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PRB monitoring

▪ Greece achieved a KEA performance of 2.33% compared to its target of 1.92% and did not contribute positively towards achieving the Union-wide target. KEA has improved in comparison to 2021.

▪ The NSA states that the target was missed mainly due to military activity causing traffic to diverge from optimal routes. It is also mentioned that FRA is not yet applied 24 hours per day.

▪ Both KEP and SCR improved in comparison with 2021 and, according to the NSA, this is mainly because HASP implemented a new airway in 2022.

▪ The share of CDO flights remained stable in 2022 compared to 2021.

▪ During 2022, additional time in terminal airspace increased from 1.15 to 1.37 min/flight, while additional taxi out time increased from 2.12 to 3.18 min/flight.

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)

Terminal performance

Additional taxi-out time (AXOT) (PI#3) & Arrival Sequencing and Metering Area (ASMA) time (PI#4)

AXOT

Additional taxi-out times at Athens (LGAV: 2019: 2.61 min/dep.; 2020: 1.54 min/dep.; 2021: 2.12 min/dep.; 2022: 3.18 min/dep.) have considerably increased in the last 3 years and were in 2022 22% higher than in 2019.

ASMA

The additional times in the terminal airspace (LGAV; 2019: 1.30 min/arr.; 2020: 1.03 min/arr.; 2021: 1.15 min/arr.; 2022: 1.37 min/arr.) observed a gradual increase during RP3, and in 2022 was also higher than in 2019.
According to the Greek monitoring report: At Athens, the PBN Procedures Design & Implementation Project is under development.

Share of arrivals applying continuous descent operations (CDOs) (PI#5)

The share of CDO flights at Athens (LGAV) has stayed stable in 2022 at 38% which is above the overall RP3 value in 2022 (29.0%).
The monthly values ranged from 34.6% in June and July to 40.2% in April and December.

Airport level
Airport Name
Additional taxi-out time (PI#3)
Additional ASMA time (PI#4)
Share of arrivals applying CDO (PI#5)
2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Athens 1.54 2.12 3.18 NA NA 1.03 1.15 1.37 NA NA 41% 38% 38% NA NA

Civil-Military dimension

Update on Military dimension of the plan

The activation of military areas obviously has impact on flight efficiency.
Nevertheless , handling areas by AMC through EAUP/EUUP, could minimize the impact.
Airspace designers could contribute decidedly on this effort.

Since the entry in NATO of neighbouring States, the increase of Greek State investments in military equipment and the beginning of war in Ukraine, military activity has augmented, MIL exercises, both national and multi, as well as NATO have become almost daily. This leads to ATS routes’ frequent closures, to several RAD restrictions’ amendments, suspensions, changes of several into dependently applicable, creations of temporarily new, in other words, changes of the routine mandatory and forbidden traffic flows. To this, the transfer of certain traffic load to other, often neighbouring sectors, due to the MIL activity, should be added. Taking into consideration that traffic complexity, the more familiar, increases the ATC throughput, each novelty reduces the capacity values, especially at the beginning of its implementation; and MIL activities are often planned and decided at short notice in the area. The activities’ design, responsibility of a specific section, is described in the related NOTAM published, often resulting from lengthy preceding civil-MIL CDM; from then on, sometimes within short time limits, cooperation with parties affected from the necessary changes in the traffic flows/RAD TFRs is realized with the ACCs, neighbouring ANSPs, aerodromes’ ATS units, depending on the case, and requests to the NM RAD Team addressed for the final uploads to CACD, targeting to the flight planning.

Military - related measures implemented or planned to improve capacity

HASP plans to extend time availability of HELLAS FRA H24 on 02 NOV 23.
Within FRA all military areas ’ll be transformed to AMA areas , activated by AMC through EAUP/EUUP process.
The transformation ’ll improve the airspace usage following FUA concept.

Initiatives implemented or planned to improve PI#6

No data available

Initiatives implemented or planned to improve PI#7

No data available

Initiatives implemented or planned to improve PI#8

No data available