Annual Monitoring Report 2021 - Hungary
Contextual information
National performance plan adopted following Commission Decision (EU) 2022/775 of 13 April 2022
List of ACCs 1
Budapest ACC
No of airports in the scope of the performance plan
≥80’K 1
<80’K 0
Exchange rate (1 EUR=)
2017: 308.993 HUF
2021: 358.113 HUF
Share of Union-wide traffic (TSUs) 2021 2.6%
Share of Union-wide en route costs 2021 1.5%
Share en route / terminal costs 2021 85% / 15%
En route charging zone(s)
Hungary
Terminal charging zone(s)
Hungary
Main ANSP
• HungaroControl (EC)
Other ANSPs
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MET Providers
• Hungarian Meteorological Service (Országos Meteorológiai Szolgálat)
Traffic (En route traffic zone)
▪ Hungary recorded 491K actual IFR movements in 2021, +29% compared to 2020 (381K).
▪ Actual 2021 IFR movements were in line with the plan (491K).
▪ Actual 2021 IFR movements represent 55% of the actual 2019 level (892K).
▪ Hungary recorded 1,727K actual en route service units in 2021, +21% compared to 2020 (1,423K).
▪ Actual 2021 service units were in line with the plan (1,727K).
▪ Actual 2021 service units represent 55% of the actual 2019 level (3,162K).
Safety (Main ANSP)
▪ HungaroControl demonstrated good safety performance, remaining at the RP3 EoSM target levels in all management objectives. HungaroControl achieved maturity, exceeding the maturity planned for 2021 in four out of five safety objectives.
▪ Hungary recorded a stable number of safety occurrences with no occurrences of runway incursions in 2021, but a higher rate of separation minima infringements relative to 2020. Both rates are below the Union-wide average rate.
▪ HungaroControl should improve its safety management by implementing automated safety data recording systems for runway incursions.
Environment (Member State)
▪ Hungary achieved a KEA performance of 1.64% compared to its target of 1.50% and did not contribute positively towards achieving the Union-wide target. KEA slightly increased by 0.13 p.p. in comparison to 2020.
▪ In January 2021 Slovakia joined SEE FRA, offering cross border FRA with Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania. The NSA stated that the difference compared to the target is beyond of the control of the ANSP, and it might be linked to airspace user choices.
▪ However, SEE FRA only enables cross border operations with two out of seven of Hungary’s neighbouring countries and airspace restrictions/reservations may also have impeded performance.
▪ KEP reached the best level over the past five years, however, SCR deteriorated to 2019 levels.
▪ Share of CDO flights slightly increased in comparison to 2020, and is higher than pre-pandemic years.
▪ Additional time in terminal airspace remained at similar levels to 2020, while additional taxi out time increased by 22%.
Capacity (Member State)
▪ Hungary registered 0.01 minutes of average en route ATFM delay per flight during 2021, thus meeting the local breakdown value of 0.06.
▪ Delays should be considered in the context of lower traffic: in Hungary, IFR movements in 2021 were 45% lower than in 2019.
▪ Hungary has received additional traffic due to airspace closures East of the SES airspace which may expedite the recovery. 2019 traffic levels are likely to be reached in 2022 (in high growth scenario) or 2023 (in base growth scenario). A slight increase in the number of ATCOs in OPS is planned in Budapest ACC by the end of RP3.
▪ Based on the analysis of previous capacity profiles, the PRB estimates Hungary to face a capacity gap once IFR movements rise above 77% of 2019 levels. The PRB recommends that capacity improvement measures are implemented before traffic begins to recover.
▪ Delays were highest in August and October, mostly due to adverse weather conditions and ATC staffing issues.
▪ The share of delayed flights with delays longer than 15 minutes in Hungary increased by 23.71 p.p. compared to 2020 and was lower than 2019 values.
▪ The yearly total of sector opening hours in Budapest ACC was 27,901, showing a 35.8% increase compared to 2020. Sector opening hours are 17.5% below 2019 levels.
▪ Budapest ACC registered 17.03 IFR movements per one sector opening hour in 2021, being 31.7% below 2019 levels.
▪ Hungary registered zero minutes of average airport arrival ATFM delay per flight in 2021, achieving the local target of 0.05 minutes.
▪ Compared to 2020, average arrival ATFM delays in Hungary were lower by 0.08 minutes in 2021, while the number of IFR arrivals increased by 14.1%.
Cost-efficiency (En route/Terminal charging zone(s))
▪ The en route 2020/2021 actual unit cost of Hungary was 55.73 €2017, -2.3% lower than the determined unit cost (57.05 €2017). The terminal actual unit cost was 479.21 €2017, -3.0% lower than the determined unit cost (494.02 €2017).
▪ The en route 2021 actual service units (1,727K) were in line with determined service units (1,727K).
▪ In 2021, actual total costs were -4.2 M€2017 lower (-4.5%) than determined. Hungary decreased all cost categories except cost of capital (+0.9%). The reduction was mainly due to lower staff costs (-3.5 M€2017, or -7.8%) mostly driven by a decrease in headcounts (mainly non-ATCO) and a restructuration of ATCO wage system to make it traffic dependent.
▪ HungaroControl spent 27 M€2017 in 2021 related to costs of investments, +12% more than determined (24 M€2017). This was mainly driven by a higher than planned property management fee (i.e. leasing fee), however the NSA explained that the increase should be compensated in the next years.
▪ The en route actual unit cost incurred by users in 2020/2021 was 53.38€, while the terminal actual unit cost incurred by users was 464.71€.