Annual Monitoring Report 2021 - Slovenia
Contextual information
National performance plan adopted following Commission Decision (EU) 2022/777 of 13 April 2022
List of ACCs 1
Ljubljana ACC
No of airports in the scope of the performance plan
≥80’K 0
<80’K 0
Exchange rate (1 EUR=)
2017: 1 EUR
2021: 1 EUR
Share of Union-wide traffic (TSUs) 2021 0.6%
Share of Union-wide en route costs 2021 0.5%
Share en route / terminal costs 2021 100% / 0%
En route charging zone(s)
Slovenia
Terminal charging zone(s)
Main ANSP
• Slovenia Control
Other ANSPs
–
MET Providers
• Slovenian Environment Agency (ARSO)
Traffic (En route traffic zone)
▪ Slovenia recorded 279K actual IFR movements in 2021, +43% compared to 2020 (195K).
▪ Actual 2021 IFR movements were +7.7% above the plan (259K).
▪ Actual 2021 IFR movements represent 61% of the actual 2019 level (460K).
▪ Slovenia recorded 370K actual en route service units in 2021, +40% compared to 2020 (264K).
▪ Actual 2021 service units were +9.1% above the plan (339K).
▪ Actual 2021 service units represent 59% of the actual 2019 level (627K).
Safety (Main ANSP)
▪ Slovenia Control achieved the RP3 EoSM targets in four out of five management objectives, and only needs to make further improvements in the safety risk management objective. Slovenia Control, together with the NSA, implemented multiple review processes and continuous monitoring to ensure the maintenance of high safety performance.
▪ Slovenia recorded an increase of separation minima infringements and runway incursions relative to a very low level in 2020.
▪ Slovenia Control should improve its safety management by implementing automated safety data recording systems.
Environment (Member State)
▪ Slovenia achieved a KEA performance of 1.48% compared to its target of 1.55% and contributed positively towards the Union-wide target. KEA improved by 0.03 p.p. compared to 2020.
▪ SCR worsened by 3%, while KEP has improved by 2% compared to 2020.
▪ Slovenia states that FRA is already fully implemented, however, certain RAD restrictions were omitted due to COVID-19 in 2021.
▪ Slovenia has no airports that are regulated under the RP3 performance and charging scheme.
Capacity (Member State)
▪ Slovenia registered 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 Slovenia were also zero on average during the past years.
▪ Traffic recovery in Slovenia has continued to be impacted by the airspace closures East of the SES area and Slovenia has been one of the most affected. 2019 levels are likely to be reached in 2023 in the high growth scenario, but not in the base growth. A slight increase in the number of ATCOs in OPS is planned at Ljubljana ACC during RP3 as the recruitment of new ATCOs is flexibly adapted based on traffic evolution.
▪ The yearly total of sector opening hours in Ljubljana ACC was 16,270, showing a 9.9% increase compared to 2020. Sector opening hours are 15.2% below 2019 levels.
▪ Ljubljana ACC registered 13.60 IFR movements per one sector opening hour in 2021, being 26.5% below 2019 levels.
Cost-efficiency (En route/Terminal charging zone(s))
▪ The en route 2020/2021 actual unit cost of Slovenia was 93.23 €2017, -8.1% lower than the determined unit cost (101.44 €2017). Slovenia does not have a terminal charging zone.
▪ The en route 2021 actual service units (370K) were +9.1% higher than determined (339K).
▪ In 2021, Slovenia decreased total costs by -2.1 M€2017 (-6.8%) compared to determined, mainly driven by decreases in staff costs (-1.4 M€2017, or -7.2%) due to negotiations with the social partners, and other operating costs (-0.7 M€2017, or -12%) due to the optimisation and postponement of contracts and maintenance of several assets.
▪ Slovenia Control spent 4.6 M€2017 in 2021 related to costs of investments, in line with determined.
▪ The en route actual unit cost incurred by users in 2020/2021 was 96.06€.