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Environment - France

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PRB monitoring

▪ FABEC stated that half of the Union-wide RAD simplifications applied in 2020 were within FABEC airspace and that eNM measures were not needed. This helped improve the shortest constrained routes within FABEC, but was not sufficient in helping to reach the FAB-level KEA reference value (2.90%) in 2020.

▪ FABEC also mentioned that KEA is proportional to delays and stated that this had an impact on the environment performance. The PRB does not agree with this as FABEC did not experience significant delays in 2020, but France itself did generate significant delays in the first quarter of 2020.

▪ At national level, France achieved a KEA performance of 3.25% compared to FABEC’s reference value of 2.90%.

▪ A specific factor that contributed negatively to France’s 2020 KEA performance was that military training activities continued at a high level. However, France stated that the unpredictability of military training requirements means it cannot accurately reserve airspace and that the current performance is likely the best it is able to achieve.

▪ Only five out of 52 French airports that are regulated reported terminal data. The share of flights operating CDO at French airports worsened in 2020 compared to 2019. The additional time airspace users spent taxiing or holding in terminal airspace reduced by 40% compared to 2019.

En route performance

Horizontal flight efficiency of the actual trajectory (KEA) (KPI#1), of the last filed flight plan (KEP) (PI#1) & shortest constrained route (SCR) (PI#2)

Terminal performance

Additional taxi-out time (AXOT) (PI#3) & Arrival Sequencing and Metering Area (ASMA) time (PI#4)

Focus on ASMA & AXOT

AXOT

Additional taxi-out times in 2020 decreased between 38% and 55% with respect to 2019 at the French airports where it can be analysed, due to the drastic reduction in traffic (between -53% and -62%). In particular at Charles de Gaulle (LFPG; 2019: 3.77 min/dep; 2020: 2.17 min/dep.) additional taxi-out times normally range around 3.5 min/dep. in previous years. In 2020 this indicator started the year averaging 4 min/dep, probably due to de-icing procedures. However as of April these times drastically decreased and kept well below 2 min for the rest of the year. The end of the year showed a steady increase of these additional taxi-out times, probably associated to the holiday traffic and de-icing procedures.

ASMA

Additional times in the terminal area at French airports were in general very good and well below the RP2 average in 2019. In 2020 these times decreased in different degrees depending on the airport, with the lower reductions observed at the biggest airports Charles de Gaulle (LFPG; -25% with respect to 2019) and Paris Orly (LFPO; -21% with respect to 2019). Nice (LFMN), despite a 51% reduction with respect to the previous year, showed once more the highest additional ASMA times at these airports (LFMN; 2020: 0.78 min/arr.). Like in previous years, Charles de Gaulle was once again the best performing airport above 200,000 movements with the lowest additional ASMA times (LFPG; 2020: 0.66 min/arr.)

Share of arrivals applying continuous descent operations (CDOs) (PI#5)

Focus CDOs

For 10 out of the 58 airports, the share of CDO flights was above the RP3 overall value in 2020 (32.5%). The Paris airports have a remarkably low share of CDO flights, despite the low traffic numbers. Paris-Le Bourget (LFPB) has the lowest share of CDO flights of all airports monitored during 2020 (0.9%).

Airport level
Airport
Additional taxi-out time (PI#3)
Additional ASMA time (PI#4)
Share of arrivals applying CDO (PI#5)
2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Bale/Mulhouse 1.87 NA NA NA NA 0.41 NA NA NA NA 18% NA NA NA NA
Lyon 0.51 NA NA NA NA 0.33 NA NA NA NA 22% NA NA NA NA
Marseille/Provence NA NA NA NA NA 0.51 NA NA NA NA 27% NA NA NA NA
Nice 0.77 NA NA NA NA 0.86 NA NA NA NA 20% NA NA NA NA
Paris/Charles-De-Gaulle 2.17 NA NA NA NA 0.66 NA NA NA NA 4% NA NA NA NA
Paris/Orly 1.22 NA NA NA NA 0.82 NA NA NA NA 3% NA NA NA NA
Toulouse/Blagnac 0.43 NA NA NA NA 0.54 NA NA NA NA 30% NA NA NA NA
Albert/Bray NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 29% NA NA NA NA
Agen/La-Garenne NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 21% NA NA NA NA
Bordeaux/Merignac NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 32% NA NA NA NA
Bergerac/Roumanière NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 15% NA NA NA NA
La-Rochelle/Ile de Ré NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 26% NA NA NA NA
Poitiers/Biard NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 16% NA NA NA NA
Limoges/Bellegarde NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 30% NA NA NA NA
Pau/Pyrénées NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 23% NA NA NA NA
Tarbes-Lourdes/Pyrénées NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 63% NA NA NA NA
Biarritz/Bayonne-Anglet NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 26% NA NA NA NA
Rodez/Marcillac NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 17% NA NA NA NA
Dole/Tavaux NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 13% NA NA NA NA
Metz-Nancy/Lorraine NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 9% NA NA NA NA
Bastia/Poretta NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 40% NA NA NA NA
Calvi/Sainte-Catherine NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 38% NA NA NA NA
Figari/Sud-Corse NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 35% NA NA NA NA
Ajaccio/Napoléon-Bonaparte NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 39% NA NA NA NA
Chambéry/Aix-les-Bains NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 9% NA NA NA NA
Clermont-Ferrand/Auvergne NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 22% NA NA NA NA
Annecy/Meythet NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 15% NA NA NA NA
Grenoble/Isère NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 19% NA NA NA NA
Châteauroux/Déols NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 12% NA NA NA NA
Lyon/Bron NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 10% NA NA NA NA
Cannes/Mandelieu NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 13% NA NA NA NA
Saint-Etienne/Bouthéon NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 11% NA NA NA NA
Istres/Le-Tubé NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 31% NA NA NA NA
Carcassonne/Salvaza NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 19% NA NA NA NA
Perpignan/Rivesaltes NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 43% NA NA NA NA
Montpellier/Méditerranée NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 33% NA NA NA NA
Béziers/Vias NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 28% NA NA NA NA
Avignon/Caumont NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 15% NA NA NA NA
Beauvais/Tillé NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 8% NA NA NA NA
Châlons/Vatry NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 27% NA NA NA NA
Rouen/Vallée-de-Seine NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 29% NA NA NA NA
Tours/Val-de-Loire NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 48% NA NA NA NA
Paris/Le Bourget NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 1% NA NA NA NA
Toussus/Le-Noble NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 5% NA NA NA NA
Lille/Lesquin NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 29% NA NA NA NA
Brest/Bretagne NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 33% NA NA NA NA
Dinard/Pleurtuit-Saint-Malo NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 19% NA NA NA NA
Deauville/Normandie NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 11% NA NA NA NA
Lorient/Lann-Bihoué NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 30% NA NA NA NA
Caen/Carpiquet NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 11% NA NA NA NA
Rennes/St-Jacques NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 53% NA NA NA NA
Quimper/Pluguffan NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 28% NA NA NA NA
Nantes NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 27% NA NA NA NA
Saint-Nazaire/Montoir NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 20% NA NA NA NA
Brive/Souillac NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 15% NA NA NA NA
Strasbourg/Entzheim NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 17% NA NA NA NA
Hyères/Le-Palyvestre NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 31% NA NA NA NA
Nîmes/Garons NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 19% NA NA NA NA

Civil-Military dimension

Focus on Civil-Military dimension

Update on Military dimension of the plan

No data available.

Military - related measures implemented or planned to improve environment and capacity

No data available.

Initiatives implemented or planned to improve PI#6

No data available.

Initiatives implemented or planned to improve PI#7

No data available.

Initiatives implemented or planned to improve PI#8

No data available.

 
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