Annual Monitoring Report 2020 - Norway
Contextual information
National performance plan adopted following ESA Decision 069/22/COL of 6 April 2022
List of ACCs 3
Bodo ACC
Oslo ACC
Stavanger ACC
No of airports in the scope of the performance plan
≥80’K 2
<80’K 2
Exchange rate (1 EUR=)
2017: 9.32776 NOK
2020: 10.7208 NOK
Share of Union-wide traffic (TSUs) 2020 2.3%
Share of Union-wide en route costs 2020 1.8%
Share en route / terminal costs 2020 72% / 28%
En route charging zone(s)
Norway
Terminal charging zone(s)
Norway
Main ANSP
• Avinor Flysikring AS (Avinor ANS)
Other ANSPs
• Avinor AS
• Saerco (Kjevik ANSP)
MET Providers
• The Norwegian Meteorological Institute (MET)
Traffic (En route traffic zone)
▪ Norway recorded 344K actual IFR movements in 2020, -42% compared to 2019 (591K).
▪ Norway IFR movements reduced less than the average reduction at Union-wide level (-57%).
▪ Norway recorded 1,230K actual en route service units in 2020, -50% compared to 2019 (2,437K).
▪ Norway service units reduced less than the average reduction at Union-wide level (-57%).
Safety (Main ANSP)
▪ Avinor achieved the RP3 EoSM targets in 2020, exceeding the target maturity for safety culture. The achieved levels are better than what was planned in the draft 2019 performance plan for 2020.
▪ The NSA explained that significant initiatives are underway in the area of performance monitoring and safety culture to ensure continuous improvement of Avinor’s safety management function.
▪ Norway recorded a higher rate of SMIs and lower rate of RIs in 2020 compared to 2019. However, both rates remain above Union-wide averages again in 2020.
▪ Avinor should improve its SMS by implementing automated safety data recording systems.
Environment (Member State)
▪ Norway achieved a KEA performance of 1.52% compared to its reference value of 1.43% and therefore did not contribute positively towards achieving the Union-wide target.
▪ Norway stated that possible reasons for missing the targets includes airspace users flying inefficient routes to benefit from cheaper unit rates, airspace restrictions, weather and other factors.
▪ Norway should investigate the reason in more detail as the given reasons are too broad. For example, the shortest constrained route has been at similar levels since 2018, suggesting that Norway has not been able to improve its airspace availability.
▪ Only one out of four Norwegian airports that are regulated reported the complete terminal data.
▪ The share of flights operating CCO/CDO at Norwegian airports improved in 2020 compared to 2019 and is one of the top performances Union-wide with 68% of flights conducting CDOs. The additional time airspace users spent taxiing or holding in terminal airspace reduced by 33% compared to 2019.
Capacity (Member State)
▪ Avinor registered 0.01 minutes of average en route ATFM delay per flight during 2020, thus meeting the local breakdown value of 0.08.
▪ Delays must be considered in the context of the traffic evolution: IFR movements in 2020 were 42% below the 2019 levels in Norway.
▪ Norway reported some minor capacity issues due to technical equipment failure.
▪ It also reported a decrease of 20%, 30%, and 29% in ATCO FTE numbers in Bodo, Oslo, and Stavanger ACCs respectively in 2020 compared to 2019 values. These decreases were due to cost containment measures mostly in the form of furloughs and some voluntary redundancy agreements.
▪ Delays were mostly related to disruptions (system failure).
▪ The share of delayed flights with delays longer than 15 minutes in Norway increased by 8.42 p.p. compared to 2019.
▪ The yearly total of sector opening hours in Bodo ACC was 26,445, showing a 22.4% decrease compared to 2019. The yearly total of sector opening hours in Oslo ACC was 15,616, showing a 43.4% decrease compared to 2019. The yearly total of sector opening hours in Stavanger ACC was 13,969, showing a 33.2% decrease compared to 2019.
▪ Bodo ACC registered 5.47 IFR movements per one sector opening hour in 2020, being 8.8% below 2019 levels.
Cost-efficiency (En route/Terminal charging zone(s))
▪ The 2020 actual service units (1,230K) were 50% lower than the actual service units in 2019 (2,436K), making Norway the second least affected Member State by COVID-19 in terms of service units.
▪ Norway reduced total costs in 2020 by 13 M€2017 (-11%) compared to 2019 actual costs. The main driver of this reduction is the 14 M€2017 lower staff costs (-17%), resulting from furloughs, reduction in staff and overtime, lower salaries for management, travel and consultancy fees.
▪ Depreciation increased by 2.5 M€ (+32%) due to a change in allocation method. Assets are now allocated to the services they are supporting instead of the cost-centre used in the ANSP asset base.
▪ Avinor spent 16 M€2017 in 2020 related to costs of investments, 11% more than planned in the 2019 draft performance plan (14 M€2017). The increase is induced by a higher depreciation and cost of capital than planned, due to a higher asset base and WACC than originally planned.