LFV Annual Report 2019 1
L F V 2019 DIRE C T OR S ’ REPOR T COLLABORATIONS
BUILDS THE AVIATION INFRASTRUCTURE Air traffic control is one of several processes where airports, air traffic control providers and society collaborate. At the same time, it is also a collaboration between states and international regulations that ensure sustainable air traffic. Travel is changed and thus the airspace and the need for developed services and new solutions. In order to be attractive as a provider of air traffic control and associated services, collaborations and alliances are important. Air traffic safety is LFV's highest priority. It is our foundation and a part of our processes that is always considered when changes occur. Air traffic safety is based on collaboration between people, technology, regulations and organisations. LFV also relies on innovation and development in close cooperation with our customers, researchers and industry with a focus on maintaining and developing safety, improving cost-effectiveness, capacity and sustainability with reduced environmental impact. LFV operates in both the national and international markets. Our customers are in five delivery areas: • En route – the traffic that LFV controls from the control centers in the upper Swedish airspace. • Swedish Armed Forces – in Sweden, we have an integrated airspace for civil and military air traffic in order to use the airspace in the best way possible. • The Swedish deregulated market – municipal and private airports that do not belong to the state airport network. • Swedavia – state-owned company with ten airports • The international market – there is increased competition within air traffic control and associated services. DIALOGUE AND COOPERATION In order to develop customer relationships, delivery and follow-up of initiatives, there is a structure for agendas and meetings with our customers. Strategic, tactical and operative meetings are held with airlines, the Swedish Armed Forces and Swedavia in order to achieve long-term goals and agreed deliveries. LFV met representatives from the five customer groups in various meeting constellations and fora during the year in order to develop the forms of collaboration. The Swedish Transport Agency, which is the supervisory authority for LFV's operations, also plays a key role in developing regulations and methods. For that reason, LFV coordinates and holds dialogues continuously throughout the year. COLLABORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS AND OFFERINGS Swedavia and LFV have a strategic cooperation and an agreement regulating that the air traffic at four of Swedavia's airports will be controlled from a new control center in Stockholm. The agreement covers Kiruna Airport, Umeå Airport, Åre Östersund Airport and Malmö Airport. There are many advantaged in developing a long-term partnership and ensuring the advancement of air traffic control, information flows and other services. AIRLINES International representatives of IATA also participate in strategic meetings with airlines in which long-term general matters such as fees, capacity and delivery are discussed. Finances and investments are discussed on the tactical, national level. The highest priority on the agenda for the future is to expand capacity and invest in new systems for future requirements. There is heavy pressure in the industry to reduced process, which brings costs and cost-efficiency into focus. At the same time, large investments will be required in order to develop the airspace and systems. On the operative level, LFV meets with the larger airlines that traffic Sweden, including SAS, Norwegian and Ryanair in a forum in order to discuss various proposals that can relate to simplifications and improvements of processes and routines. THE SWEDISH ARMED FORCES There is also a formalised meeting structure for military air traffic services on multiple levels. LFV's deliveries and undertakings are followed up both centrally and locally at the airports where LFV provides air traffic services. LFV participates in defense exercises and contributes to the safeguarding of the airspace from a military perspective. LFV provides flexibility and accessibility based on specific needs. That also involves new approaches to finding solutions and possibilities so that the civil and military airspace can continue to function together in a common airspace. 30