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PRB monitoring

▪ Hungary achieved a KEA performance of 2.17% compared to its target of 1.49% and did not contribute positively towards achieving the Union-wide target. KEA increased in comparison to 2021.

▪ The NSA states that the performance deteriorated due to the extra distance flown as a result of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine.

▪ Both KEP and SCR deteriorated in comparison with 2021. The value of these two indicators was similar, meaning airspace users planned close to the shortest route available.

▪ The share of CDO flights decreased by 24.12% compared to 2021.

▪ During 2022, additional time in terminal airspace decreased from 0.67 to 0.34 min/flight, while additional taxi out time increased from 1.06 to 1.40 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 Budapest (LHBP; 2019: 1.63 min/dep.; 2020: 0.87 min/dep.; 2021: 1.06 min/dep.; 2022: 1.4 min/dep.) have gradually increased during RP3.
According to the Hungarian monitoring report: Since the actual value of this PI is still acceptable, no additional initiatives are needed.

ASMA

The additional times in the terminal airspace in 2022 have significantly decreased (LHBP; 2019: 0.85 min/arr.; 2020: 0.66 min/arr.; 2021: 0.67 min/arr.; 2022: 0.34 min/arr.) resulting in one of the lowest additional ASMA times amongst the SES monitored airports.

According to the Hungarian monitoring report: As the actual value of this PI shows improvement compared to the previous year’s value therefore no additional initiatives are needed.

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

The share of CDO flights for Budapest (LHBP) has decreased from 34.0% in 2021 to 25.8% in 2022. This value is below the overall RP3 value in 2022 (29.0%).
From April to October, the monthly values were below 25%.

According to the Hungarian monitoring report: Since the actual value of this PI is still acceptable, no additional initiatives are needed.

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
Budapest 0.87 1.06 1.40 NA NA 0.66 0.67 0.34 NA NA 33% 34% 26% NA NA

Civil-Military dimension

Update on Military dimension of the plan

The impact of military operations on civil traffic was very high in 2022. The war in Ukraine forced the Hungarian air defence and air force to create special training areas which were activated on an ad-hoc basis. Apart from those special air corridors were also established in order to allow the crossing of the allied forces UAVs.

The newly created military areas whose activation was on an ad-hoc basis had a negative effect on capacity, especially in the East sectors of Hungarian airspace.

The war against Ukraine forced the Hungarian air defence and air force to create special training areas which were activated on an ad-hoc basis. Apart from those special air corridors were also established in order to allow the crossing of the allied forces UAVs.

The new ad-hoc areas were not AMC manageable areas, therefore they were activated when it became necessary, so planning was much more difficult.

Military - related measures implemented or planned to improve capacity

During the implementation of the new ad-hoc activation areas, HungaroControl representatives tried to negotiate the vertical dimension of these areas in a way that makes fewer problems for overflight traffic.

Thanks to the good cooperation between the military and civil sides, these areas were active only when they were really needed and only for so long time which these special tasks in such a war environment required.

Initiatives implemented or planned to improve PI#6

The war in Ukraine has had a negative impact on the efficiency of military airspace utilisation.
Unfortunately, as long as there is a war going on in a neighbouring country, the effectiveness of military airspace utilization will remain uncertain.

Initiatives implemented or planned to improve PI#7

With the implementation of free route airspace in Hungary in 2015 all the ATS routes have been eliminated.
Since that the entire CDR route concept is not applicable anymore in Hungary.

Initiatives implemented or planned to improve PI#8

With the implementation of free route airspace in Hungary in 2015 all the ATS routes have been eliminated.
Since that the entire CDR route concept is not applicable anymore in Hungary.