PRB monitoring
▪ Austria achieved a KEA performance of 1.87% compared to its target of 1.96% and contributed positively to the Union-wide target. KEA performance improved by 0.3 p.p. in comparison to 2020.
▪ Lower traffic figures and the implementation of free route airspace contributed positively to achieving the target.
▪ Both KEP and SCR improved in comparison with 2020’s performance and reached the lowest values since 2017.
▪ Only one out of six Austrian airports that are regulated reported terminal environment data.
▪ The share of flights operating CDO at Austrian airports decreased in 2021 compared to 2020. Austria notes that their focus is CDO, with the performance being the best since 2017.
▪ The additional time airspace users spent taxiing out decreased by 6% compared to 2020. Additional time in terminal airspace de-creased by 26% compared to 2020.
AXOT
Additional taxi-out times at Vienna lowered again in 2021(LOWW; 2019: 3.1 min/dep.; 2020: 2.07 min/dep.; 2021: 1.94 min/dep.).
According to the Austrian monitoring report: AMAN/DMAN coupling will be considered as one measure to optimize taxi-out times.
ASMA
In a similar way to the additional taxi-out times, the additional times in the terminal airspace around Vienna were very impacted by the reduction in traffic in 2020 and further decreased in 2021 (LOWW; 2019: 2.13 min/arr.; 2020: 1.28 min/arr.; 2021: 0.95 min/arr.). The additional ASMA times remained under 1 min/arr. for the most part of 2021 and increased to values above 1 min/arr. in the last 4 months.
According to the Austrian monitoring report: AMAN/DMAN coupling will be considered as one measure to optimize additional time in terminal airspace.
Share of arrivals applying continuous descent operations (CDOs) (PI#5)
Vienna (LOWW), being the major airport in Austria, has the highest share of CDO flights in Austria: 32.2% which is slightly higher than the overall RP3 value in 2020 (30.5%). The other airports have 24-30% of CDO flights, except for Salzburg (LOWS): 15.4%. All airports have seen a (slight) reduction of the share of CDO flights, except for Innsbruck - LOWI which had an increase of 2.2 percentage points.
According to the Austrian monitoring report: CDO is a predominant activity for ACG to reach environmental targets. Cooperation procedures between ATS units (APP/ACC) have been improved to increase optimum descents, dependent on the actual traffic situation.
| Airport level |
| Airport |
Additional taxi-out time (PI#3)
|
Additional ASMA time (PI#4)
|
Share of arrivals applying CDO (PI#5)
|
| 2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
| Vienna |
2.07 |
1.94 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
1.28 |
0.95 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
34% |
32% |
NA |
NA |
NA |
| Graz |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
28% |
24% |
NA |
NA |
NA |
| Innsbruck |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
22% |
24% |
NA |
NA |
NA |
| Klagenfurt |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
33% |
27% |
NA |
NA |
NA |
| Linz |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
31% |
30% |
NA |
NA |
NA |
| Salzburg |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
16% |
15% |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Update on Military dimension of the plan
Military dimension has little to no impact on the enviromental KPA, due to a highly efficient and flexible use of airspace with close military coordination.
Practically no impact of MIL dimension on the capacity KPA. The planning of airspace use at pre-tactical level is done via the civil/military joint unit Airspace Management Cell (AMC). Day-to-day co-ordination of Operational Air Traffic (OAT) and General Air Traffic (GAT) is handled at the tactical level between civil ATS Units and representatives of the Military Control Centre (MCC). FUA Level 3 is fully applied.
Military - related measures implemented or planned to improve capacity
No data available.
Initiatives implemented or planned to improve PI#6
No data available.
Initiatives implemented or planned to improve PI#7
CDR not applied in Austria. The majority of aircraft flying and filing through reserved and segregated areas is enabled to do so, thanks to a very flexible CIV/MIL coordination for the active areas concerned.
Initiatives implemented or planned to improve PI#8
CDR not applied in Austria. The majority of aircraft filing and flying through reserved or segregated areas is enabled to do so, thanks to a very flexible CIV/MIL coordination for the active areas concerned.