CAA news release
PILOTS INFRINGING OLYMPICS RESTRICTED AND PROHIBITED SECURITY AIRSPACE ZONES TO HAVE LICENCES SUSPENDED
PN1912 – Olympics airsapce enforcement
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Please find below UK Olympic airspace information translated into French.
olympic_intro_doc_summer_2012_french
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BBGA attended the Airport Working Group and the Slot Coordination Committee meeting April 2012. See below highlights from the meeting.
- Peak arrival dates for the teams appear to be – 16th July and 23rd July to match the opening of the Games village and a couple of days prior to the opening ceremony.
- 13th August (day after closing ceremony) peak departure day.
ACL have got 2791 confirmed slots, which equates to 27% of the forecast movements figures.
Northolt – still no firm decision on it’s availability during the Olympics. RAF would like to be open, but are awaiting decision on security process for inbounds as the airfield falls inside the prohibited zone.
Gatwick are looking into possibility of extending current 10 day ruling for ad-hoc slots.
Heathrow closed again to BA / non-scheduled flights 18th – 20th May for HM the Queen’s jubilee celebrations (27 Heads of State invited).
UKBA advise there will likely be another strike announced on May 10th 2012
NATS have suggested for fuel contingency purposes that the following be considered as guidance:
- Flights from within EU to UK (flights of 1hr30min or less) – plan on contingency fuel to return to origin.
- Flights long haul to UK – plan on contingency fuel to destination in continental Europe.
As slots are being issued to protect entry/exit into controlled airspace in order to stop “bending of the rules” and therefore potential slot abuse there will be no possibility of filing flights plans which switch from VFR to IFR (and vice versa) within UK airspace. Any transition must take place outside UK airspace.
There will be training exemptions for pre approved IFR training flights by “white listed” training organisations on pre-approved routes only – there will still be a slot issued which needs to be added into box 18 for slot matching purposes, but it will not be taken from the airports hourly allocation.
BBGA
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Three more Olympics airspace warm-up events have been announced. Building on the success of the first File a Flight Plan Day in November 2011 three further events, aimed at preparing UK airspace users and service providers for the major changes being introduced during the Olympics, have been announced today. Included is a test of the full Atlas Control flight planning and air traffic control system on Friday 13 July.
olympics.airspacesafety.com/news/three-more-olympics-airspace-warm-up-eventsannounced
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The link below gives an overview of travel in affected areas during the Games. View information for your area.
http://www.getaheadofthegames.com/travelinaffectedareas/city/london-driving-and-roads.html
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See the links below for latest information on Olympic arrangements for major airports including some forecasting of potential movements provided in conjunction with DfT
120229 Slides for Feb- Airports Working Group
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LONDON 2012 AIRSPACE OLYMPICS Newsletter
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render
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Key 2012 Olympics airspace messages in German and French.
London 2012 Olympics Games_German
FRENCH-london 2012 olympics-how it affects uk airspace
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Flying schools and airfields et al can submit regular / template AFPEx flight plans now and have them checked by the NATS and MoD teams to ensure they are accurate and can be used in confidence come the Olympics. It is important that people do not actually file them (as the system will think they are being flown and there could end up with overdue action). The link below explains how to submit the plans by email.
The London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games – Airspace Risks
Please see below the airspace risk matrix being generated by the CAA as a consequence of their assessment of Olympic activities. The document maybe useful with own SMS review processes.
Airspace Risks – Final Version
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CAA Olympic Business Jet Workshop
The CAA held a Business Jet workshop on the 13th of January at LGW. This was a well-attended meeting with a good cross section from our community. The CAA focal for this work is Colin Gill and he provided very good information on the day. For those that did not attend please find the following documents that may help your planning process.
For those of you interested in the planning process during the Olympics there will be a specialist workshop with Colin in the afternoon breakout sessions. If that is anything like the session at LGW then there will be plenty of pointers from both Colin and your fellow attendees.
111103 Description of the Olympics Airports Capacity Declaration Process – V4
December13th Olympics Diversion workshop minutes
Exempt Flights Local Rule 1 v2
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Information and downloads of airspace publications to date can be found at:
www.airspacesafety.com/olympics
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The BBGA held an Olympics Workshop at Oxford Airport in August 2011, which was attended by members and industry colleagues from which the following questions were raised.
BBGA OLYMPICS WORKSHOP – QUESTIONS ANSWERED
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Full details of how to participate in the ‘File a Flight Plan Day’ have been released on a podcast by the Airspace & Safety Initiative (ASI). The event, designed to familiarise pilots with the flight planning processes ahead of the London 2012 Olympics, will allow participants to file a dummy flight plan between 10:00 and 15:00 on Saturday 12 November.
PN6511 File a Flight Plan Day Podcast
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