Environment - SES RP3
PRB monitoring
▪ Despite the enduring low traffic levels, Union-wide horizontal flight efficiency (KEA) performance targets were not achieved in 2021. 16 Member States did not achieve their national reference values.
▪ Horizontal flight efficiency deteriorated with increasing traffic (still far below 2019 levels) and the rerouting of flights around the airspace of Belarus (from May 2021) and eastern Ukraine. The results for 2021 demonstrate that environmental performance depends on sufficient capacity and airspace availability.
▪ Most Member States should have been able to meet the targets because of lower traffic, practically no capacity hotspots and fewer restrictions network disruptions (strikes).
▪ Performance in the terminal area improved. Aircraft spent less additional time per flight in the terminal area (ASMA time), but additional taxi-out time increased compared to 2020. When comparing to 2019, the performance was much better (42% improvement).
▪ In 2021, continuous descent operations performance slightly worsened (-2.2%) compared to 2020, but remained better than in 2019.
▪ The challenge for ANSPs and airports will be to achieve the performance targets astraffic grows and congestion returns.
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)
Summary of performance at local level
| KEA (%) | ||
| State | Target | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| Austria | 1.96 | 1.87 ✓ |
| Belgium | 3.10 | 3.55 ✘ |
| Bulgaria | 2.25 | 2.48 ✘ |
| Croatia | 1.46 | 1.32 ✓ |
| Cyprus | 3.84 | 4.49 ✘ |
| Czech Republic | 2.05 | 2.03 ✓ |
| Denmark | 1.14 | 1.08 ✓ |
| Estonia | 1.22 | 1.43 ✘ |
| Finland | 0.88 | 0.77 ✓ |
| France | 2.92 | 3.25 ✘ |
| Germany | 2.31 | 2.31 ✓ |
| Greece | 2.00 | 2.54 ✘ |
| Hungary | 1.50 | 1.64 ✘ |
| Ireland | 1.13 | 1.01 ✓ |
| Italy | 2.67 | 2.79 ✘ |
| Latvia | 1.25 | 1.62 ✘ |
| Lithuania | 1.93 | 3.01 ✘ |
| Malta | 1.82 | 3.11 ✘ |
| Netherlands | 2.63 | 2.73 ✘ |
| Norway | 1.55 | 1.34 ✓ |
| Poland | 1.65 | 2.33 ✘ |
| Portugal | 1.80 | 1.65 ✓ |
| Romania | 2.10 | 2.22 ✘ |
| Slovakia | 2.15 | 2.29 ✘ |
| Slovenia | 1.55 | 1.48 ✓ |
| Spain | 3.08 | 3.30 ✘ |
| Sweden | 1.05 | 1.04 ✓ |
| Switzerland | 3.95 | 3.87 ✓ |