work together to develop a common concept of operations (ConOps, in Eurocontrol jargon). According to Serge Lebourg, a certification expert with Dassault Aviation’s technical department, this is one of the genuinely positive aspects of the long-awaited SESAR. However, he warned delegates to Eurocontrol’s recent business and general aviation forum in Brussels that many SESAR decisions are still “conditional on the results of cost-benefit analysis.”
Lebourg sees benefits in SESAR for business aviation in terms of safety, environment and operations. He said it will minimize the risk of collision in local airport TMAs.
For the management of airspace, it will provide a “virtual tower” capability and dynamic management of approaches and takeoff paths in airspace.
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