Reducing the impact of delays, today!

A SESAR workshop, held at EUROCONTROL Headquarters on 28 November, involved 22 Airspace Users' representatives from 15 airlines and IATA in the preparation of two "Enhanced slot swapping" validation exercises: a Human In The Loop (HITL) trial in March 2014 and a live trial from October to December.

According to the participants, this technique would allow them to reduce the impact of delays on their businesses as of today!

The "Enhanced slot swapping" live trial will bring more flexibility to the current capability, so further improving its efficiency. It will be a unique opportunity to test the concept in an operational environment.

Enhanced slot swapping is being developed in the context of SESAR as part of the User-Driven Prioritisation Process (UDPP) concept. UDPP will be presented in January at the Network Manager User Forum, at EUROCONTROL's headquarters.

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