Annual Monitoring Report 2021 - Denmark
Contextual information
National performance plan adopted following Commission Decision (EU) 2022/770 of 13 April 2022
List of ACCs 1
Copenhagen ACC
No of airports in the scope of the performance plan
≥80’K 1
<80’K 0
Exchange rate (1 EUR=)
2017: 7.43692 DKK
2021: 7.43514 DKK
Share of Union-wide traffic (TSUs) 2021 1.2%
Share of Union-wide en route costs 2021 1.6%
Share en route / terminal costs 2021 80% / 20%
En route charging zone(s)
Denmark
Terminal charging zone(s)
Denmark
Main ANSP
• NAVIAIR
Other ANSPs
–
MET Providers
• DMI
Traffic (En route traffic zone)
▪ Denmark recorded 300K actual IFR movements in 2021, +9.3% compared to 2020 (275K).
▪ Actual 2021 IFR movements were +6.9% above the plan (281K).
▪ Actual 2021 IFR movements represent 45% of the actual 2019 level (669K).
▪ Denmark recorded 785K actual en route service units in 2021, +10% compared to 2020 (717K).
▪ Actual 2021 service units were +2.3% above the plan (767K).
▪ Actual 2021 service units represent 44% of the actual 2019 level (1,781K).
Safety (Main ANSP)
▪ NAVIAIR did not achieve the targets for the EoSM for three safety management objectives, but it has improved the performance in two management objectives in advance to the performance plan. The NSA monitors continuously safety performance through its oversight function.
▪ Denmark recorded a decrease of the rate of separation minima infringements (SMIs) per flight hour relative to 2020. The rate of runway incursions per movement increased in 2021. Both rates are below the Union-wide average rates.
▪ NAVIAIR should improve its safety management by implementing automated safety data recording systems.
Environment (Member State)
▪ Denmark achieved a KEA performance of 1.08% compared to its target of 1.14% and contributed positively to achieving the Union-wide target. These are the best levels of performance since 2017.
▪ The NSA states that KEA is the result of low traffic levels, and it is not anticipated to remain this low as traffic rises to previous levels.
▪ KEP continues to improve in 2021, while SCR is at the worst levels since 2021.
▪ FRA is implemented in the airspace above FL285 but reasons for the SCR deterioration are not mentioned.
▪ Share of CDO flights remain at similar levels to 2020.
▪ Additional time in terminal airspace was reduced by 42% in comparison with 2020, however, additional taxi out time increased by 9%.
Capacity (Member State)
▪ Denmark registered zero minutes of average en route ATFM delay per flight during 2021, thus meeting the local breakdown value of 0.03.
▪ En route ATFM delays in Denmark were also zero on average during the past years.
▪ Traffic recovery in Denmark has been slower than in many other Member States (also due to non-COVID-19 related issues), and 2019 traffic levels are not likely to be reached during RP3. However, a decrease in the number of ATCOs in OPS is planned by the end of RP3 which, depending on the evolution of the geopolitical situation and associated traffic demand, may require the moni-toring of capacity development.
▪ The yearly total of sector opening hours in Copenhagen ACC was 44,692, showing a 0.3% decrease compared to 2020. Sector opening hours are unchanged from 2019 levels.
▪ Copenhagen ACC registered 5.81 IFR movements per one sector opening hour in 2021, being 55.0% below 2019 levels.
Cost-efficiency (En route/Terminal charging zone(s))
▪ The en route 2020/2021 actual unit cost of Denmark was 124.06 €2017, -1.4% lower than the determined unit cost (125.78 €2017). The terminal actual unit cost was 346.72 €2017, -2.4% lower than the determined unit cost (355.16 €2017).
▪ The en route 2021 actual service units (785K) were +2.3% higher than determined (767K).
▪ In 2021, despite variations within cost categories, actual total costs were in line (-0.3 M€2017, or -0.4%) with determined. Denmark had negative 2021 determined exceptional items in order to reflect the necessity of further future cost-reduction, which materialised in 2021 actual costs as a decrease in all cost categories with the only exception of staff costs.
▪ NAVIAIR spent 20 M€2017 in 2021 related to costs of investments, -3.3% lower than determined (20.7 M€2017), mainly due to a de-crease in the average interest on debts.
▪ The en route actual unit cost incurred by users in 2020/2021 was 125.95€, while the terminal actual unit cost incurred by users was 360.39€.