Annual Monitoring Report 2020 - Sweden
Contextual information
National performance plan adopted following Commission Decision (EU) 2022/2423 of 5 December 2022
List of ACCs 2
Malmo ACC
Stockholm ACC
No of airports in the scope of the performance plan
≥80’K 1
<80’K 0
Exchange rate (1 EUR=)
2017: 9.63311 SEK
2020: 10.4769 SEK
Share of Union-wide traffic (TSUs) 2020 3.2%
Share of Union-wide en route costs 2020 4.5%
Share en route / terminal costs 2020 91% / 9%
En route charging zone(s)
Sweden
Terminal charging zone(s)
Sweden
Main ANSP
• LFV
Other ANSPs
• SDATS
• ACR
• ARV - Arvidsjaur
• Swedavia
MET Providers
• SMHI
Traffic (En route traffic zone)
▪ Sweden recorded 351K actual IFR movements in 2020, -57% compared to 2019 (823K).
▪ The reduction in IFR movements for Sweden was in line with the average reduction at Union-wide level (-57%).
▪ Sweden recorded 1,676K actual en route service units in 2020, -56% compared to 2019 (3,820K).
▪ Sweden service units reduced less than the average reduction at Union-wide level (-57%).
Safety (Main ANSP)
▪ LFV achieved its RP3 EoSM targets in all management objectives. The levels achieved in 2020 were consistent with the levels planned in the draft 2019 performance plan.
▪ With respect to safety occurrences, Sweden recorded a marginally higher rate of occurrences of SMIs and lower RIs in 2020 compared to 2019. Both rates remain above the Union-wide average, however, the NSA declared that they are unable to discriminate the occurrences with safety impact only.
▪ LFV should improve its SMS by implementing automated safety data recording systems.
Environment (Member State)
▪ Sweden achieved a KEA performance of 1.03% compared to its reference value of 1.26% and therefore it contributed positively to the Union-wide target.
▪ In 2020, Sweden suspended RAD restrictions and removed ATS routes that existed above FL285. However, the shortest constrained routes in Sweden are still higher than KEA, suggesting that airspace users are not able to plan the routes they actually fly due to airspace constraints. To improve planning, Sweden could consider further measures such as cross-border free route airspace, which it has planned for 2023.
▪ The share of flights operating CCO/CDO at Stockholm Arlanda airport remained stable in 2020 compared to 2019, but performance is still class leading among regulated airports.
▪ The additional time airspace users spent taxiing or holding in terminal airspace reduced by 33% compared to 2019.
Capacity (Member State)
▪ LFV registered 0.01 minutes of average en route ATFM delay per flight during 2020, thus meeting the local breakdown value of 0.15.
▪ Delays must be considered in the context of the traffic evolution: IFR movements in 2020 were 57% below the 2019 levels in Sweden.
▪ Sweden reported no capacity issues and a 1% decrease in ATCO FTE numbers in 2020 compared to 2019.
▪ Delays were driven by disruptions (technical issues).
▪ The share of delayed flights with delays longer than 15 minutes in Sweden increased by 3.28 p.p. compared to 2019.
▪ The yearly total of sector opening hours in Malmo ACC was 48,401, showing a 15.8% decrease compared to 2019. The yearly total of sector opening hours in Stockholm ACC was 27,645, showing a 37.6% decrease compared to 2019.
▪ Malmo ACC registered 5.02 IFR movements per one sector opening hour in 2020, being 50.1% below 2019 levels. Stockholm ACC registered 6.1 IFR movements per one sector opening hour in 2020, being 34.2% below 2019 levels.
Cost-efficiency (En route/Terminal charging zone(s))
▪ The 2020 actual service units (1,676K) were 56% lower than the actual service units in 2019 (3,789K).
▪ Sweden increased total costs in 2020 by 50 M€2017 (+23%) compared to 2019 actual costs, being the Member States with the largest cost increase. Moreover, Sweden did not achieve the cost-efficiency targets in 2019.
▪ Sweden increased staff costs by 58 M€2017 (+42%) due to notably higher pension costs. The increase is a lump sum and would only affect 2020.
▪ LFV spent 15 M€2017 in 2020 related to cost of investments, 21% less than planned in the 2019 draft performance plan (19 M€2017). The decrease is due to the fact that Swedish government decided to charge a WACC without return on equity.