23rd Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 8-13 September, 2002, Toronto, Canada
Paper ICAS 2002-7.7.3
A COST/BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF AFAS FUNCTIONALITIES FOR A FUTURE ATM-SYSTEM
D. Dey, H. Schnieder, D. Schäfer
EADS Airbus GmbH, Germany
Keywords: afas; cost benefit analysis; future air traffic management
The EC funded project "Aircraft in the Future ATM System"(AFAS) proposes to increase capacity and to reduce delays within the European Air Traffic system by a "Pre-flight Trajectory Coordination" between the Aircraft and Air Traffic Control using a Data Link. The paper describes the Road Map for the Cost/Benefit Analysis which has to be performed from an airline point of view and for the European Air Traffic System.
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