PRB monitoring
▪ Malta 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 Malta were also zero on average during the past years.
▪ Traffic is expected to grow, with 2019 levels likely being reached in 2023 (in high and base growth scenarios). A significant increase in the number of ATOCs in OPS is planned by 2022, no capacity issues are foreseen.
▪ The yearly total of sector opening hours in Malta ACC was 8,760, showing a 7.6% decrease compared to 2020. Sector opening hours are 28.3% below 2019 levels.
▪ Malta ACC registered 8.17 IFR movements per one sector opening hour in 2021, being 22.7% below 2019 levels.
Summary of capacity performance
Malta experienced an increase in traffic from 56k flights in 2020 to 72k flights in 2021, with zero ATFM delay. However, traffic levels were still substantially below the 130k flights in 2019.
NSA’s assessment of capacity performance
Capacity demands were low and therefore the forecasted target of 0.01 was not met.
Monitoring process for capacity performance
No data available
Capacity planning
Sector demand is calculated on daily basis and during peaks of traffic, sectors are collapsed.
Application of Corrective Measures for Capacity (if applicable)
No data available
The scope of RP3 monitoring for Malta comprises the main airport (LMML),where traffic in 2021, regardless of an increase of 33% with respect to 2020, was still 44 % lower than in 2019.
In accordance with IR (EU) 2019/317 and the traffic volume, pre-departure delays are not monitored at Malta and the capacity performance monitoring focuses on arrival ATFM delay and slot adherence.
Average arrival ATFM delays in 2021 was 0.01 min/arr, compared to 0 min/arr in 2020.
ATFM slot adherence has deteriorated (2021: 96.6%; 2020: 97.1%).
Malta-Luqa (LMML) registered some delays in 2021, all in September and all attributed to special event. This resulted in an annual average for Malta of 0.01 min/arr.
The provisional national target on arrival ATFM delay in 2021 was met.
In accordance with Article 3 (3) (a) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1627: The incentive scheme shall cover only the calendar years 2022 to 2024.
| Airport level |
| Airport name |
Avg arrival
ATFM delay (KPI#2)
|
Slot adherence (PI#1)
|
ATC pre departure
delay (PI#2)
|
All causes pre departure
delay (PI#3)
|
| 2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
| Malta/Luqa |
NA |
0.01 |
NA |
NA |
97.1% |
96.6% |
NA% |
NA% |
0.04 |
0.01 |
NA |
NA |
7.0 |
7.9 |
NA |
NA |
ATFM slot adherence
With the drastic drop in traffic, the share of regulated departures from Malta virtually disappeared until July 2021.
Malta’s ATFM slot compliance was 96.6%, slightly worse than in 2020 (97.1%). With regard to the 3.4% of flights that did not adhere, 1.5% was early and 1.9% was late.
According to the Maltese monitoring report: ATFM is monitored through the ANSP. The ANSP has an internal target of 95% compliance which is higher than the target stipulated in Article 11 of EC255. NMIR Statistics are monitored on weekly basis and investigations are carried out for major slot busts.
ATC pre-departure delay
This indicator is not monitored for airports below 80 000 IFR movements annual average during the 2016-2018 period, so it is not monitored for any airport in Malta.
All causes pre-departure delay
This indicator is not monitored for airports below 80 000 IFR movements annual average during the 2016-2018 period, so it is not monitored for any airport in Malta.