PRB monitoring
▪ 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.
▪ Norway registered an average airport arrival ATFM delay of 0.03 minutes per flight in 2020, achieving the local target of 0.5 minutes.
▪ Compared to 2019, average arrival ATFM delays in Norway were 80.38% lower in 2020, while the number of IFR arrivals decreased by 43.25%.
▪ The main reasons for delays were weather, accounting for 73% of delays, and other, non-ATC related causes, responsible for 16%
Summary of capacity performance
Norway experienced a traffic reduction of 42% from 2019 levels, to 346k flights. The traffic level was accommodated with less than 3,500 minutes of en route ATFM delays to airspace users, practically all of which was attributed to technical issues in January and November.
NSA’s assessment of capacity performance
The actual en route ATFM delay per flight of 0,01 min./flt. in 2020 significant below the national target set to 0,08 min./flt. The delay was connected with some technical issue in start of the year 2020, delay code T - Equipment (ATC). Actual performance is far better than capacity KPA, however at same level as 2019. No major change due to the pandemic.
Monitoring process for capacity performance
Frequently at national level.
Capacity planning
The reduction in the number of ATCO FTEs from 2019 to 2020 is due to cost efficiency measures as a consequence of COVID-19, mainly furloughs, but also voluntary redundancy agreements.
Application of Corrective Measures for Capacity (if applicable)
No data available.
Bodo ACC: The reduction in the number of ATCO FTEs from 2019 to 2020 is due to cost efficiency measures as a consequence of Covid-19, mainly furloughs, but also voluntary redundancy agreements.
Oslo ACC: The reduction in the number of ATCO FTEs from 2019 to 2020 is due to cost efficiency measures as a consequence of Covid-19, mainly furloughs, but also voluntary redundancy agreements.
Stavanger ACC: The reduction in the number of ATCO FTEs from 2019 to 2020 is due to cost efficiency measures as a consequence of Covid-19, mainly furloughs, but also voluntary redundancy agreements.
Norway has identified four airports as subject to RP2 monitoring. However, in accordance with IR (EU) 2019/317 and the traffic figures, only two of these airports (Oslo (EGNM) and Bergen (ENBR)) must be monitored for pre-departure delays. Oslo (A-CDM implemented) is the only Norwegian airport that has finished the full implementation of the Airport Operator Data Flow required for the monitoring of these pre-departure delays. As reported in RP2, it seems the ATM system is not ready to implement the APDF at Bergen. Avinor Flysikring AS, the service provider in Norway, is still considering alternate solution, but needs to take into account the additional cost required. Traffic at the ensemble of these four Norwegian airports decreased by 43% in 2020 compared to 2019. Following the reduction in traffic, arrival ATFM delays decreased by 80% with respect to 2019. Slot adherence was well above 95% for these four airports and the all causes pre-departure delay at Oslo was the lowest in the SES area.
The national average arrival ATFM delay at Norwegian airports in 2020 was 0.03 min/arr, significantly lower than the 0.18 min/arr in 2019 (-80%). At airport level, Oslo (ENGM; 2019: 0.31 min/arr; 2020: 0.05 min/arr) observed delays in the first trimester of the year all attributed to weather, but then some additional ATFM delays were recorded in October and November due to a mix of weather, aerodrome capacity and ATC equipment. Bergen (ENBR) and Trondheim (ENVA) only had delays in February mostly attributed to weather. Stavanger (ENZV) recorded delays only in January, associated with non-ATC equipment and other reasons.
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 |
| Bergen/Flesland |
0.01 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
98.9% |
NA% |
NA% |
NA% |
NA% |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
| Oslo/Gardermoen |
0.05 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
98.4% |
NA% |
NA% |
NA% |
NA% |
0.05 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
5 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
| Stavanger/Sola |
0.03 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
97.4% |
NA% |
NA% |
NA% |
NA% |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
| Trondheim/Vaernes |
0.03 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
98.9% |
NA% |
NA% |
NA% |
NA% |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
ATFM slot adherence
With the drastic drop in traffic, the share of regulated departures from Norwegian airports (that was already low around 3-4% in the first trimester) virtually disappeared as of April. The annual figures are therefore driven by the performance in the first trimester. All Norwegian airports showed adherence above 95% and the national average was 98.4%. With regard to the 1.6% of flights that did not adhere, 0.5% was early and 1.1% was late.
ATC pre-departure delay
The calculation of the ATC pre-departure delay is based on the data provided by the airport operators through the Airport Operator Data Flow (APDF) which is properly implemented at Oslo but not implemented at Bergen. Therefore the monitoring of this indicator in Norway is limited to Oslo. The performance at Oslo was already good and has improved with respect to the previous year (ENGM; 2019: 0.14 min/dep.; 2020: 0.05 min/dep.) due to the reduction in traffic.
All causes pre-departure delay
The calculation of the All causes pre-departure delay is based on the data provided by the airport operators through the Airport Operator Data Flow (APDF) which is properly implemented at Oslo but not implemented at Bergen. Therefore the monitoring of this indicator in Norway is limited to Oslo. The total (all causes) delay in the actual off block time at Oslo in 2020 was 5.01 min/dep. which is the lowest delay among the SES monitored airports. The higher delays per flight were observed in February and December. This performance indicator has been introduced in the performance scheme for the first time this year, so no evolution with respect to 2019 can be analysed.