European Commission
European Commission

• The ATM Master Plan is the final result of the SESAR definition phase. It will define the work programme for the implementation of the target concepts. It will also encompass the different deployment strategies, which enable to reach a level playing field over the entire European region, taking into account the current levels of equipment and already planned investments.
• The Master Plan will also identify the detailed work programme which needs to be undertaken in order to develop the target concepts; it will in particular define consistent “technological and functional packages”, which can be intermediate steps to be taken in order to reach the long term target concepts.
• This work programme will specify R&D and validation activities, but also the organisational or regulatory actions which may be needed in order to accommodate changes (for instance, certification of ground systems, identification of “common components”).
• The Master Plan will also have detailed cost-benefit analyses, which will enable all actors to:
  • Identify the individual funding requirements for all different steps
  • Identify the return on investment for the different individual projects, which will enable for instance supply industry to build its detailed business cases

The ATM Master Plan will provide a precise schedule and work programme for the implementation of new technologies, functions or organisations needed in all regions of Europe. It will in effect be the European ATM modernisation plan.