PRB monitoring
▪ Slovakia registered near zero minutes of average en route ATFM delay per flight during 2021, thus meeting the local breakdown value of 0.05.
▪ En route ATFM delays in Slovakia were also zero on average during the past years.
▪ Traffic is expected to grow, with 2019 levels likely being reached in 2024 in the high growth scenario but not in the base growth scenarios. A slight increase in the number of ATCOs in OPS is planned at Bratislava ACC during RP3.
▪ The yearly total of sector opening hours in Bratislava ACC was 18,790, showing a 10.5% increase compared to 2020. Sector opening hours are 23.4% below 2019 levels.
▪ Bratislava ACC registered 14.00 IFR movements per one sector opening hour in 2021, being 37.1% below 2019 levels.
Summary of capacity performance
Slovakia experienced an increase in traffic from 201k flights in 2020 to 271k flights in 2021, with practically zero ATFM delay. However, traffic levels were still substantially below the 562k flights in 2019.
NSA’s assessment of capacity performance
There were no delay due to still low traffic caused by the COVID-19
Monitoring process for capacity performance
Annual monitoring of capacity performance has been implemented as from y2020.
Capacity planning
Capacity of ACC is sufficient with respect to expected demand in a period till y2024.
Application of Corrective Measures for Capacity (if applicable)
No data available
1 ATCO - Loss of Medical Certificate in 2021
2 ATCOs became Managers in 2021
Corrected data for 2020:
Number of additional ATCOs in OPS who have started working in the OPS room (FTEs): 5
Number of ATCOs in OPS who have stopped working in the OPS room (FTEs): 1
Number of ATCOs in OPS operational at year-end (FTEs): 62