CPA Infrastructure Reconstruction doc 21

• Ltf(·C1Yil COALITION PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY ,. ~f )If BAGHDAD INFO MEMO 12Nov2003 FOR: SUBJECT: Trip Report on Reduced Vertical Separation MiDima (RVSM) Confcrenc:e SUMMARY: Traveled 1-7 Nov 03 to Paris, Fnmce to attend a pre Nov 27 RVS~ Conference. November 27 is the implementation date for RVSM in the Middle Eastem Region. Iraq is tbe stand alono Arab nation not abto to implement RVSM at tbia time because an airspace up to F1290 is considered combat airspace controlled by tbe Combined Forces Air Component Commander at AJ Udeid in Qasar. Budgeting and Visa preparation was again a factor is I) • ~roval for this trip. PURPOSE: The RVSM ccmfenmce was the tiDal approval meetina of tho Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum Task Force meeting to appraiJe the etatus of couclusione and decisions for controller readiness, safety assessment of tbo MID Air Traffic System route network to reduce commercial aircraft &epUBtion from 2,000 .ft to 1.000 ft. This chanp co aircraft sepamtion will meR etfedively use aiDpace and crate tremendous cost liVings for the airlines. BACKGROUND: All Arab nations within MID Eastmn tegion is coordinating with approval to eslabliah and iDput RVSM into operation beginning 27 Nov 03. IJaq is currently not pn:pared at this time to establish RVSM procedwes. The airspace over Iraq is ati11 under miliWy control and cummtly used u combat aimpace. When CFACC trauaitions militaJy combat airspace to civilian control, RVSM will be implemented after controller trainiag is completed. ACTIONS TO TAKE: 1. 2. Until RVSM is established within Iraq, transition altitudes are i.dcntified and will be used for safety application and RVSM will be seamless. The transition altitodea will prevent aircraft from having to change altitudes while flying overhead and then retuming to RVSM altitudes when leaving Iraq. Additionally. there ia DOt enough aiJspace above Kuwait to ~lisb the attitude transition in Kuwaiti ainpace. Re design and build a rmsecs Iraqi aiJway system to acoommodate and 1Bcilitate the flow of ain:raft traffic going north to south and east to west Most importantly is to build a parallel airway structure to assist EuiOpcan ttaftic to overfly Iraq earouto to Kuwait. The MID Eastern Region and Imemational Civil Aviation Otpnization represematives that attended the c:onfemJce totally endorsed CPA efforts on transition altitudes ad the added parallel aUways. RECOMMENDATION: Coordinate with Air Traffic Services Ccfl in Al Udeid for approval of tranaition al1itudea and eslablisbment of the two pe.rallel airways from North to South. 1 UNCLASSifiED - --··-----·· Pagon .... UNCLASSIFIED ATfACHMBNTS: Proposed Draft tnwition to RVSM implementation COORDINATION b)(3):10 usc §130b,(b)(6) · · Aviation 2 UNCLASSIFIED