PRB monitoring
▪ MATS registered zero minutes of average en route ATFM delay per flight during 2020, thus meeting the local breakdown value of 0.02.
▪ Malta must do better to ensure it properly, completely, and punctually delivers its monitoring data according to the performance and charging regulation.
▪ The yearly total of sector opening hours in Malta ACC was 9,479, showing a 22.5% decrease compared to 2019.
▪ Malta ACC registered 5.85 IFR movements per one sector opening hour in 2020, being 44.6% below 2019 levels.
▪ Malta registered zero minutes of average airport arrival ATFM delay per flight in 2020, achieving the local target of 0 minutes.
▪ Compared to 2019, the number of IFR arrivals in Malta decreased by 58.16%, while the average arrival ATFM delay value remained zero minutes in 2020.
Summary of capacity performance
Malta experienced a traffic reduction of 54% from 2019 levels, to 139k flights. The traffic level was accommodated with zero en route ATFM delays to airspace users.
NSA’s assessment of capacity performance
No information provided.
Monitoring process for capacity performance
No information provided.
Capacity planning
No information provided.
Application of Corrective Measures for Capacity (if applicable)
No information provided.
The scope of RP3 monitoring for Malta comprises the main airport (LMML), where traffic decreased by 58% in 2020 compared to the previous year, after an important increase during RP2 (+38%). In accordance with IR (EU) 2019/317 and the traffic volume, pre-departure delays are not monitored at Malta and the capacity performance monitoring focuses on arrival ATFM delay and slot adherence. Zero arrival ATFM delays were registered in 2020 and slot adherence was 97.1%.
No arrival ATFM delay was observed at Malta in 2020, in line with the performance during RP2.
The provisional national target on arrival ATFM delay in 2020 was met. In accordance with Article 3 (3) (a) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1627: The incentive scheme shall cover only the calendar years 2022 to 2024.
| Airport level |
| Airport name |
Avg arrival
ATFM delay (KPI#2)
|
Slot adherence (PI#1)
|
ATC pre departure
delay (PI#2)
|
All causes pre departure
delay (PI#3)
|
| 2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
| Malta/Luqa |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
97.1% |
NA% |
NA% |
NA% |
NA% |
0.04 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
7 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
ATFM slot adherence
With the drastic drop in traffic, regulated departures from Malta virtually disappeared as of April. The annual figure is therefore driven by the performance in the first trimester. Malta’s ATFM slot compliance was 97.1%. In the entire year, only 3 flights departed ahead of the STW, and 14 departed after.
ATC pre-departure delay
This indicator is not monitored for airports below 80,000 IFR movements annual average during the 2016-2018 period, so it is not monitored for any airport in Malta.
All causes pre-departure delay
This indicator is not monitored for airports below 80,000 IFR movements annual average during the 2016-2018 period, so it is not monitored for any airport in Malta.