Annual Monitoring Report 2023 - Czech Republic
Contextual information
National performance plan adopted following Commission Decision (EU) 2022/772 of 13 April 2022
List of ACCs 1
Prague ACC
No of airports in the scope of the performance plan
≥80’K 1
<80’K 0
Exchange rate (1 EUR=)
2017: 26.3115 CZK
2023: 23.9676 CZK
Share of Union-wide traffic (TSUs) 2023 1.6%
Share of Union-wide en route costs 2023 1.7%
Share en route / terminal costs 2023 87% / 13%
En route charging zone(s)
Czech Republic
Terminal charging zone(s)
Czech Republic
Main ANSP
• ANS CR
Other ANSPs
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MET Providers
• CHMI
Traffic (En route traffic zone)
▪ Czech Republic recorded 703K actual IFR movements in 2023, +14% compared to 2022 (616K).
▪ Actual 2022 IFR movements were +2.9% above the plan (684K).
▪ Actual 2022 IFR movements represent 81% of the actual 2019 level (867K).
▪ Czech Republic recorded 2,004K actual en route service units in 2023, +11% compared to 2022 (1,814K).
▪ Actual 2023 service units were -8.7% below the plan (2,196K).
▪ Actual 2023 service units represent 68% of the actual 2019 level (2,068K).
Safety (Main ANSP)
▪ ANS CR has already exceeded the RP3 EoSM targets in 2020. ANS CR undertook further actions to enhance its SMS function and to align it to Regulation (EU) 2017/373 in the area of fatigue risk management, team resource management.
▪ Despite the traffic increase, the rate of separation minima infringements decreased in 2023. The rate of runway incursions marginally increased. The NSA closely monitors the rate of occurrences and assesses the effectiveness of implemented measures through regular meetings of the Safety Board.
▪ ANS CR used the automated safety data recording systems for SMIs and RIs and was one of the few ANSPs that did so.
Environment (Member State)
▪ The Czech Republic achieved a KEA performance of 2.61% compared to its target of 2.05% and did not contribute positively towards achieving the Union-wide target.
▪ The NSA states the main reason for not meeting the target is the severe impact of flight trajectories due to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine.
▪ Both KEP and SCR deteriorated in comparison with 2022.
▪ The share of CDO flights marginally decreased from 25.00% to 24.61% in 2023.
▪ During 2023, additional time in terminal airspace remained at 0.69 min/flight, while additional taxi out time increased from 1.90 to 2.30 min/flight.
Capacity (Member State)
▪ The Czech Republic registered 0.11 minutes of average en route ATFM delay per flight during 2023 which has been adjusted to 0.09 during the post-ops adjustment process, thus achieving the local target value of 0.11. Delays in the Czech Republic decreased by 1.24 minutes per flight year-on-year.
▪ Delays were highest between June and October, mostly driven by adverse weather and ATC Capacity issues.
▪ The share of delayed flights with delays longer than 15 minutes in the Czech Republic decreased by 8 percentage points compared to 2022 and was higher than 2019 values.
▪ The average number of IFR movements was 27% below 2019 levels in the Czech Republic in 2023.
▪ The number of ATCOs in OPS is expected to increase by 38% by 2024, with the actual value being below the 2023 plan in Prague by 10 FTEs.
▪ The yearly total of sector opening hours in Prague ACC was 42,409, showing a 3.4% increase compared to 2022. Sector opening hours are 9.5% below 2019 levels.
▪ Prague ACC registered 14.6 IFR movements per one sector opening hour in 2023, being 17.9% below 2019 levels.
Cost-efficiency (En route/Terminal charging zone(s))
▪ The en route 2023 actual unit cost of Czech Republic was 50.62€2017, -3.6% lower than the determined unit cost (52.51€2017). The terminal 2023 actual unit cost was 226.54€2017, -5.2% lower than the determined unit cost (239.04€2017).
▪ The en route 2023 actual service units (2.0M) were -8.7% lower than the determined service units (2.2M).
▪ The en route 2023 actual total costs were -14M€2017 (-12%) lower than determined, as all categories registered lower-than-planned costs. The gap was mainly a result of the underspend in other operating costs (-5.8M€2017, or -24%), which the NSA attributed to the cost containment measures implemented in the areas of repairs, travel expenses, and software support.
▪ ANS CR spent 32M€2017 in 2023 related to costs of investments for both en route and terminal charging zones, -11% less than determined (37M€2017), primarily due to the postponement of some investment projects.
▪ The en route actual unit cost incurred by users in 2023 was 74.58€ (+18% above the 2023 DUC), while the terminal actual unit cost incurred by users was 316.01€ (+9.2% above the 2023 DUC). The difference between the AUCU and the DUC for the en route charging zone is primarily attributed to the inflation adjustment (+22M€), while for the terminal charging zone, it is mainly due to lower than planned SUs (-9.7%).
▪ The en route regulatory result for ANS CR amounted to +19M€, or 14% of the 2023 revenue. This may indicate that the airspace users are charged for costs which have not materialised in 2023.
▪ The PRB will take into consideration the implementation of the RP3 performance plan when assessing the RP4 cost-efficiency targets.