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Environment - Hungary

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PRB monitoring

▪ Hungary achieved a KEA performance of 1.51% compared to its reference value of 1.45% and therefore did not contribute positively towards achieving the Union-wide target.

▪ Hungary did not explain why its performance fell short of 1.45%. Instead it was stated that removed RAD restrictions and improved cross-border free route airspace should have helped achieve the targets.

▪ Given that cross-border free route operation within SEE FRA is being expanded, Hungary has stated it plans to take no further remedial measures. The PRB believes that as the shortest constrained route in 2020 was higher than in 2018, Hungary must analyse why a less efficient airspace was made available in 2020 during low traffic and reconsider whether any remedial measures should be taken.

▪ The share of flights operating CCO/CDO at Budapest airport improved in 2020 compared to 2019. The additional time airspace users spent taxiing or holding in terminal airspace reduced by 38% 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 at Budapest significantly lowered (LHBP; 2019: 1.63 min/dep.; 2020: 0.87 min/dep.). After January and February, when additional taxi-out times were around 1.5 min/dep. the performance drastically improved and the rest of the year these additional times have averaged 0.51 min/dep.

ASMA

The additional times in the terminal airspace also decreased in 2020 (LHBP; 2019: 0.85 min/arr.; 2020: 0.66 min/arr.) but in a smaller proportion compared to the additional taxi-out times. Nevertheless there was a clear impact of the reduction in traffic, with ASMA times reducing to nearly zero in April and May, and averaging only 0.28 min/arr. the rest of the year.

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

Focus CDOs

The share of CDO flights for Budapest (33.4%) is slightly above the overall RP3 value in 2020 (32.5%).

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
Budapest 0.87 NA NA NA NA 0.66 NA NA NA NA 33% NA NA NA NA

Civil-Military dimension

Focus on Civil-Military dimension

Update on Military dimension of the plan

The impact of military operations on civil traffic was irrelevant in 2020. The airspace design and procedures are in line with FUA policies.

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

No data available.

Initiatives implemented or planned to improve PI#6

As the most commonly used military reserved airspaces operate up to FL245, the weather has a significant impact on the utilization. HungaroControl experts believe that this PI could be improved if the reservation by military side would take place not on D-1, but on the day of planned operation. Experts are investigating the possible impact of such a change in the reservation rules.

Initiatives implemented or planned to improve PI#7

As with the implementation of free route airspace in Hungary in 2015 all the ATS routes have been eliminated. Since that the entire CDR route concept is not applicable anymore in Hungary.

Initiatives implemented or planned to improve PI#8

As with the implementation of free route airspace in Hungary in 2015 all the ATS routes have been eliminated. Since that the entire CDR route concept is not applicable anymore in Hungary.

 
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