Annual Monitoring Report 2023 - Finland
Contextual information
National performance plan adopted following Commission Decision (EU) 2022/765 of 13 April 2022
List of ACCs 1
Tampere ACC
No of airports in the scope of the performance plan
≥80’K 1
<80’K 0
Exchange rate (1 EUR=)
2017: 1 EUR
2023: 1 EUR
Share of Union-wide traffic (TSUs) 2023 0.5%
Share of Union-wide en route costs 2023 0.6%
Share en route / terminal costs 2023 71% / 29%
En route charging zone(s)
Finland
Terminal charging zone(s)
Finland
Main ANSP
• Fintraffic ANS
Other ANSPs
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MET Providers
• Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI)
Traffic (En route traffic zone)
▪ Finland recorded 224K actual IFR movements in 2023, +9% compared to 2022 (205K).
▪ Actual 2023 IFR movements were -18% below the plan (272K).
▪ Actual 2023 IFR movements represent 79% of the actual 2019 level (285K).
▪ Finland recorded 659K actual en route service units in 2023, +10% compared to 2022 (598K).
▪ Actual 2023 service units were -39% below the plan (1,087K).
▪ Actual 2023 service units represent 65% of the actual 2019 level (1,011K).
Safety (Main ANSP)
▪ Fintraffic ANS achieved the RP3 EoSM targets in four management objectives and must improve in safety risk management. The improvement of this management objective is planned in 2024.
▪ Finland recorded a stable number of safety occurrences, with a same rate of runway incursions and a marginal increase in the rate of separation minima infringements. Both rates were below the Union-wide average.
▪ Fintraffic ANS does not use automated safety data recording systems.
Environment (Member State)
▪ Finland achieved a KEA performance of 3.39% compared to its target of 0.88% and did not contribute positively towards achieving the Union-wide target.
▪ The NSA states that the performance target was not met due to the shift of the traffic flows between Russia and Kaliningrad and between Finland and Japan.
▪ Both KEP and SCR deteriorated in comparison with 2022. The value of these two indicators is similar, meaning airspace users plan close to the shortest route available.
▪ The share of CDO flights increased marginally from 63.17% to 63.69% in 2023.
▪ During 2023, additional time in terminal airspace increased from 0.68 to 0.82 min/flight, while additional taxi out time increased from 2.81 to 3.02 min/flight.
Capacity (Member State)
▪ Finland registered zero minutes of average en route ATFM delay per flight during 2023, thus achieving the local target value of 0.05. Delays in Finland remained unchanged year-on-year.
▪ The average number of IFR movements was 21% below 2019 levels in Finland in 2023.
▪ The number of ATCOs in OPS is expected to increase by 8% by 2024, with the actual value being below the 2023 plan in Helsinki by 11 FTEs.
▪ The yearly total of sector opening hours in Tampere ACC was 10,162, showing a 3.3% increase compared to 2022. Sector opening hours are 24.7% below 2019 levels.
▪ Tampere ACC registered 15.61 IFR movements per one sector opening hour in 2023, being 5.6% above 2019 levels.
Cost-efficiency (En route/Terminal charging zone(s))
▪ The en route 2023 actual unit cost of Finland was 55.84 €2017, +35% higher than the determined unit cost (41.43 €2017). The terminal 2023 actual unit cost was 164.57 €2017, +13% higher than the determined unit cost (145.92 €2017).
▪ The en route 2023 actual service units (0.7M) were -39% lower than determined (1.1M) mainly due to shifted traffic flows caused by the Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine.
▪ The en route 2023 actual total costs were -8.2 M€2017 lower (-18%) compared to determined, as all categories registered lower-than-planned costs. The main reason for the reduction was the lower staff costs (-4.3 M€2017, or -19%) which resulted from various measures including temporary layoffs, a reduction in headcount, the elimination of bonuses, lowered pension costs, deferred recruitment, and other staff-related savings. Other operating costs registered an underspend (-2.0 M€2017, or -12%) due to savings across several categories such as group service fees, voluntary staff costs, and travel expenses.
▪ Fintraffic ANS spent 5.4 M€2017 in 2023 related to costs of investments for both en route and terminal charging zones, -26% lower than determined (7.2 M€2017) due to the postponement of investments.
▪ The en route actual unit cost incurred by users in 2023 was 71.48€ (+63% above the 2023 DUC), while the terminal actual unit cost incurred by users was 220.02€ (+41% above the 2023 DUC). The difference between the AUCU and the DUC is strongly affected by the difference between the determined and actual SU for both the en route and terminal charging zones.
▪ The en route regulatory result for Fintraffic ANS amounted to +5.9 M€, 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.