PRB monitoring
▪ Austria achieved a KEA performance of 2.11% compared to its target of 1.96% and did not contribute positively to the Union-wide target.
▪ The NSA states that the target was missed mainly due to increased traffic demand that exceeded the forecasts, shifted traffic flows caused by the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine (see below), frequent thunderstorms and cumulonimbus (CBs) during the summer and the individually optimised trajectories of flights not necessarily following the great circle.
▪ Both KEP and SCR remained stable in comparison to 2023.
▪ Only one out of six Austrian airports that are regulated reported terminal environment data.
▪ The share of CDO flights remained stable in 2024.
▪ Additional taxi out time decreased from 2.84 to 2.70 min/flight, while additional time in terminal airspace increased marginally from 1.08 to 1.17 min/flight.
AXOT
Additional taxi-out times at Vienna in 2024 decreased by 5% with respect to 2023 (LOWW; 2019: 3.1 min/dep.; 2020: 2.07 min/dep.; 2021: 1.94 min/dep.; 2022: 2.09 min/dep.; 2023: 2.84 min/dep.; 2023: 2.7 min/dep.)
According to the Austrian monitoring report: Partially construction works influenced ground movements. After Initial AOP was completed at the end of 2023, positive effects were shown.
ASMA
Additional ASMA times at Vienna increased by 8% in 2024 but remain lower than pre-COVID (LOWW; 2019: 2.13 min/arr.; 2020: 1.28 min/arr.; 2021: 0.95 min/arr.;2022: 0.82 min/arr.; 2023: 1.08 min/arr.; 2024: 1.17 min/arr.)
According to the Austrian monitoring report: Compared to the traffic volume before COVID, ASMA has continuously improved. Arrival Manager Wien is implemented and operationally successful. High traffic values and severe weather conditions show influence on this PI.
Share of arrivals applying continuous descent operations (CDOs) (PI#5)
Klagenfurt (LOWK) has the highest share of CDO flights in Austria: 41.6% which is higher than the overall RP3 value in 2024 (29.3%).
The other airports have 20-30% of CDO flights, except for Innsbruck (LOWI): 14.8% and Salzburg (LOWS): 13.0%.
All airports have seen a (slight) increase of the share of CDO flights, except for Salzburg (LOWS) which had a decrease of 0.8 percentage points.
According to the Austrian monitoring report: ATCO CDO awareness is assured, allowing to keep the CDO percentage value despite traffic increase. CDO trend is improving also to the fact, that airlines pay more attention to costs and fuel reduction.
| Airport level |
| Airport |
Additional taxi-out time (PI#3)
|
Additional ASMA time (PI#4)
|
Share of arrivals applying CDO (PI#5)
|
| 2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
| Vienna |
2.07 |
1.94 |
2.09 |
2.84 |
2.70 |
1.28 |
0.95 |
0.82 |
1.08 |
1.17 |
34% |
32% |
31% |
30% |
30% |
| Graz |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
28% |
24% |
24% |
20% |
21% |
| Innsbruck |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
22% |
24% |
16% |
14% |
15% |
| Klagenfurt |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
33% |
27% |
31% |
31% |
42% |
| Linz |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
31% |
30% |
29% |
25% |
28% |
| Salzburg |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
16% |
15% |
14% |
14% |
13% |
Update on Military dimension of the plan
FUA is fully implemented and in case of airspace reservation procedures are in place, that help to avoid circumnavigation of reserved areas. Military dimension has little to no impact on the environmental KPA, due to a highly efficient and flexible use of airspace with close military coordination.
Military - related measures implemented or planned to improve capacity
n/a
Initiatives implemented or planned to improve PI#6
It is a military decision how and when to use segregated airspace. AMC Vienna is actively involved to monitor the efficient use of MIL TRAs.
Initiatives implemented or planned to improve PI#7
No CDRs within FIR Wien and no constraints regarding FPLs through segregated airspaces.
Initiatives implemented or planned to improve PI#8
No CDRs applied in Austria. FUA in Austria allows original FPL filing through reserved airspace to a maximum possible extend.