ENR 1.9  AIR TRAFFIC FLOW MANAGEMENT (ATFM) AND AIRSPACE MANAGEMENTand airspace management

1.9.1.  Air traffic flow management structure service area, service provided, location of unit(s) and hours of operation

1.9.1.1  Service area

NIL

1.9.1.2  Service provided

NIL

1.9.1.3  Location of unit

NIL

1.9.1.4  Hours of operation

NIL

1.9.1.5  Remarks
1.9.1.5.1  SAL ACC, if need be, can provide AFTN service within SAL OCENIC FIR / UIR. Should this happen, the ATS unit is tasked with the provision of:
1.9.1.5.1.1 Issuance of flow management messages.
1.9.1.5.1.2 Flow regulation.
1.9.1.5.1.3 Time - slot procurement.
1.9.1.5.1.4 Co - ordination with adjacent ATFMU‘s.

1.9.2.  Types of flow messages and descriptions of the formats

Messages containing information on ATFM measures, as distributed by SAL ACC unit by AFS, will be formatted as depicted below.

Note: These AFS messages can be obtained on request to GVACYFYX

All messages will be preceded by:

Priority indicator

Date / time group, originator indicator.

1.9.2.1 Flow control execution message.
1.9.2.1.1 Flow control execution MSG NR (sequence number) valid (date).
1.9.2.1.2 Due to (reason for restriction).
1.9.2.1.3 Period concerned (time) at......(slot reference point).
1.9.2.1.4 Traffic concerned (route, destination, etc.).
1.9.2.1.5 Flight level(s) concerned
1.9.2.1.6 SAL ATFM Unit
1.9.2.1.7 Communication and slot request procedure (indicate normally “according to local procedures”)
1.9.2.1.8 Off - load route available (designation, conditions)
1.9.2.1.9 Remarks
1.9.2.2 Flow control execution cancellation messages

Flow control execution (date / time group) CNL

1.9.2.3 Flow control execution change message

Flow control execution CHG (item(s) to be changed)

1.9.2.4 Flow management information message

Flow management information (text as required)

1.9.3.  Procedures applicable for departing flights

1.9.3.1  Service responsible for provision of information on applied ATFM measures

Information with respect to ATFM measures can be obtained from the ATS Reporting Office (ARO) responsibility for the departure aerodrome.

1.9.3.2  Flight plan requirements
1.9.3.2.1 Non repetitive ICAO flights plans to or via flow restricted areas shall be submitted to the appropriate ARO at least 3 HRS before ETD.
1.9.3.2.2 Changes in ETD of more than 20 MIN and / or cancellation of both repetitive and non repetitive flight plans shall be reported immediately to the appropriate ARO.
1.9.3.3  Scheduling Coordinated Airports - Rabil / Aristides Pereira, Praia / Nelson Mandela and Sal Island / Amilcar Cabral
1.9.3.3.1 The Airports Rabil / Aristides Pereira, Praia / Nelson Mandela and Sal Island / Amilcar Cabral were designated fully coordinated airports by the Cabo Verde Civil Aviation Authority, Note / Ref. 132 / ACC - CA / 2017 dated May 08 th.

All aircraft carriers operating to and from these coordinated airports shall always submit a request for the allocation of available landing and / or take - off slots to the coordinator and receive approval before operating.

Request for slots shall be filled in standard IATA format (Standard Schedules Information Manual, Chapter 6, and Worldwide Scheduling Guidelines) to:

Monday - Friday (08:00 - 16:00 LT);

Email: slot.coordination@asa.cv and copied to correspondent handling agent

Out of office hours and weekends, service is provided by Airport Operations fro short term and adhoc schedule changes and request only. Contacts in the table below:

The Slot Coordination must be copied in all messages.

AirportTelephoneFaxE - mail
Rabil / Aristides Pereira+238 2511070+238 2511193soica.abv@asa.cv
Praia / Nelson Mandela+238 2633471+238 2634000soica.adp@asa.cv
Sal Island / Amilcar Cabral+238 2411309+238 2411309soa@asa.cv

All applications should include the following information:

  1. Aircraft owner / operator

  2. Aircraft type and registration

  3. Flight number

  4. Origin / destination

  5. Requested time of arrival and departure

1.9.3.3.2 Penalties for non - compliance with slot allocation rules Article 11 of decree Law n° 10 / 2016 by stating that the following cases are considered very serious misdemeanors:

  1. Landing and / or take - off of aircraft in fully coordinated airports without previous allocation of a slot;

  2. Failure to cancel an allocated slot by the operator whenever the operator does not intend to use the slot;

  3. Landing and / or take - off of aircraft in violation of the allocated slot in fully coordinated airports, except in cases of force majeure.

Penalties for these offences (considered very serious misdemeanors) are foreseen in decree Law n° 10 / 2016. The amounts, comprised between a minimum of CVE 300000 and a maximum of CVE 5000000 are established in nr. 2 and nr. 3 of article 11 of decree Law 10 / 2016.

Exemptions:

The following reasons and operations exempt flights from slot allocation:

  1. Aircraft to come across urgent situations, taking in account weather, technical failure or flight safety reasons;

  2. Air movements subjected to an unforeseen schedule alteration due to abnormal disturbance within the Air Traffic Control.