Cost-efficiency - Hungary
PRB monitoring
▪ 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€.
En route charging zone
Unit cost (KPI#1)
| Actual and determined data | ||||
| Total costs - nominal (M€) | 2020-2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actual costs | 191 | NA | NA | NA |
| Determined costs | 195 | 124 | 127 | 132 |
| Difference costs | -4 | NA | NA | NA |
| Inflation assumptions | 2020-2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Determined inflation rate | NA | 3.5% | 3.3% | 3.0% |
| Determined inflation index | NA | 118 | 121.9 | 125.5 |
| Actual inflation rate | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Actual inflation index | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Difference inflation index (p.p.) | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Actual unit cost incurred by the users (AUCU) (PI#1)
| AUCU components (€/SU) – 2020-2021 | |
| Components of the AUCU in 2020-2021 | €/SU |
|---|---|
| DUC | 53.91 |
| Inflation adjustment | 0.30 |
| Cost exempt from cost-sharing | 0.68 |
| Traffic risk sharing adjustment | 0.00 |
| Traffic adj. (costs not TRS) | 0.00 |
| Finantial incentives | 0.00 |
| Modulation of charges | 0.00 |
| Cross-financing | 0.00 |
| Other revenues | -1.55 |
| Application of lower unit rate | 0.00 |
| Total adjustments | -0.57 |
| AUCU | 53.35 |
| AUCU vs. DUC | -1.1% |
| Cost exempt from cost sharing by item - 2020-2021 | €'000 | €/SU |
|---|---|---|
| New and existing investments | 2,570.8 | 0.82 |
| Competent authorities and qualified entities costs | 235.7 | 0.07 |
| Eurocontrol costs | -651.6 | -0.21 |
| Pension costs | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| Interest on loans | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| Changes in law | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| Total cost exempt from cost risk sharing | 2,154.9 | 0.68 |