Annual Monitoring Report 2021 - Sweden
Contextual information
National performance plan adopted following Commission Decision (EU) 2022/2423 of 5 December 2022
List of ACCs 2
Malmo ACC
Stockholm ACC
No of airports in the scope of the performance plan
≥80’K 1
<80’K 0
Exchange rate (1 EUR=)
2017: 9.63311 SEK
2021: 10.1376 SEK
Share of Union-wide traffic (TSUs) 2021 2.7%
Share of Union-wide en route costs 2021 3.6%
Share en route / terminal costs 2021 92% / 8%
En route charging zone(s)
Sweden
Terminal charging zone(s)
Sweden
Main ANSP
• LFV
Other ANSPs
• SDATS
• ACR
• ARV - Arvidsjaur
• Swedavia
MET Providers
• SMHI
Traffic (En route traffic zone)
▪ Sweden recorded 380K actual IFR movements in 2021, +8.3% compared to 2020 (351K).
▪ Actual 2021 IFR movements represent 46% of the actual 2019 level (823K).
▪ Sweden recorded 1,795K actual en route service units in 2021, +7.1% compared to 2020 (1,676K).
▪ Actual 2021 service units represent 47% of the actual 2019 level (3,820K).
Safety (Main ANSP)
▪ LFV continued good safety performance in 2021 and maintained the RP3 EoSM targets levels achieved in 2020.
▪ None of the remaining ANSPs achieved the targets. SDATS needs to improve in only one area, ARV – Arvidsjaur in two areas, whereas ACR needs to improve in three areas.
▪ Sweden recorded improved performance with respect to safety occurrences, with lower rate of both separation minima infringements and runway incursions relative to 2020. The rate for runway incursions remains above the Union-wide average. The NSA declared that they are unable to discriminate the occurrences with safety impact only.
▪ LFV should improve its safety management by implementing automated safety data recording systems.
Environment (Member State)
▪ Sweden achieved a KEA performance of 1.04%, matching its target, and contributing positively towards achieving the Union-wide target. KEA worsened by 0.01 p.p. compared to 2020.
▪ The NSA states that in Sweden the airspace is not closed off when the armed forces are shelling training sectors, but the oppor-tunity exists to coordinate flights for fly-through (with some exceptions).
▪ Both SCR and KEP worsened compared to last year, but remain lower than pre-pandemic levels.
▪ The share of CDO flights remained constant over the past five years.
▪ Additional time in terminal airspace and additional taxi out time further improved in 2021 by 48% and 28% respectively.
Capacity (Member State)
▪ Sweden 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 Sweden were also near zero on average during the past years.
▪ Traffic recovery in Sweden has continued to be impacted by the airspace closures East of the SES area. Between February and May 2022, Sweden has been one of the five Member States to be the most affected by this and, as a result, 2019 traffic levels are not likely to be reached during RP3. An increase in the number of ATCOs in OPS is planned at both ACCs during RP3.
▪ The share of delayed flights with delays longer than 15 minutes in Sweden decreased by 34.46 p.p. compared to 2020 and was lower than 2019 values.
▪ The yearly total of sector opening hours in Malmo ACC was 44,622, showing a 7.7% decrease compared to 2020. Sector opening hours are 22.4% below 2019 levels. The yearly total of sector opening hours in Stockholm ACC was 24,520, showing an 11.3% decrease compared to 2020. Sector opening hours are 44.6% below 2019 levels.
▪ Malmo ACC registered 6.08 IFR movements per one sector opening hour in 2021, being 39.6% below 2019 levels. Stockholm ACC registered 7.36 IFR movements per one sector opening hour in 2021, being 20.6% below 2019 levels.
Cost-efficiency (En route/Terminal charging zone(s))
▪ The en route 2020/2021 actual unit cost of Sweden was 136.64 €2017, -3.4% lower than the determined unit cost (141.38 €2017). The terminal 2020/2021 actual unit cost was 395.08 €2017, -4.1% lower than the determined unit cost (411.99 €2017).
▪ The en route 2021 actual service units (1,795K) were +3.6% higher than determined (1,732K).
▪ In 2021, Sweden decreased total costs by -7.6 M€2017 (-3.6%) compared to determined costs. Sweden decreased all cost categories except cost of capital (+0.9 M€2017, or +23%) due to higher inflation rates than planned increasing the value of the pension debt.
▪ The decrease in total costs was mainly driven by lower other operating costs (-4.7 M€2017, or -7.7%) due to lower maintenance costs and travels, and lower pension costs than planned (-3.4 M€2017, or -8.3%). The NSA did not provide an explanation for the lower pension costs.
▪ LFV spent 16.8 M€2017 in 2021 related to costs of investments, -2.3% less than determined (17.2 M€2017), due to a delay in the investment plan (induced by the COVID-19 pandemic).
▪ The en route actual unit cost incurred by users in 2020/2021 was 133.35€, while the terminal actual unit cost incurred by users was 394.68€.