Capt. Thomas Schnider

SWISS Flight Operations Support

Athens, 03.10.2017

EGNOS Annual Workshop 2017

Operator Experience with EGNOS

Content

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Introducing SWISS

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Hub and spoke network

carrier with main hub

Zurich

Introducing SWISS

Destinations:

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Introducing SWISS

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Aircraft Fleet SBAS RNP Approach

Baro VNAV LPV

Bombardier C Series (12) ✓ ✓ ✓

Airbus A320 family (35) ✘ ✓ ✘

Airbus A330 / A340 (21) ✘ ✓ ✘

Boeing 777-300ER (8) ✘ ✓ ✘

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Bombardier C Series Aircraft

Launching customer :

First delivery: June 2016

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Aircraft type 03.10.17 End 2018

Bombardier C Series 100 8 10

Bombardier C Series 300 4 20

Total 12 30

Bombardier C Series Aircraft

Flight Deck HUD

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Rockwell Collins Pro Line Fusion Avionics

Content

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LPV (SBAS) - Operational Approval

Aircraft LPV certification Part of Aircraft Type Certificate

(Bombardier)

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LPV (SBAS) is baseline on Bombardier C Series

Flight procedures Jointly developed

(Bombardier & SWISS)

Flight crew training Performed in-house

(SWISS)

LPV (SBAS) – Flight Crew Training

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No additional costs

Integrated in aircraft type

rating

LPV (SBAS) - Benefits

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No influence of

ambient air pressure

No influence of

ambient air temperature

Increased Flight Safety

Compared to Baro VNAV

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No side lobe No navigation sensor change

Enhanced Flight Safety

Compared to ILS

LPV (SBAS) - Benefits

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Increased resilience Enhanced redundancy

Lower approach minimum Additional CAT I approach LPV 200

Compared to Baro VNAV In case of ILS CAT I unserviceability

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More robust hub operations

Better on-time performance

Less potential for human error

Less cancellations

LPV (SBAS) - Benefits

LPV (SBAS) - Figures

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15%

25%

0%

20%

40%

03.10.2017 End of 2018

2%

10%

0%

20%

40%

03.10.2017 End of 2018

C Series fleet Total fleet

Actual and projected LPV approach operations

Estimates based on current and planned future operations.

LPV (SBAS) – Implementation on C Series destinations

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SWISS SBAS destinations SBAS implementation status as % of flights

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