COCESNA was represented by Eng. Ernest Arzú, Deputy Director of the Central American Air Navigation Agency-ACNA and ATC Victor Manuel Andrade, Operational Manager, at the Fifth Meeting of the Air Navigation Implementation Working Group for the NAM/CAR Regions (ANI/WG/5), was held at the Hotel Le Meridien, Mexico City, Mexico, May 27-31, 2019.
The ANI/WG/5 meeting followed up on the agreements reached in the ATM, AIM and CNS areas by the Fourth Meeting of the Air Navigation Implementation Working Group for the NAM/CAR Regions (ANI/WG/4) and the objectives and priorities of the NAM/CAR Regional Performance Based Air Navigation Implementation Plan (RPBANIP), analyzing the progress of implementation by each State/International Organization of the NAM/CAR Regions and the work accomplished by the ANI/WG Task Forces (ANI/WG TF), and identifying the benefits resulting from these implementations.
The broad agenda discussed at that important Meeting was:
- Review and approval of the Agenda, method of work and schedule of the Meeting;
- Review and follow-up to the valid Conclusions/Decisions of the ANI/WG/04, NACC/WG/05 and GREPECAS/18 Meetings;
2.1 Follow-up and performance evaluation and monitoring of the Regional NAM/CAR Performance-Based Air Navigation Implementation Plan (RPBANIP);
2.1.1 ANI/WG Task Force Progress Reports. State Implementation Status;
2.1.2 Progress report by the States of the Aviation System Block Upgrades (ASBU) Modules B0 and B1;
2.1.3 AGA, MET and SAR information;
2.2 Regional Deficiencies, Challenges and Objectives;
3 Global and Regional Developments in Air Navigation;
3.1 Progress of the regional electronic Air Navigation Plan (eANP) and the new version 4.0 of the CAR Region Performance Based Air Navigation Implementation Plan (RPBANIP);
3.2 Results of Project RLA 09-801 – Multi-Regional Civil Aviation Assistance Program (MCAAP);
3.3 Other Global and Regional Air Navigation Developments;
4 Participation, Conferences and Industry Presentations;
4.1 Facilities for the implementation of Aeronautical Information and Data Management (Aeronautical Information Management (AIM), Collaborative Decision Making (CDM), Air Traffic Flow Management (ATFM), System Wide Information Management (SWIM), Aeronautical Meteorology (MET));
4.2 Promotion of the development of Communication, Navigation and Surveillance (CNS) infrastructure (radars, Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcasting Systems (ADS-B), Air Navigation Systems, GNSS, Radio Communication Systems and Air Traffic Services (ATS) communication systems, Data Recording Systems, ATS Message Handling Systems (AMHS), others); and
4.3 ATS facilities, tower systems, approach, en-route, etc. 4.4 Airport operation support systems.
