The Airspace Reservation Exchange Service (ARES) Ireland provides real-time tactical information on the status of airspace reservations managed by the Irish LARA system (AirNav Ireland).It enables authorised systems to access or subscribe to updates about the operational status of reserved airspace, such as active, pre-active or released, supporting situational awareness and collaborative decision-making across the European ATM network.The service operates within the Flexible Use of Airspace (FUA) framework and complies with SWIM Yellow Profile specifications, ensuring interoperability and standardised information exchange with EUROCONTROL and other ATM stakeholders.
", "serviceIdentification": { "name": "AirNav ARES", "version": "1.0" }, "serviceProvider": { "name": "AirNav Ireland", "abbreviation": "ARES", "description": "AirNav Ireland is a commercial semi-state company which provides air traffic management and related services including aeronautical communications and technical services within the 451,000 km² of airspace controlled by Ireland.
", "type": [ "AERONAUTICAL_INFORMATION_SERVICE_PROVIDER", "AIR_TRAFFIC_SERVICE_PROVIDER", "CIVIL_AIR_NAVIGATION_SERVICE_PROVIDER" ], "pointOfContact": [ { "name": "AirNav ARES Support", "role": "AirNav Technical Support", "contactInformation": [ { "type": "EMAIL", "address": "tcdbcy@airnav.ie" } ] } ] }, "serviceCategorisation": { "businessActivityType": [ "AIRSPACE_ORGANISATION_AND_MANAGEMENT" ], "intendedConsumer": [ "AERONAUTICAL_INFORMATION_SERVICE_PROVIDER", "AIR_TRAFFIC_SERVICE_PROVIDER", "CIVIL_AIR_NAVIGATION_SERVICE_PROVIDER", "CIVIL_AIRSPACE_USER" ], "informationCategory": [ "AERONAUTICAL_INFORMATION_EXCHANGE" ], "applicationMessageExchangePattern": [ { "name": "Publish_Subscribe" }, { "name": "REQUEST_REPLY" } ], "geospatialCategorisation": { "fir": [ "EISN" ], "countryCode": [ "EI" ], "region": [ "EUR" ] }, "lifeCycle": [ { "lifeCycleStage": "PROSPECTIVE" } ] }, "generalDescription": { "operationalEnvironment": { "operationalNeeds": [ { "name": "Business context", "description": "The ARES Service meets the operational need for accurate and timely tactical information on the current status of airspace reservations in Ireland.During the ASM Level 3 (tactical phase), stakeholders require up-to-date information on whether airspace structures (TSAs, TRAs, CDRs, etc.) are active, pre-active, or released to support flight planning, ATFCM operations, and real-time civil-military coordination.This service ensures that both national and European users have consistent, synchronised data on airspace availability." } ], "capabilities": [ { "name": "Capabilities of the service", "description": "The service implemented is Request/Reply and enables:Provision of real-time status updates for all airspace reservations managed in the Irish LARA system.Notification of transitions between states (e.g. pre-active â active â released).Distribution of tactical airspace status data to external systems via SWIM.Support for dynamic updates, ensuring that operational systems always reflect the current tactical situation." } ] }, "functionality": [ { "name": "Management of subscriptions", "description": "Allows for creation, starting, stopping and deletion of subscriptions to consume data from the service.", "realWorldEffect": "Creation, starting, stopping and deletion of subscriptions" }, { "name": "Publication", "description": "Enables the management of updates based on subscriptions by External Users.", "realWorldEffect": "Notifying an External User of a change in the data according to the subscription topics that have been subscribed to." }, { "name": "Local airspace structure", "description": "Allows for retrieval of airspace structures and activity data from within the ASM Support System by External Users.", "realWorldEffect": "Obtaining access to static data and activity data by External Users from within the ASM Support System." }, { "name": "Airspace status", "description": "Enables the retrieval of activation data held within the ASM Support System by External Users.", "realWorldEffect": "Obtaining access to the activation data held within the ASM Support System by External Users." } ], "accessAndUseConditions": [ { "name": "Security constraint", "type": "SECURITY_CONSTRAINT", "description": "All connections to the service require mutual authentication through a client digital certificate issued by AirNav Ireland. Interested organisations must formally request the issuance of this certificate from AirNav Ireland prior to being granted access." }, { "name": "Authentication and authorisation", "type": "SECURITY_CONSTRAINT", "description": "The authentication is based on mutual TLS and requires all users to request using an X.509 certificate. The service support TLS 1.3" }, { "name": "Confidentiality", "type": "SECURITY_CONSTRAINT", "description": "Communications (HTTPS and AMQPS) are secured using TLS" }, { "name": "Integrity", "type": "SECURITY_CONSTRAINT", "description": "Communication integrity is ensured by TLS encryption." } ], "qualitiesOfService": { "performance": [ { "name": "Performance", "description": "Monitoring tools track system health, latency, and request volumes, allowing early detection of anomalies and supporting proactive performance tuning." } ], "reliability": [ { "name": "Availability", "description": "Target values: Availability of 99.7% outside planned outages." } ], "security": [ { "name": "Confidentiality and Integrity", "description": "Authentication and confidentiality is ensured by mTLS" } ] }, "concepts": [ { "name": "ARES", "description": "The ARES service supports the tactical phase (ASM Level 3) of the Flexible Use of Airspace (FUA) concept.It enables dynamic monitoring and publication of airspace reservation status, enhancing coordination and situational awareness for all ATM stakeholders at national and European levels." } ], "dateInOperation": "2026-06-30", "serviceSupport": [ { "name": "Support", "role": "Technical Support for LARA System", "contactInformation": [ { "type": "EMAIL", "address": "tcdbcy@airnav.ie" } ] } ], "validation": [ { "type": "SELF_VALIDATION", "description": { "validationSteps": "The services have not been validated yet." } } ], "abbreviations": [ { "name": "AIXM", "description": "Aeronautical Information Exchange Model" }, { "name": "AMQP", "description": "Advanced Message Queuing Protocol" }, { "name": "ARES", "description": "Airspace Reservation Exchange Service" }, { "name": "ASM", "description": "Airspace Management" }, { "name": "ATC", "description": "Air Traffic Control" }, { "name": "ATFCM", "description": "Air Traffic Flow and Capacity Management" }, { "name": "ATM", "description": "Air Traffic Management" }, { "name": "B2B", "description": "Business to Business" }, { "name": "CDR", "description": "Conditional Route" }, { "name": "FAB", "description": "Functional Airspace Block" }, { "name": "FUA", "description": "Flexible Use of Airspace" }, { "name": "LARA", "description": "Local and Sub-Regional Airspace Management Support System" }, { "name": "mTLS", "description": "Mutual Transport Layer Security" }, { "name": "R/R", "description": "Request/Reply" }, { "name": "SOAP", "description": "Simple Object Access Protocol" }, { "name": "SWIM", "description": "System Wide Information Management" }, { "name": "TLS", "description": "Transport Layer Security" }, { "name": "TRA", "description": "Temporary Reserved Airspace" }, { "name": "TSA", "description": "Temporary Segregated Area" }, { "name": "X.509", "description": "Public Key Infrastructure Certificate Standard" }, { "name": "YP", "description": "Yellow Profile" } ] }, "informationDescription": { "informationDefinition": { "reference": [ { "description": "The service publishes ARES notifications according to 'EUROCONTROL Specification for Airspace Management (ASM) Support System Requirements supporting the ASM processes at local and FAB level'", "url": "https://www.eurocontrol.int/publication/eurocontrol-specification-airspace-management-asm-support-system-requirements" }, { "description": "Aeronautical Information Exchange Model (AIXM) 5.1.1", "url": "https://www.aixm.aero/schema/5.1.1/index.html" } ] } }, "technicalDescription": { "serviceMonitoring": { "monitoringDescription": "AirNav ARES services is monitored 24/7
\r\n" }, "behaviour": [ { "name": "Normal Conditions", "description": "AirNav ARES Services provides B2B R/R interfaces" } ] }, "references": { "serviceDocument": [ { "documentType": "SERVICE_SPECIFICATION", "title": "ASM to ATC Specs", "version": "1.0", "reference": { "description": "ASM to ATC", "url": "https://lara-eu.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/LARA-extension-to-EUROCONTROL-Specification-on-ASM-System-Requirements-PART-II-_v1.0_11112024.pdf" } } ], "implementedStandard": [ { "title": "EUROCONTROL Specification for Airspace Management (ASM) Support System Requirements supporting the ASM processes at local and FAB level", "version": "1.1", "description": "ASM to ATC Services", "standardType": "SERVICE_STANDARD", "conformanceStatement": "ASM to ATC Services" } ] }, "serviceInterface": [ { "name": "SubscriptionManagementService", "description": "Subscription interface", "provisionSide": "PROVIDER_SIDE", "operations": [ { "name": "createSubscription", "description": "Creating a Subscription introduces a new Subscription into the ASM Support System", "messages": [ { "name": "createSubscription", "direction": "IN" }, { "name": "createSubscriptionResponse", "direction": "OUT" } ] }, { "name": "startSubscription", "description": "Starting a Subscription starts an existing Subscription in the ASM Support System.", "messages": [ { "name": "startSubscription", "direction": "IN" }, { "name": "startSubscriptionResponse", "direction": "OUT" } ] }, { "name": "stopSubscription", "description": "Stopping a Subscription stops an existing Subscription in the ASM Support System.", "messages": [ { "name": "stopSubscription", "direction": "IN" }, { "name": "stopSubscriptionResponse", "direction": "OUT" } ] }, { "name": "deleteSubscription", "description": "Deleting a Subscription allows for deletion of an existing Subscription.", "messages": [ { "name": "deleteSubscription", "direction": "IN" }, { "name": "deleteSubscriptionResponse", "direction": "OUT" } ] }, { "name": "listSubscriptions", "description": "Listing existing Subscriptions provides access to existing subscriptions in theASM Support System for the External User.", "messages": [ { "name": "listSubscriptions", "direction": "IN" }, { "name": "listSubscriptionsResponse", "direction": "OUT" } ] } ], "serviceInterfaceBinding": { "name": "SWIM_TI_YP_1_1_WS_SOAP" }, "networkInterfaceBinding": { "name": "SWIM_TI_YP_1_1_IPV4_UNICAST", "description": "IPv4 unicast network binding as per SWIM Yellow Profile 1.1" } }, { "name": "AirspaceStatusService", "description": "Airspace status interface", "operations": [ { "name": "queryActivationList", "description": "Retrieve the list of current and planned airspace activations and their status.", "messages": [ { "name": "queryActivationList", "direction": "IN" }, { "name": "queryActivationListResponse", "direction": "OUT" } ] } ], "serviceInterfaceBinding": { "name": "SWIM_TI_YP_1_1_AMQP_MESSAGING" }, "networkInterfaceBinding": { "name": "SWIM_TI_YP_1_1_IPV4_UNICAST", "description": "IPv4 unicast network binding as per SWIM Yellow Profile 1.1" } }, { "name": "LocalAirspaceStructureService", "description": "Interface to retrieve local airspace structures and associated activity data.", "provisionSide": "PROVIDER_SIDE", "operations": [ { "name": "queryActivityDataList", "description": "Provide activity data (e.g., schedules and usage windows) for local airspace structures.", "messages": [ { "name": "queryActivityDataList", "direction": "IN" }, { "name": "queryActivityDataListResponse", "direction": "OUT" } ] }, { "name": "queryAirspaceList", "description": "Return the catalogue of local airspace structures available to external users.", "messages": [ { "name": "queryAirspaceList", "direction": "IN" }, { "name": "queryAirspaceListResponse", "direction": "OUT" } ] } ], "serviceInterfaceBinding": { "name": "SWIM_TI_YP_1_1_WS_SOAP" }, "networkInterfaceBinding": { "name": "SWIM_TI_YP_1_1_IPV4_UNICAST", "description": "IPv4 unicast network binding as per SWIM Yellow Profile 1.1" } } ] } }