Annual Monitoring Report 2020 - Ireland
Contextual information
National performance plan adopted following Commission Decision (EU) 2022/766 of 13 April 2022
List of ACCs 2
Shannon ACC
Dublin ACC
No of airports in the scope of the performance plan
≥80’K 1
<80’K 2
Exchange rate (1 EUR=)
2017: 1 EUR
2020: 1 EUR
Share of Union-wide traffic (TSUs) 2020 3.8%
Share of Union-wide en route costs 2020 1.7%
Share en route / terminal costs 2020 84% / 16%
En route charging zone(s)
Ireland
Terminal charging zone(s)
Ireland
Main ANSP
• AirNav Ireland
Other ANSPs
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MET Providers
• Met Eireann Aviation Services Division (ASD)
Traffic (En route traffic zone)
▪ Ireland recorded 263K actual IFR movements in 2020, -59% compared to 2019 (647K).
▪ Ireland IFR movements reduced more than the average reduction at Union-wide level (-57%).
▪ Ireland recorded 1,988K actual en route service units in 2020, -57% compared to 2019 (4,641K).
▪ The reduction in service units for Ireland is in line with the average reduction at Union-wide level (-57%).
Safety (Main ANSP)
▪ IAA ANSP achieved the RP3 EoSM targets in four out of five management objectives. It missed its target for safety risk management despite planning to achieve the target in 2020.
▪ The PRB notes that IAA ANSP only need to improve the maturity level in one out of 28 EoSM questions related to the safety risk management objective to achieve its target. Ensuring compliance with Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/373 should provide this improvement.
▪ Ireland recorded stable performance with respect to safety occurrences with marginally lower rates of SMIs and RIs in 2020 compared with 2019. Both rates of occurrences are below the Union-wide average rates.
▪ IAA ANSP should improve its SMS by implementing automated safety data recording systems.
Environment (Member State)
▪ Ireland achieved a KEA performance of 1.11% compared to its reference value of 1.56% and therefore contributed positively towards achieving the Union-wide target.
▪ The PRB is looking forward to reviewing future performance as Ireland is planning to support the introduction of free route airspace in the UK and review its airspace structure — both initiatives should realise more environmental benefits.
▪ Only two out of three Irish airports that are regulated reported terminal data.
▪ The share of flights operating CCO/CDO at Irish airports improved in 2020 compared to 2019. The additional time airspace users spent taxiing or holding in terminal airspace reduced by 63% compared to 2019.
▪ Ireland should seek to improve its high level of CDO performance during its plan to review approach procedures to support vertical flight efficiency.
Capacity (Member State)
▪ IAA ANSP registered zero minutes of average en route ATFM delay per flight during 2020, thus meeting the local breakdown value of 0.07.
▪ Delays must be considered in the context of the traffic evolution: IFR movements in 2020 were 60% below the 2019 levels in Ireland.
▪ Ireland reported no capacity issues and a 3% decrease in ATCO FTE numbers in 2020 compared to 2019 for both Dublin and Shannon ACCs. This decrease was driven by a 4.5-day working week between July-October 2020 and job sharing measures between the two ACCs as part of cost containment measures. Training classes in 2020 were also cancelled.
▪ The yearly total of sector opening hours in Dublin ACC was 18,666, showing a 0.3% increase compared to 2019. The yearly total of sector opening hours in Shannon ACC was 46,116, showing a 0.3% increase compared to 2019.
▪ Dublin ACC registered 4.92 IFR movements per one sector opening hour in 2020, being 64.1% below 2019 levels. Shannon ACC registered 4.28 IFR movements per one sector opening hour in 2020, being 57.7% below 2019 levels.
Cost-efficiency (En route/Terminal charging zone(s))
▪ The 2020 actual service units (1,988K) were 57% lower than the actual service units in 2019 (4,607K).
▪ In 2020 Ireland reduced total costs by 8.4 M€2017 (-7%) compared to 2019 actual costs. The main driver of the reduction is the 4 M€2017 lower staff costs (-6%), due to the reduction of the working week, employment wage subsidy scheme and the reduction of overtime.
▪ The cost of capital decreased by 2.5 M€2017(-58%), due to a lower WACC.
▪ IAA ANSP spent 12 M€2017 in 2020 related to costs of investments, 53% less than planned in the 2019 draft performance plan (25 M€2017). The decrease is due to a lower WACC and a lower asset base.