Annual Monitoring Report 2020 - Spain
Contextual information
National performance plan adopted following Commission Decision (EU) 2022/776 of 13 April 2022
List of ACCs 5
Barcelona ACC
Madrid ACC
Palma ACC
Sevilla ACC
Canarias ACC
No of airports in the scope of the performance plan
≥80’K 6
<80’K 1
Exchange rate (1 EUR=)
2017: 1 EUR
2020: 1 EUR
Share of Union-wide traffic (TSUs) 2020 10.0%
Share of Union-wide en route costs 2020 11.3%
Share en route / terminal costs 2020 88% / 12%
En route charging zone(s)
Spain Continental
Spain Canarias
Terminal charging zone(s)
Spain
Main ANSP
• ENAIRE
Other ANSPs
• FERRONATS
• ANSP EA
MET Providers
• AEMET
Traffic (En route traffic zone)
▪ Spain recorded 854K actual IFR movements in 2020, -60% compared to 2019 (2,152K).
▪ Spain IFR movements reduced more than the average reduction at Union-wide level (-57%).
▪ Spain recorded 5,240K actual en route service units in 2020, -61% compared to 2019 (13,439K).
▪ Spain service units reduced more than the average reduction at Union-wide level (-57%).
Safety (Main ANSP)
▪ ENAIRE achieved the RP3 EoSM targets and exceeded them in four out of five management areas. Ferronats achieved the RP3 EoSM target in four out of five management objectives with only safety risk management requiring further improvement.
▪ In all five management objectives ENAIRE achieved higher levels of maturity than planned in the draft 2019 performance plan. ENAIRE implemented continuous monitoring processes to maintaining a high safety performance. Measures are defined for further improvements to the maturity levels such as stress management processes and the creation of just culture policies.
▪ Spain recorded better performance with respect to safety occurrences with lower rates of SMIs and RIs in 2020 compared with 2019. However, the rates of occurrences for both were above the Union-wide average rates in 2020.
▪ Spain uses specific automated safety data recording systems for both SMIs and RIs for ACC and TMA sectors and it is one of only a handful of ANSPs to do so.
Environment (Member State)
▪ Spain achieved a KEA performance of 3.11% compared to its reference value of 3.23% and therefore contributed positively to the Union-wide target.
▪ The NSA stated that the 2020 KEA improvement is a direct consequence of the drastic reduction of traffic in 2020, which facilitated the implementation of operational and structural measures that have led to the improvement in horizontal efficiency. Spain offered airspace users direct routes, which meant that KEA performance was better than the shortest constrained routes.
▪ The share of flights operating CCO/CDO at Spanish airports improved in 2020 compared to 2019. The additional time airspace users spent taxiing or holding in terminal airspace reduced by 52% compared to 2019.
Capacity (Member State)
▪ ENAIRE registered 0.4 minutes of average en route ATFM delay per flight, thus not achieving the local breakdown value of 0.36 (the provisional national capacity target of 0.47 was achieved). IFR movements in 2020 were 60% below the 2019 levels in Spain.
▪ 79% of the total en route ATFM delays generated in Spain was during March due to the pandemic related restrictions imposed by the government (delay group ‘Other non-ATC’). Barcelona, Madrid and Palma ACCs recorded significantly less delays in 2020 than in 2019, but Canarias and Sevilla ACCs generated 0.29 and 0.16 minutes per flight more in 2020 respectively, mainly driven by special events (COVID-19 restrictions).
▪ Based on the analysis of previous capacity profiles, the PRB estimates Spain will face a capacity gap once IFR movements rise above 94% of 2019 levels. The PRB recommends that capacity improvement measures should be implemented.
▪ Delays were mostly driven by preventive COVID-19 measures and ATC capacity issues.
▪ The share of delayed flights with delays longer than 15 minutes in Spain increased by 14.03 p.p. compared to 2019.
▪ The yearly total of sector opening hours in Canarias ACC was 22,123, showing a 20.8% decrease compared to 2019. The yearly total of sector opening hours in Barcelona ACC was 28,553, showing a 52.7% decrease compared to 2019. The yearly total of sector opening hours in Madrid ACC was 53,299, showing a 48.3% decrease compared to 2019. The yearly total of sector opening hours in Palma ACC was 21,035, showing a 45.7% decrease compared to 2019. The yearly total of sector opening hours in Sevilla ACC was 23,753, showing a 41.9% decrease compared to 2019.
▪ Canarias ACC registered 7.8 IFR movements per one sector opening hour in 2020, being 39.0% below 2019 levels. Barcelona ACC registered 11.74 IFR movements per one sector opening hour in 2020, being 24.6% below 2019 levels. Madrid ACC registered 8.82 IFR movements per one sector opening hour in 2020, being 22.8% below 2019 levels. Palma ACC registered 5.65 IFR movements per one sector opening hour in 2020, being 32.4% below 2019 levels. Sevilla ACC registered 7.79 IFR movements per one sector opening hour in 2020, being 25.5% below 2019 levels.
Cost-efficiency (En route/Terminal charging zone(s))
▪ The 2020 actual service units of Spain continental (4,437K) were 61% lower than the actual service units in 2019 (11,502K). At the same time, the 2020 actual service units of Spain Canarias (803K) were 59% lower than the actual service units in 2019 (1,954K).
▪ Spain continental reduced costs in 2020 compared to 2019 actual costs by 16 M€2017 (-3%). The reduction is mainly driven by a decrease in staff costs of 16 M€2017 (-4%). However, the adaptation to International Accounting Standards (IAS) increased exceptional costs by 12 M€2017 (+201%).
▪ Spain Canarias reduced costs in 2020 compared to 2019 actual costs by 5.5 M€2017 (-6%). The reduction is mainly driven by a decrease in staff costs of 6.2 M€2017 (-9%), due to exceptional measures. However, other operating costs increased mainly due to higher Eurocontrol costs (+4.6 M€2017 or +38%).
▪ ENAIRE spent 109 M€2017 in 2020 related to cost of investments, 8% less than planned in the 2019 draft performance plan (118 M€2017).