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Environment - France

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PRB monitoring

▪ France achieved a KEA performance of 3.25% compared to its target of 2.92% and did not contribute positively towards achieving the Union-wide target. KEA performance is at similar levels to 2020.

▪ The NSA stated that 2020 and 2021 performance was affected by a decrease in overflights (which are usually the best performing flights, positively impacting overall performance) in addition to increased military activity in these years.

▪ Both KEP and SCR have slightly reduced in 2021.

▪ The percentage of flights achieving CDOs decreased compared to pre-COVID-19 values.

▪ Both additional time in terminal airspace and additional taxi out time increased, but are still significantly below 2019 values.

En route performance

Horizontal flight efficiency of the actual trajectory (KEA) (KPI#1), of the last filed flight plan (KEP) (PI#1) & shortest constrained route (SCR) (PI#2)

Terminal performance

Additional taxi-out time (AXOT) (PI#3) & Arrival Sequencing and Metering Area (ASMA) time (PI#4)

Focus on ASMA & AXOT

AXOT

Although at annual level most airports show similar performance as in 2020, the evolution is very different along the year. For the first 3 to 5 months depending on the airport, the additional taxi-out times at French airports under montioring were lower than in 2020. But with the recovery of the traffic the performance deteriorated the national average between June and December was 70% higher than in 2020. Nevertheless, these additional times were still 45% better than in 2019.

According to FABEC monitoring report: Regarding France, 2021 performance is quite similar to 2020 achievement except at Nice where, in 2020 very low traffic was reported whereas 2021 was a year with much higher traffic close to 2019 levels.

ASMA

Like observed in the additional taxi-out times, in general the annual average of the additional ASMA times does not show a significant change with respect to 2020 (except for Nice). However once more this is the result of considerably better performance in the first three months of the year, and notably longer additional ASMA times than in 2020 alongside the traffic recovery during the rest of the year.

At Nice, where the traffic recovered better than at the rest of French airports, additional times increased significantly (LFMN; 2019: 1.76 min/arr.; 2020: 0.86 min/arr.; 2021: 1.38 min/arr.) reaching 2019 levels in the second half of the year and resulting in the second highest additional ASMA times amongst the SES monitored airports.

According to FABEC monitoring report: Regarding France, 2021 performance is quite similar to 2020 achievement or even better, except at Nice where, in 2020 very low traffic was reported whereas 2021 was a year of strong recovery for this airport, with much higher traffic close to 2019 levels.

Share of arrivals applying continuous descent operations (CDOs) (PI#5)

Focus CDOs

For 11 out of the 58 airports, the share of CDO flights was above the RP3 overall value in 2021 (30.5%). In 2021, 13.9% of the arrivals performed a CDO compared to 16.5% in 2020. The Paris airports have a remarkably low share of CDO flights. The 6 airports with the lowest share of CDO flights in 2021 are French, followed by Frankfurt. As in 2020, Paris-Le Bourget (LFPB) has the lowest share of CDO flights of all airports monitored during 2021 (0.8%).

According to the FABEC monitoring report: Regarding French airports, Green Aviation Plan is to be developped for the top ten airports in France with the objective of vertical profiles improvements ( Ops Dept Task Force ); Octavie Project at Toulouse; SESAR PJ 01 and SESAR PJ 38, and Albatros project are on going for vertical improvements.

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
Bale/Mulhouse 1.87 2.61 NA NA NA 0.41 0.47 NA NA NA 18% 13% NA NA NA
Lyon 0.51 0.55 NA NA NA 0.33 0.18 NA NA NA 22% 17% NA NA NA
Marseille/Provence NA NA NA NA NA 0.51 0.54 NA NA NA 27% 23% NA NA NA
Nice 0.77 1.10 NA NA NA 0.86 1.38 NA NA NA 20% 13% NA NA NA
Paris/Charles-De-Gaulle 2.17 2.25 NA NA NA 0.66 0.62 NA NA NA 4% 3% NA NA NA
Paris/Orly 1.22 1.27 NA NA NA 0.82 0.64 NA NA NA 3% 3% NA NA NA
Toulouse/Blagnac 0.43 0.45 NA NA NA 0.54 0.37 NA NA NA 30% 27% NA NA NA
Albert/Bray NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 29% 31% NA NA NA
Agen/La-Garenne NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 21% 13% NA NA NA
Bordeaux/Merignac NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 32% 27% NA NA NA
Bergerac/Roumanière NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 15% 13% NA NA NA
La-Rochelle/Ile de Ré NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 26% 22% NA NA NA
Poitiers/Biard NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 16% 12% NA NA NA
Limoges/Bellegarde NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 30% 31% NA NA NA
Pau/Pyrénées NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 23% 17% NA NA NA
Tarbes-Lourdes/Pyrénées NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 63% 64% NA NA NA
Biarritz/Bayonne-Anglet NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 26% 21% NA NA NA
Rodez/Marcillac NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 17% 16% NA NA NA
Dole/Tavaux NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 13% 12% NA NA NA
Metz-Nancy/Lorraine NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 9% 8% NA NA NA
Bastia/Poretta NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 40% 33% NA NA NA
Calvi/Sainte-Catherine NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 38% 34% NA NA NA
Figari/Sud-Corse NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 35% 32% NA NA NA
Ajaccio/Napoléon-Bonaparte NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 39% 32% NA NA NA
Chambéry/Aix-les-Bains NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 9% 14% NA NA NA
Clermont-Ferrand/Auvergne NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 22% 16% NA NA NA
Annecy/Meythet NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 15% 13% NA NA NA
Grenoble/Isère NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 19% 20% NA NA NA
Châteauroux/Déols NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 12% 10% NA NA NA
Lyon/Bron NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 10% 7% NA NA NA
Cannes/Mandelieu NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 13% 9% NA NA NA
Saint-Etienne/Bouthéon NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 11% 12% NA NA NA
Istres/Le-Tubé NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 31% 24% NA NA NA
Carcassonne/Salvaza NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 19% 19% NA NA NA
Perpignan/Rivesaltes NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 43% 39% NA NA NA
Montpellier/Méditerranée NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 33% 30% NA NA NA
Béziers/Vias NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 28% 25% NA NA NA
Avignon/Caumont NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 15% 13% NA NA NA
Beauvais/Tillé NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 8% 7% NA NA NA
Châlons/Vatry NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 27% 28% NA NA NA
Rouen/Vallée-de-Seine NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 29% 28% NA NA NA
Tours/Val-de-Loire NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 48% 46% NA NA NA
Paris/Le Bourget NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 1% 1% NA NA NA
Toussus/Le-Noble NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 5% 5% NA NA NA
Lille/Lesquin NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 29% 24% NA NA NA
Brest/Bretagne NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 33% 33% NA NA NA
Dinard/Pleurtuit-Saint-Malo NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 19% 12% NA NA NA
Deauville/Normandie NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 11% 11% NA NA NA
Lorient/Lann-Bihoué NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 30% 28% NA NA NA
Caen/Carpiquet NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 11% 10% NA NA NA
Rennes/St-Jacques NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 53% 49% NA NA NA
Quimper/Pluguffan NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 28% 25% NA NA NA
Nantes NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 27% 23% NA NA NA
Saint-Nazaire/Montoir NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 20% 22% NA NA NA
Brive/Souillac NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 15% 20% NA NA NA
Strasbourg/Entzheim NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 17% 14% NA NA NA
Hyères/Le-Palyvestre NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 31% 22% NA NA NA
Nîmes/Garons NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 19% 20% NA NA NA

Civil-Military dimension

Focus on Civil-Military dimension

Update on Military dimension of the plan

Military - related measures implemented or planned to improve capacity

Initiatives implemented or planned to improve PI#6

Initiatives implemented or planned to improve PI#7

Initiatives implemented or planned to improve PI#8

 
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