TECHNOLOGY
AIR TRAFFIC TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL 2020 35.
unpredicted and inexorable rise in
transatlantic traffic throughout RP2,
something forecast to continue through
RP3, indeed controller numbers are being
supplemented to cope with this new level of
demand. NATS’ focus was on making its
controller’s tasks easier, to deliver essential
safety, fuel efficiency and controller
workload benefits, and to deliver the
transformational benefits of the new ADS-B
surveillance system, separation standards
and ATM system tools, whilst retaining the
efficiency of its existing service. The final
piece of NATS’ CONOPs was to use this new
capacity to enable a speed trial that
permitted flights to fly econ speed (aka cost
index, Variable Mach etc.), providing fuel
efficiency and flight time flexibility choices