Cost-efficiency - SES RP3
PRB monitoring
▪ In 2022, Member States met the en route cost-efficiency Union-wide target.
▪ Union-wide en route actual costs in 2022 were 3.9% below determined costs, while service units were 3.9% higher than planned. However, the decrease in costs is mainly attributable to a significantly higher inflation than forecasted.
▪ 25 Member States showed lower actual total costs compared to planned in 2022, of which 19 lower by more than 5%. Only one Member State, Spain, increased its costs by more than 5% compared to the determined.
▪ The en route actual unit cost for airspace users (AUCU) has been +2.4% higher than the de-termined unit cost, since inflation was higher than expected.
▪ The 2020/2021 revenue gap amounts to 5.7B €2017. An additional gap of 2.7 M€2017 originates from 2022 when States had revised their plans after the adoption of their 2022 unit rate. The total revenue gap will be recovered over a five to seven year period, starting from 2023.
En route charging zone
Unit cost (KPI#1)
| Actual and determined data | ||||
| Total costs - nominal (M€) | 2020-2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actual costs | 12,238 | 6,721 | NA | NA |
| Determined costs | 12,476 | 6,632 | 6,861 | 6,988 |
| Difference costs | −238 | 88 | NA | NA |
Summary of performance at local level
Actual unit cost incurred by the users (AUCU) (PI#1)
| AUCU components (€/SU) – 2022 | |
| Components of the AUCU in 2022 | €/SU |
|---|---|
| DUC | 62.88 |
| Inflation adjustment | 3.43 |
| Cost exempt from cost-sharing | 0.63 |
| Traffic risk sharing adjustment | −1.35 |
| Traffic adj. (costs not TRS) | −0.35 |
| Finantial incentives | 0.00 |
| Modulation of charges | 0.00 |
| Cross-financing | 0.00 |
| Other revenues | −0.64 |
| Application of lower unit rate | −0.26 |
| Total adjustments | 1.47 |
| AUCU | 64.35 |
| AUCU vs. DUC | +2.0% |
| Cost exempt from cost sharing by item - 2022 | €'000 | €/SU |
|---|---|---|
| New and existing investments | −35,028 | −0.32 |
| Competent authorities and qualified entities costs | −6,078 | −0.06 |
| Eurocontrol costs | 12,671 | 0.12 |
| Pension costs | −3,205 | −0.03 |
| Interest on loans | 1,479 | 0.01 |
| Changes in law | 98,497 | 0.91 |
| Total cost exempt from cost risk sharing | 68,337 | 0.63 |