Capacity - Switzerland
PRB monitoring
▪ Switzerland registered 0.2 minutes of average en route ATFM delay per flight during 2023 which has been adjusted to 0.13 during the post-ops adjustment process, thus achieving the local target value of 0.19. Delays in Switzerland decreased by 0.08 minutes per flight year-on-year.
▪ Delays were highest between June and September, mostly driven by adverse weather conditions and ATC capacity.
▪ The share of delayed flights with delays longer than 15 minutes in Switzerland increased by 5 percentage points compared to 2022 and was higher than 2019 values.
▪ The average number of IFR movements was 8% below 2019 levels in Switzerland in 2023.
▪ The number of ATCOs in OPS is expected to increase by 2% by 2024, with the actual value being below the 2023 plan in Geneva by 9 FTEs. The number of ATCOs in OPS is expected to decrease by 10% by 2024, with the actual value being over the 2023 plan in Zurich by 13 FTEs.
▪ The yearly total of sector opening hours in Geneva ACC was 28,234, showing a 3.2% decrease compared to 2022. Sector opening hours are 12.6% below 2019 levels. The yearly total of sector opening hours in Zurich ACC was 32,064, showing a 0.5% increase compared to 2022. Sector opening hours are 9.6% above 2019 levels.
▪ Geneva ACC registered 20.99 IFR movements per one sector opening hour in 2023, being 0.5% below 2019 levels. Zurich ACC registered 23.72 IFR movements per one sector opening hour in 2023, being 2.3% above 2019 levels.
▪ Switzerland registered an average airport arrival ATFM delay of 1.50 minutes per flight in 2023, thus not achieving the local target of 1.28 minutes.
▪ Compared to 2022, average arrival ATFM delays in Switzerland were 103% higher in 2023, while the number of IFR arrivals increased by 12%.
▪ The main reasons for delays were weather, accounting for 65% of delays, and other, non-ATC related causes, responsible for 30%.
En route performance
En route ATFM delay (KPI#1)
Other indicators
Terminal performance
Arrival ATFM delay (KPI#2)
Other terminal performance indicators (PI#1-3)
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Airport name | Avg arrival ATFM delay (KPI#2) | Slot adherence (PI#1) | ATC pre departure delay (PI#2) | All causes pre departure delay (PI#3) | ||||||||||||
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2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
Geneva | 0.49 | 0.19 | 0.48 | 0.59 | 94.7% | 93.1% | 94.0% | 93.8% | 0.24 | 0.13 | 0.32 | 0.52 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 15.1 | 16.4 |
Zurich | 0.60 | 0.51 | 0.93 | 2.12 | 94.4% | 96.0% | 96.7% | 97.0% | 0.48 | 0.39 | 0.71 | 1.13 | 7.5 | 9.7 | 15.8 | 19.8 |