Annual Monitoring Report 2022 - Latvia
Contextual information
National performance plan adopted following Commission Decision (EU) 2022/2426 of 5 December 2022
List of ACCs 1
Riga ACC
No of airports in the scope of the performance plan
≥80’K 0
<80’K 3
Exchange rate (1 EUR=)
2017: 1 EUR
2022: 1 EUR
Share of Union-wide traffic (TSUs) 2022 0.4%
Share of Union-wide en route costs 2022 0.3%
Share en route / terminal costs 2022 75% / 25%
En route charging zone(s)
Latvia
Terminal charging zone(s)
Latvia
Main ANSP
• LGS
Other ANSPs
–
MET Providers
• LVĢMC
Traffic (En route traffic zone)
▪ Latvia recorded 190K actual IFR movements in 2022, +16% compared to 2021 (164K).
▪ Actual 2022 IFR movements were +7.2% above the plan (177K).
▪ Actual 2022 IFR movements represent 64% of the actual 2019 level (298K).
▪ Latvia recorded 466K actual en route service units in 2022, -14% compared to 2021 (542K).
▪ Actual 2022 service units were in line with the plan (466K).
▪ Actual 2022 service units represent 49% of the actual 2019 level (958K).
Safety (Main ANSP)
▪ Due to a single deficiency in the emergency and contingency response exercise, LGS failed to maintain the previously achieved RP3 target for safety objectives and policy. The additional measures to return on target for this specific management objective were identified and the NSA was confident that the ANSP will achieve level D in the coming year.
▪ LGS commenced a systematic assessment of the safety function to identify the necessary changes to improve its performance in relation to the safety risk management objective.
▪ Latvia recorded stable performance with respect to safety risks with no runway incursions and a single separation minima infringement in 2022.
▪ LGS uses specific safety recording tools for separation minima infringements and runway incursions, and is one of the few ANSPs that does so.
Environment (Member State)
▪ Latvia achieved a KEA performance of 6.26% compared to its target of 1.25% and did not contribute positively to the Union-wide target. KEA performance further worsened by 4.64 p.p. in comparison to 2021.
▪ The KEA deterioration was due to significant route extensions as a result of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine.
▪ Both KEP and SCR followed the same trend and worsened in comparison with 2021’s performance.
▪ The share of CDO flights increased by 15.05% compared to 2021.
▪ During 2022, additional time in terminal airspace decreased from 0.52 to 0.33 min/flight, while additional taxi out time increased from 2.74 to 2.82 min/flight.
Capacity (Member State)
▪ Latvia registered zero minutes of average en route ATFM delay per flight during 2022, thus achieving the local target value of 0.03.
▪ The average number of IFR movements was 37% below 2019 levels in Latvia in 2022.
▪ The number of ATCOs in OPS is not expected to change significantly by the end of RP3, with the actual plan remaining below the 2022 plan in Riga ACC.
▪ The yearly total of sector opening hours in Riga ACC was 6,912 in 2022, showing a 7.1% increase compared to 2021. Sector opening hours are 19.4% below 2019 levels.
▪ Riga ACC registered 20.12 IFR movements per one sector opening hour in 2022, being 5.2% below 2019 levels.
▪ Latvia registered nearly zero minutes of average airport arrival ATFM delay per flight in 2022, achieving the local target of 0.02 minutes.
▪ Compared to 2021, average arrival ATFM delays in Latvia were 96.09% lower in 2022, while the number of IFR arrivals increased by 42.88%.
▪ The main reason for delays was ATC disruption, accounting for 100% of delays.
Cost-efficiency (En route/Terminal charging zone(s))
▪ The en route 2022 actual unit cost of Latvia was 35.77 €2017, -6.0% lower than the determined unit cost (38.04 €2017). The terminal 2022 actual unit cost was 171.28 €2017, +17% higher than the determined unit cost (145.91 €2017).
▪ The en route 2022 actual service units (466K) were equal to the determined service units.
▪ The en route 2022 actual total costs were 1.1 M€2017 (-6.0%) lower than determined. The reduction in total cost was due to the lower staff (-0.8 M€2017, or -8.1%) and other operating costs (-0.5 M€2017 or, -12%) mainly as a result of higher inflation than anticipated and cost containment measures due to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine.
▪ LGS spent 6.2 M€2017 in 2022 related to costs of investments, +6.6% more than determined (5.8 M€2017). The NSA explained that the increase was mainly due to commissioning of several investments.
▪ The en route actual unit cost incurred by users in 2022 was 44.43€, while the terminal actual unit cost incurred by users was 174.54€.