Annual Monitoring Report 2022 - Slovenia
Contextual information
National performance plan adopted following Commission Decision (EU) 2022/777 of 13 April 2022
List of ACCs 1
Ljubljana ACC
No of airports in the scope of the performance plan
≥80’K 0
<80’K 0
Exchange rate (1 EUR=)
2017: 1 EUR
2022: 1 EUR
Share of Union-wide traffic (TSUs) 2022 0.5%
Share of Union-wide en route costs 2022 0.5%
Share en route / terminal costs 2022 100% / 0%
En route charging zone(s)
Slovenia
Terminal charging zone(s)
Main ANSP
• Slovenia Control
Other ANSPs
–
MET Providers
• Slovenian Environment Agency (ARSO)
Traffic (En route traffic zone)
▪ Slovenia recorded 453K actual IFR movements in 2022, +62% compared to 2021 (279K).
▪ Actual 2022 IFR movements were +11% above the plan (408K).
▪ Actual 2022 IFR movements represent 99% of the actual 2019 level (460K).
▪ Slovenia recorded 595K actual en route service units in 2022, +61% compared to 2021 (370K).
▪ Actual 2022 service units were +11% above the plan (536K).
▪ Actual 2022 service units represent 95% of the actual 2019 level (627K).
Safety (Main ANSP)
▪ Slovenia Control has already achieved the RP3 EoSM targets in four out of five management objectives in 2020 but needs to make improvements in the safety risk management objective in line with its planned maturity levels.
▪ Slovenia Control, together with the NSA, implemented multiple review processes and continuous monitoring to ensure the maintenance of high safety performance.
▪ Slovenia recorded an increase of separation minima infringements and runway incursions relative to 2021. Slovenia established a State Plan for Aviation Safety (SPAS 2022-2026) including both leading and lagging indicators, monitoring of precursors events which may lead to occurrences and gap analysis against European Action Plan for Prevention of Runway Incursions.
▪ Slovenia Control could improve its safety management by implementing automated safety data recording systems.
Environment (Member State)
▪ Slovenia achieved a KEA performance of 1.72% compared to its target of 1.55% and did not contribute positively towards the Union-wide target. KEA worsened by 0.24 percentage points compared to 2021.
▪ SCR and KEP worsened compared to 2021.
▪ The NSA states that the availability of the shortest flight planning option is already closer to optimum, with no delays caused by Ljubljana ACC.
▪ Slovenia has no airports that are regulated under the RP3 performance and charging scheme.
Capacity (Member State)
▪ Slovenia registered zero minutes of average en route ATFM delay per flight during 2022, thus achieving the local target value of 0.09.
▪ The average number of IFR movements was 2% below 2019 levels in Slovenia in 2022.
▪ Traffic is expected to grow moderately in the remaining years of RP3. A 7% increase in the number of ATCOs in OPS is expected by the end of RP3 in Ljubljana ACC, with the actual value being above the 2022 plan.
▪ The yearly total of sector opening hours in Ljubljana ACC was 20,856 in 2022, showing a 22.2% increase compared to 2021. Sector opening hours are 3.5% below 2019 levels.
▪ Ljubljana ACC registered 24.62 IFR movements per one sector opening hour in 2022, being 2.3% below 2019 levels.
Cost-efficiency (En route/Terminal charging zone(s))
▪ The en route 2022 actual unit cost of Slovenia was 52.63€2017, 15% lower than the determined unit cost (62.11€2017). Slovenia does not have a terminal charging zone.
▪The en route 2022 actual service units (595K) were 11% higher than the determined service units (536K).
▪ The en route 2022 actual total costs were 1.9M€2017 (-5.9%) lower than determined. However, actual costs in nominal terms were slightly higher than determined, while actual costs in real terms were lower than determined as a result of a significant higher-than-expected inflation.
▪ Slovenia Control spent 4.5M€2017 in 2022 related to costs of investments, 1.9% less than determined (4.6M€2017), due to a lower net book value of fixed assets than planned.
▪ The en route actual unit cost incurred by users in 2022 was 64.31€.