Annual Monitoring Report 2020 - Italy
Contextual information
National performance plan adopted following Commission Decision (EU) 2022/773 of 13 April 2022
List of ACCs 4
Brindisi ACC
Milano ACC
Padova ACC
Rome ACC
No of airports in the scope of the performance plan
≥80’K 5
<80’K 0
Exchange rate (1 EUR=)
2017: 1 EUR
2020: 1 EUR
Share of Union-wide traffic (TSUs) 2020 7.6%
Share of Union-wide en route costs 2020 9.6%
Share en route / terminal costs 2020 87% / 13%
En route charging zone(s)
Italy
Terminal charging zone(s)
Italy Zone 1
Italy Zone 2
Main ANSP
• ENAV
Other ANSPs
• ITAF
MET Providers
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Traffic (En route traffic zone)
▪ Italy recorded 782K actual IFR movements in 2020, -60% compared to 2019 (1,962K).
▪ Italy IFR movements reduced more than the average reduction at Union-wide level (-57%).
▪ Italy recorded 3,990K actual en route service units in 2020, -60% compared to 2019 (10,046K).
▪ Italy service units reduced more than the average reduction at Union-wide level (-57%).
Safety (Main ANSP)
▪ ENAV achieved the RP3 EoSM targets in 2020 and exceeded the target maturity for the safety assurance objective. The achieved levels are consistent with what was planned in the draft 2019 performance plan.
▪ Italy recorded better performance with respect to safety occurrences compared to 2019 with lower rates of SMIs and RIs in 2020 compared to 2019.
▪ ENAV should improve its SMS by implementing automated safety data recording systems.
Environment (Member State)
▪ Italy achieved a KEA performance of 2.85% compared to its reference value of 2.83% and therefore did not contribute positively towards achieving the Union-wide target.
▪ Italy did not provide further explanations of its performance within the monitoring report, which is disappointing as the PRB expects the NSA to provide complete monitoring reports.
▪ While the share of flights operating CCO/CDO at Italian airports improved in 2020 compared to 2019, the CDO performance was below the level achieved in 2016, which suggests there was not a specific focus to improve this metric.
▪ The additional time airspace users spent taxiing or holding in terminal airspace reduced by 53% compared to 2019.
Capacity (Member State)
▪ ENAV registered 0.01 minutes of average en route ATFM delay per flight during 2020, thus meeting the local breakdown value of 0.25.
▪ Delays must be considered in the context of the traffic evolution: IFR movements in 2020 were 60% below the 2019 levels in Italy.
▪ Italy reported no capacity issues and did not submit any data regarding ATCO FTE numbers.
▪ Delays were mostly driven by disruptions (ATC industrial actions).
▪ The share of delayed flights with delays longer than 15 minutes in Italy increased by 16.31 p.p. compared to 2019.
▪ The yearly total of sector opening hours in Brindisi ACC was 12,442, showing a 38.6% decrease compared to 2019. The yearly total of sector opening hours in Milano ACC was 45,142, showing a 48.1% decrease compared to 2019. The yearly total of sector opening hours in Padova ACC was 27,510, showing a 50.7% decrease compared to 2019. The yearly total of sector opening hours in Rome ACC was 60,829, showing a 10.6% increase compared to 2019.
▪ Brindisi ACC registered 11.15 IFR movements per one sector opening hour in 2020, being 37.9% below 2019 levels. Milano ACC registered 8.1 IFR movements per one sector opening hour in 2020, being 22.8% below 2019 levels. Padova ACC registered 10.54 IFR movements per one sector opening hour in 2020, being 22.9% below 2019 levels. Rome ACC registered 6.14 IFR movements per one sector opening hour in 2020, being 62.6% below 2019 levels.
Cost-efficiency (En route/Terminal charging zone(s))
▪ The 2020 actual service units (3,990K) were 60% lower than the actual service units in 2019 (10,060K).
▪ In 2020, Italy reduced total costs by 62 M€2017 (-10%) compared to 2019 actual costs. Italy capped its cost of capital in order to achieve such result. Moreover, Italy reduced staff costs by 30 M€2017 (-9%) due to an increase of days of holidays, the suspension of the management incentive scheme, a decrease of overtime, costs for unused holidays, trips allowances and social security contribution.
▪ ENAV spent 77 M€2017 in 2020 related to costs of investments, 38% less than planned in the 2019 draft performance plan (124 M€2017). Such decrease is partially due the national restrictions in relation to COVID-19.