Annual Monitoring Report 2021 - Estonia
Contextual information
National performance plan adopted following Commission Decision (EU) 2022/771 of 13 April 2022
List of ACCs 1
Tallinn ACC
No of airports in the scope of the performance plan
≥80’K 0
<80’K 2
Exchange rate (1 EUR=)
2017: 1 EUR
2021: 1 EUR
Share of Union-wide traffic (TSUs) 2021 0.7%
Share of Union-wide en route costs 2021 0.4%
Share en route / terminal costs 2021 92% / 8%
En route charging zone(s)
Estonia
Terminal charging zone(s)
Estonia
Main ANSP
• EANS
Other ANSPs
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MET Providers
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Traffic (En route traffic zone)
▪ Estonia recorded 110K actual IFR movements in 2021, +13% compared to 2020 (97K).
▪ Actual 2021 IFR movements were +9.0% above the plan (101K).
▪ Actual 2021 IFR movements represent 48% of the actual 2019 level (229K).
▪ Estonia recorded 467K actual en route service units in 2021, +12% compared to 2020 (419K).
▪ Actual 2021 service units were +5.0% above the plan (445K).
▪ Actual 2021 service units represent 52% of the actual 2019 level (901K).
Safety (Main ANSP)
▪ In 2021, Estonia continued demonstrating good safety performance. EANS has already achieved the EoSM target levels and additional improvements coming from the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2017/373 are foreseen.
▪ Estonia recorded an increase of the rate of runway incursions per movement. The rate of separation minima infringements per flight hour decreased in 2021. Both rates are above the Union-wide average rates. The NSA closely monitors the rate of occurrences and assesses the effectiveness of implemented measures.
▪ EANS should improve its safety management by implementing automated safety data recording systems.
Environment (Member State)
▪ Estonia’s KEA performance of 1.43% is almost identical to 2019. The target was 1.22%, which means Estonia did not contribute positively towards achieving the Union-wide target.
▪ The NSA states that Estonia has cross-border free route airspace with NEFAB + DK-SE FAB and the overflying traffic is as direct as possible.
▪ SCR is at the worst levels since 2017 and the KEP parameter is the second worst since 2017.
▪ The share of CDO flights has worsened since 2020 and is the lowest since 2017.
▪ Additional time in terminal airspace remained the same as for 2020, however, additional taxi out time increased by 21%.
Capacity (Member State)
▪ Estonia registered zero minutes of average en route ATFM delay per flight during 2021, thus meeting the local breakdown value of 0.01.
▪ En route ATFM delays in Estonia were also zero on average during the past years.
▪ Traffic recovery in Estonia 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. A slight increase in the number of ATCOs in OPS is planned by the end of RP3 with no capacity related delays envisaged.
▪ The yearly total of sector opening hours in Tallinn ACC was 8,768, showing a 8.5% decrease compared to 2020. Sector opening hours are 30.5% below 2019 levels.
▪ Tallinn ACC registered 12.00 IFR movements per one sector opening hour in 2021, being 30.5% below 2019 levels.
▪ Estonia registered zero minutes of average airport arrival ATFM delay per flight in 2021, achieving the local target of 0 minutes.
▪ Compared to 2020, the number of IFR arrivals in Estonia increased by 18.31%, while the average arrival ATFM delay remained zero minutes in 2022.
Cost-efficiency (En route/Terminal charging zone(s))
▪ The en route 2020/2021 actual unit cost of Estonia was 57.90 €2017, -3.8% lower than the determined unit cost (60.19 €2017). The terminal actual unit cost was 251.23 €2017, -7.2% lower than the determined unit cost (270.66 €2017).
▪ The en route 2021 actual service units (467K) were +5.0% higher than determined (445K).
▪ In 2021, actual total costs were -0.7 M€2017 lower (-2.6%) than determined. The main driver was the reduction of other operating costs (-0.9 M€2017, or -12%) due to the implementation of extensive cost-cutting on travelling, rental, and training expenses.
▪ EANS spent 6.4 M€2017 in 2021 related to costs of investments, +8.4% higher than determined (5.9 M€2017) mainly due to significantly higher share of financing through equity than planned.
▪ The en route actual unit cost incurred by users in 2020/2021 was 60.50€, while the terminal actual unit cost incurred by users was 209.52€.