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Capacity - France

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PRB monitoring

▪ France registered 1.40 minutes of average en route ATFM delay per flight during 2024, which has been adjusted to 1.39 during the post-ops adjustment process, thus not achieving the local target value of 0.25. Delays in France decreased by 0.74 minutes per flight year-on-year.

▪ The majority of delays accumulated between May and October, mainly due to the lack of ATC Capacity and Staffing and adverse weather conditions.

▪ The share of delayed flights with delays longer than 15 minutes in France decreased by 8 percentage points compared to 2023 and was lower than 2019 values.

▪ The average number of IFR movements was 3% above 2019 levels in France in 2024.

▪ The number of ATCOs in OPS is 228, being below the 2024 plan in Bordeaux by 21 FTEs. The number of ATCOs in OPS is 241, being below the 2024 plan in Brest by 14 FTEs. The number of ATCOs in OPS is 324, being over the 2024 plan in Marseille by 2 FTEs. The number of ATCOs in OPS is 245, being below the 2024 plan in Paris by 20 FTEs. The number of ATCOs in OPS is 213, being over the 2024 plan in Reims by 15 FTEs.

▪ The yearly total of sector opening hours in Brest ACC was 86,039, showing a 15.8% increase compared to 2023. Sector opening hours are 5.2% above 2019 levels. The yearly total of sector opening hours in Paris ACC was 81,768, showing a 10.3% increase compared to 2023. Sector opening hours are 20.6% below 2019 levels. The yearly total of sector opening hours in Marseille ACC was 111,644, showing a 1.1% increase compared to 2023. Sector opening hours are 10.9% above 2019 levels. The yearly total of sector opening hours in Bordeaux ACC was 74,248, showing a 6.1% decrease compared to 2023. Sector opening hours are 1.0% above 2019 levels. The yearly total of sector opening hours in Reims ACC was 66,641, showing a 5.9% increase compared to 2023. Sector opening hours are 3.1% below 2019 levels.

▪ Reims ACC registered 16.67 IFR movements per one sector opening hour in 2024, being 12.2% above 2019 levels. Paris ACC registered 14.05 IFR movements per one sector opening hour in 2024, being 18.1% above 2019 levels. Brest ACC registered 12.81 IFR movements per one sector opening hour in 2024, being 5.2% below 2019 levels. Marseille ACC registered 10.75 IFR movements per one sector opening hour in 2024, being 6.6% below 2019 levels. Bordeaux ACC registered 13.24 IFR movements per one sector opening hour in 2024, being 0.9% below 2019 levels.

▪ 2024 showed an improved situation compared to 2023. However, the fact that some ACCs generate delays due to ATC capacity and staffing while having more ATCOs in OPS FTEs than planned indicates that capacity planning processes and the allocation of ATCO resources may have to be improved. Actual 2025 values up to August show a major deterioration of capacity performance.

▪ France registered an average airport arrival ATFM delay of 0.63 minutes per flight in 2024, thus not achieving the local target of 0.40 minutes.

▪ Compared to 2023, average arrival ATFM delays in France were 10% lower in 2024, while the number of IFR arrivals increased by 2%.

▪ The main drivers of delays were ATC staffing, accounting for 31% of delays, and weather, responsible for 28%.

En route performance

En route ATFM delay (KPI#1)

Focus on en route ATFM delay

Summary of capacity performance

France experienced an increase in traffic from 3 234k flights in 2023, with 6 795k minutes of en route ATFM delay, to 3 443k flights with 4 709k minutes of en route ATFM delay in 2024.

There were an additional 55k minutes of en route ATFM delay originating in the French ACCs that were re-attributed to the DFS via the NM post operations delay attribution process, as part of the eNM/S24 measures to mitigate the capacity shortfall in Karlsruhe UAC.

The total of en route ATFM delays includes 25k minutes of en route ATFM delay that were re-attributed to DSNA according to the eNM/S24 measures, and the opening ceremony for the Olympic games in Paris, but which originated elsewhere: 8k in UK, 6k in MUAC, 6k in Germany, 4k in Spain, <1k in Portugal and <1k in Switzerland..

NSA’s assessment of capacity performance

The 2024 target of 0.25 min/flight was not achieved for en route. 2024 actual achievement is 1,39 min/flight, including the post-ops process of the NM, with 0,96 min/flight on the CRSTMP perimeter falling under the sole action of the French air navigation service provider, DSNA.

Overall, this achievement is better than in 2023 when accomodating a 6 to 7 % traffic increase per individual ACC compared to 2023 traffic levels (with the exception of Paris ACC: 4% increase in 2024). It should also be noted that 2024 traffic is now above 2019 levels for france (+ 3% with all ACC traffics equal or above 2019 levels, with the exception of Paris which traffic in 2024 is only 91% of 2019 traffic).

This evolution is driven by the implementation in 2024 of a new law for ATC industrial action management (only 3% of all causes delays in 2024). However, it should also be noted that weather delays have increased in 2024 (27% of all causes delays (20% in 2023) with an average around 33% during the 2024 Summer period).

Nevertheless, some ACCs are still experiencing some staff shortages (mainly Reims, Marseille) and structural limit (Reims ACC) while traffic has locally reached higher levels than 2019 traffic levels and it is also the case for some airports experiencing staff shortages (Orly, Basel, Toulouse or Bordeaux for example) or high Summer traffic peaks (South Est of France and Corsica). Priority given to ATCO assignment at ACCs and higher delays due to bad weather had also an impact on the 2024 performance.

Corrective actions have been identified and discussed with DSNA and will be implemented in order to mitigate the main delay causes (implementation of NOP corrective measures, signature of a new social agreement, addressing ATCO shortages, defining and implementing densified rostering schemes and additional flexibility, reduction of ATCO training time, implementing new software versions and lessons learnt from 4-FLIGHT implementations in Reims and Marseille ACCs at Paris and the remaining ACCs, new law on industrial action management for ATC in France etc.).

Monitoring process for capacity performance

In a nutshell, the French NSA monitoring process is twofold: on top of the FABEC general monitoring process described in the French performance plan and in the previous 2020 and 2021 RP3 FABEC performance monitoring reports (cf. these documents), a national process has been established based on the following:
- The French NSA is regularly provided with various reports, analysis and data such as FABEC monthly capacity reports (including DSNA data), weekly/monthly/yearly capacity DSNA-OPS directorate reports, PRU monthly dashboards which enable to closely monitor the performance evolution and cross-check data;
- The French NSA is invited and participates to the capacity planning meetings organized during winter by the NM with DSNA to prepare NOP updates (including discussion on remedial measures, traffic and delays forecast for DSNA ACC, Summer DSNA sector opening schemes etc.);
- The French NSA is invited and participates to the two yearly Strategic airspace user meetings held by DSNA (beginning of Summer & Winter) where strategic evolutions, OPS projects, ongoing performance, investment plan and HR updates are presented by DSNA to the airspace users which can react and express their views and concerns if any;
- The French NSA has included in its yearly surveillance programme an OPS performance review : regarding capacity, on top of previous meeting participation and data & reports analysis, a dedicated meeting is organized in April/May with DSNA/OPS directorate in order to analyse the previous year performance, define and validate ongoing or new remedial and corrective measures to be taken by DSNA to address issues and underperformance, have a view on ongoing year capacity provision, prepare the yearly FR performance monitoring report to be submitted 1st June ; a follow-up meeting is organized by the French NSA in October/November to follow-up remedial measure implementation, analyse Summer performance, discuss future performance.
- Various airspace users or unions consultation meetings are run during the year (either by the French NSA or in which the French NSA is invited to provide inputs and updates regarding operational performance monitoring).

Note: Regarding ATCO planning, the plans are and will always be subject to change; in addition, the details of the planned evolution of ATCO numbers within an ANSP with several ACCs are socially sensitive.

However, ATCO hiring and assignment is one of the major driver for current capacity and staffing issues solving. ACE figures are provided and can be referred to. Nevertheless, the French NSA considers that they cannot be considered as a commitment where planning figures are requested, due to the high level of uncertainties related to such ATCO recruitement plans management. These figures, even when provided on an annual basis, can only be regarded as snapshot information, i.e. a situation at one point in time which does not guarantee a realistic view throughout the entire duration of RP3.

There are many factors with a high level of uncertainty that have an impact on the ATCO planning: first of all, the social agreements in place in an ANSP play a major role in the availability of ATCOs to fulfill the OPS needs (a new social agreement was signed in 2024; certain provisions - recruitment levels, flexibility and rostering, staff retention incentives - will have an impact on futures values).

Then, there are classical uncertainty factors of general staff planning like the actual rate of retirement, the absence rate of employees, as well as maternity and parent leave. Moreover, ATCOs mobility has become a severe issue recently, moreover when understaffed ACC are concerned.

Capacity planning

Initial Network Operation Plan 2020 launched in Winter 2019/2020 has been overwhelmed by the COVID-19 pandemic and the massive drop of traffic. A new NOP Recovery Plan process initiated and launched by the Network Manager and its first edition was published on 30 April 2020, as European traffic began a slow recovery from its lowest point of just 2,099 flights across the network on 12 April 2020.

Since then a weekly Rolling NOP, published every Friday has been introduced through which NM coordinates with all partners to ensure capacity is available at ACCs and in the airspace they manage, and on the ground at airports, to meet the expected traffic demand from the airlines on each day of the next six weeks enabling to coordinate all operational stakeholders throughout the pandemic to ensure that network actors can plan their recovery effectively based on predicted traffic levels.

A draft version of the new 2025-2029 NOP has been released. It includes the capacity planning for DSNA ACCs and is still to be updated and finalized in June 2025 with the latest available capacity information and remedial measures for all DSNA ACCs concerned by capacity issues.

DSNA is of course part of this process and contributes to the provision for a consolidated European network view of the evolution of the air traffic, enabling the planning of the service delivered in the recovery phase to match the expected air traffic demand in a safe, efficient and coordinated manner.

It should be also noted that the French NSA, upon its request, has been associated to this process and is invited since RP2 the NM - DSNA capacity planning meetings in order to be informed of the outcome of previous NOP remedial measures, French ACCS capacity issued and NM delays forecast for French ACCs, any new measures proposed either by DSNA or the NM to mitigate capacity issues.

Application of Corrective Measures for Capacity (if applicable)

The 2024 target of 0.25 min/flight was not achieved for en route. 2024 actual achievement is 1,39 min/flight, including the post-ops process of the NM, with 0,96 min/flight on the CRSTMP perimeter falling under the sole action of the French air navigation service provider, DSNA.

Overall, this achievement is better than in 2023 when accomodating a 6 to 7 % traffic increase per individual ACC compared to 2023 traffic levels (with the exception of Paris ACC: 4% increase in 2024). It should also be noted that 2024 traffic is now above 2019 levels for france (+ 3% with all ACC traffics equal or above 2019 levels, with the exception of Paris which traffic in 2024 is only 91% of 2019 traffic).

This evolution is driven by the implementation in 2024 of a new law for ATC industrial action management (only 3% of all causes delays in 2024). However, it should also be noted that weather delays have increased in 2024 (27% of all causes delays (20% in 2023) with an average around 33% during the 2024 Summer period).

On the CRSTMP perimeter, Reims and Marseille ACCs were the main generators of delays in 2024 (around 75% of delays in 2024), with staff resources still dominating for Marseille and capacity limit problems combined with staff resources for Reims.

Regarding Reims ACC, the 2024 traffic increase since 2019 is around +16%. In 2024 at Reims ACC, 40% of delays were due to Capacity causes and 40% were due to Weather causes. Some Reims ACC elementary sectors are currently reaching their maximum capacity, which means that this has to be addressed through major structural changes (airspace redesign).

Regarding Paris ACC, the new 4-FLIGHT ATM system has been implemented according to a planning negociated with the airspace users in order to limit the impact on capacity during Summer (Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games) and the Winter holidays. The system has been progressively introduced in alternance with the legacy system and finally implemented 7th January 2025.

Corrective measures were taken to address the 2024 en route capacity underachievement, presented and discussed with the French NSA. They are detailed in the following sections of the report.

With regard to this underachievement, a financial penalty will be applied to DSNA and deducted from the 2025 cost base in order to reduce the 2025 en route unit rates.

A dedicated meeting has been organized with DSNA in order to gather both explanations and information about remedial measures already launched and identify potential additional measures that could be implemented by DSNA in 2024 and beyond to tackle non temporary capacity issues.

The following recommendations / course of actions have been discussed and agreed with DSNA:
- General remedial measures already identified, coordinated with the Network Manager and to be published in the NOP 2024-2029 for the 5 French ACC should be implemented as soon as possible;
- A set of specific remedial measures put in place by DSNA or already planned in 2024 to mitigate identified non temporary issues at the French ACCs have been presented and discussed with the French NSA and are listed in the table below: the French NSA will be kept informed by DSNA of their timely implementation, of the expected benefit and of any potential issue in the implementation plan, and a follow-up meeting will be organized 2nd Semester 2025;
- An analysis of potential risks on 2025 and beyond underperformance has been carried over and required potential remedial measures to address such a situation have been discussed; they are also addressed in the final chapter of the en route capacity tab of the monitoring together with the actions taken by the NSA to monitor future performance through its surveillance program.

Specific capacity enhancement measures

Specific measures include:
-Implementation of NOP 2024 - 2029: implementation of draft and future final NOP 2024-2029 remedial measures for DNSA ACCs;
- Implementation of new densified rostering schemes - implementation of new modalities for locally densified service towers to introdcue more flexibility and better take into account the increased volatility of air traffic in DSNA ACCs. Expected benefits: between 15 and 20% additional capacity depending on the rostering scheme applied locally;
- 4-FLIGHT implementation at DSNA ACCs - Coflight and 4-FLIGHT new modern ATM systems are to be implemented in the 5 DSNA ACCs providing additional capacity and compliance with EU regulations. Overall, the capacity gain expected after implementation is between +15% and +30% according to airspace and sectors;
- Implementation of changes in ATCO initial and continuous training - new 10 week intensive initial training phase has been developed to reduce the total duration of ATCO training;
- DSNA: tranfer of sector Fl115-195 from ACC to APP - to reduce the duration of training and to reinforce the capacity of DSNA ACCs, the sectors dealing with flight levels 115 and 195 will be progressively transferred to approaches;
- Implementation of new social agreement - implement number of measures with regard to origanisation of services, staffing levels and recruitment, additional flexibility of rostering schemes and working arrangements and methods. An updated assignment policy for DSNA ACCs and major approaces will be defined and implemented in the coming years to address the current staffing issues;
- New law on industrial action management in France - implemented in 2023, effective from 2024;
- Implementation of dedicated systems providing nominative means of recording the presence of ATCOs on premises and at the CWP - following recommendation from Safety Bureau of Analysis stemming from serious safety incident;

Major French upper airspace redesign - following 4-FLIGHT implementation at all DSNA ACCs, FRA covering all French airspace and lower airspace transferred to APP below FL195, there will be a unique opportunity to beneifit from system and operational concept harmonisation at national level, to redesign and resectorize. The operational improvements expected are related to the ENV and CAP KPAs. In particular, due care of HFE for overflights and VFE for arrivals/departures to/ from main French airports are strategic objectives of the project.

En route Capacity Incentive Scheme

DSNA: The incentive scheme is based only on delays attributed to C,R,S,T,M & P delay codes. The DSNA target was set at 0.16 minutes per flight and the actual performance is reported as 0.96 minutes per flight (CRSTMP only). This results in a reported penalty of €6 267 653.45.
In accordance with Article 3(3)(a) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1627: The incentive scheme shall cover only the calendar years 2022 to 2024.

Other indicators

Focus on ATCOs in operations

Note: Regarding ATCO planning, the plans are and will always be subject to change; in addition, the details of the planned evolution of ATCO numbers within an ANSP with several ACCs are socially sensitive.

Terminal performance

Arrival ATFM delay (KPI#2)

Focus on arrival ATFM delay

For France, the scope of the RP3 monitoring comprises a total of 58 airports. However, in accordance with IR (EU) 2019/317 and the traffic figures, only 6 of those airports must be monitored for pre-departure delays. 52 of these 58 airports are grouped into a basket (““LFXX”“) for monitoring and target setting purposes.

The Airport Operator Data Flow, necessary for the monitoring of the pre-departure delays, is established for the 6 airports required. Nevertheless, the quality of the reporting does not allow for the calculation of the ATC pre-departure delay at Paris Charles de Gaulle, with more than 40% of the reported delay not allocated to any cause. The traffic at the ensemble of these 58 airports in 2024 is still 9% below the 2019 levels, with a 2% increase with respect to 2023.

Average arrival ATFM delay in 2024 was 0.63 min/arr, compared to 0.70 min/arr in 2023. The national target was not met. ATFM slot adherence has slightly improved (2023: 90.4%; 2024: 91.2%).

The national average arrival ATFM delays in 2024 decreased on average at French airports. This evolution at national level is driven mainly driven by the decrease observed at Marseille (LFML: 2022: 0.24 min/arr; 2023: 1.65 min/arr; 2024: 0.5 min/arr) and to some extent at Paris Orly (LFPO: 2022: 1.74 min/arr; 2023: 1.54 min/arr; 2024: 1.38 min/arr). The delays at national level were attributed mainly to ATC staffing (31% of all delays), followed by weather (28%) and Aerodrome Capacity (12%)

Identification and analysis by the NSA of the underlying reasons or circumstances having led to the performance target not being achieved: The 2024 target of 0.4 min/flight was not achieved for Terminal. 2024 actual achievement is 0.63 min/flight, including the post-ops process of the NM, with 0,29 min/flight on the CRSTMP perimeter falling under the sole action of the French air navigation service provider, DSNA.

Overall, this 2024 terminal capacity achievement is better than in 2023. This evolution is also driven by the implementation in 2024 of a new law for ATC industrial action management (only around 6% of all causes delays in 2024). However, it should also be noted that weather delays have increased in 2024 (27% of all causes delays).

On the CRSTMP perimeter, the combination of locally significant traffic (2024 French is now often above 2019 levels at many French airports), understaffing (Orly, Nice, Basel, Toulouse, Bordeaux, etc.) and training and implementation of new ATC systems (iATS at Orly in operational use since April 2024 - EOP - for example). Nice airport has also been impacted by adverse weather conditions.

Regarding some local staffing issues, it should be recalled that, during the previous years, in order to address the en route staffing and capacity issues due to ATCO shortages in some DSNA ACCs, priority has been given to recruiting, training and assigning staff to the 5 French ACCs. In that context, some DSNA approaches and towers are now progressively also experiencing locally staff shortages. Furthermore, the provision of approach service at Toulon-Hyères from Nice in 2023 also introduced additional delays at Nice airport since its implementation.

Corrective measures were taken to address the 2024 terminal capacity underachievement, presented and discussed with the French NSA. They are detailed in following sections of the report.

With regard to this underachievement, a penalty will be applied to DSNA and deducted from the 2025 cost base in order to
reduce the 2025 terminal unit rates. See Incentive scheme chapter for the detailed calculation.

Recommendations to the ANSP to rectify the situation: A dedicated meeting has been organized with DSNA in order to gather both explanations and information about remedial measures already launched and identify potential additional measures that could be implemented by DSNA in 2024 and beyond to tackle non temporary capacity issues.

The following recommendations / course of actions have been discussed and agreed with DSNA:
- General remedial measures already identified, coordinated with the Network Manager and to be published in the NOP 2024-2029 for the 5 French ACC should be implemented as soon as possible;
- A set of specific remedial measures put in place by DSNA or already planned in 2024 to mitigate identified non temporary issues at the French ACCs have been presented and discussed with the French NSA and are listed in the table below: the French NSA will be kept informed by DSNA of their timely implementation, of the expected benefit and of any issue in the implementation plan, and a follow-up meeting will be organized 2nd Semester 2025;
- An analysis of potential risks on 2025 and beyond underperformance has been carried over and required potential remedial measures to address such a situation have been discussed; they are also addressed in the final chapter of the en route capacity tab of the monitoring together with the actions taken by the NSA to monitor future performance through its surveillance program.


Actions taken by the NSA to monitor implementation of measures: As explained in the en route capacity chapter, the French NSA is kept informed of any development related to the implementation of capacity and environment remedial and corrective measures.

In particular:
- A follow-up meeting has been organized by the French NSA with DSNA operational directorate in December 2024 to check the implementation of these measures;
- The French NSA has been invited to the two yearly DSNA strategic users’ consultation meetings held in 2024 which include an update on all strategic and operational measures taken by DSNA to improve capacity and environment performances, prepare Summer season and on the investment program;
- The French NSA is also involved in the capacity planning process run by the Network Manager together with DSNA during Winter 2024/2025 in order to prepare the updated 2025-2029 European Network Operations Plan;
- The French NSA has been kept updated of the 4-FLIGHT and iATS implementation impact through dedicated meetings regularly organized by DSNA to inform and get feedback from airspace users on the upcoming implementation at Paris ACC and Orly airport and related transition plans in 2024 & 2025 ; it will remain the same for upcoming 4-FLIGHT implementation at Brest & Bordeaux and further new approach ATC system at large airports (ASMGCS & SYSAT systems);
- During this process the French NSA has checked that all measures listed in the previous monitoring report have been implemented effectively and in a timely manner by DSNA.

The incentive scheme uses modulated pivot values limited CRSTMP delay causes. This pivot value for CRSTMP is 0.1 min/arr in 2024. Following the attribution of the regulation reason, the actual CRSTMP value for 2024 is 0.33 min/arr. According to the French monitoring report, this performance is 0.36 min/arr. corresponds to the maximum penalty (1%), computed by the NSA as EUR1164523.91.

Other terminal performance indicators (PI#1-3)

Airport level
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)
2020 2021 2023 2024 2022 2020 2021 2023 2024 2022 2020 2021 2023 2024 2022 2020 2021 2023 2024 2022
Agen/La-Garenne NA NA NA NA NA 79.2% 85.7% 50.0% 100.0% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Ajaccio/Napoléon-Bonaparte NA 0.05 0.01 0.20 0.05 76.4% 71.3% 87.6% 85.9% 74.3% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Albert/Bray NA 0.00 NA NA NA 44.0% 72.7% 86.5% 93.3% 89.2% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Annecy/Meythet 0.16 0.06 0.23 0.02 0.36 74.9% 82.3% 88.7% 88.6% 88.8% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Avignon/Caumont 0.23 0.02 0.20 1.36 0.28 78.7% 84.8% 93.0% 92.0% 87.5% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Bale/Mulhouse 0.41 0.05 0.55 0.41 0.21 87.4% 89.2% 88.9% 91.4% 89.5% 0.13 0.12 0.38 0.38 0.25 8.6 11.5 16.3 14.0 14.3
Bastia/Poretta 0.00 0.06 0.02 0.00 0.12 80.7% 87.0% 87.6% 87.8% 88.4% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Beauvais/Tillé 0.05 0.01 0.10 0.18 0.01 72.6% 89.3% 89.1% 88.1% 89.6% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Bergerac/Roumanière NA 0.14 NA NA NA 81.8% 89.4% 90.4% 91.4% 92.1% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Biarritz/Bayonne-Anglet 0.05 0.15 0.00 NA 0.20 88.8% 93.0% 92.1% 92.3% 92.1% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Bordeaux/Merignac 0.77 0.07 1.87 1.71 0.17 91.5% 89.7% 90.8% 91.5% 89.4% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Brest/Bretagne NA 0.05 NA NA 0.00 97.0% 83.8% 81.0% 89.4% 80.2% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Brive/Souillac NA NA NA NA NA 95.7% 85.6% 94.3% 94.4% 90.0% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Béziers/Vias NA NA 0.38 0.03 NA 68.5% 70.7% 81.9% 79.8% 70.8% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Caen/Carpiquet NA 0.00 NA NA NA 94.2% 92.3% 93.5% 92.4% 92.7% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Calvi/Sainte-Catherine 0.07 0.28 NA 0.02 0.28 82.1% 87.3% 90.7% 91.6% 91.2% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Cannes/Mandelieu 2.97 3.00 1.09 0.89 2.86 93.4% 90.2% 95.5% 96.5% 94.9% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Carcassonne/Salvaza NA 0.00 0.00 NA NA 81.8% 84.3% 87.7% 87.9% 86.4% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Chambéry/Aix-les-Bains 1.67 0.08 4.23 1.37 0.94 89.3% 82.5% 80.9% 83.5% 82.0% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Châlons/Vatry 0.50 0.78 0.24 0.09 0.80 78.0% 86.1% 85.7% 75.1% 90.0% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Châteauroux/Déols NA NA NA NA NA 86.7% 84.9% 90.8% 91.7% 85.9% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Clermont-Ferrand/Auvergne 0.00 0.01 NA 0.00 0.00 81.5% 86.9% 87.7% 88.6% 83.7% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Deauville/Normandie NA NA 0.53 0.08 0.15 90.0% 88.6% 86.9% 87.7% 86.7% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Dinard/Pleurtuit-Saint-Malo NA NA NA NA NA 61.3% 93.2% 89.2% 91.1% 92.7% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Dole/Tavaux NA NA NA NA NA 59.4% 77.5% 85.0% 82.7% 84.4% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Figari/Sud-Corse 0.18 1.24 0.23 0.45 0.34 80.3% 76.8% 91.8% 92.0% 86.4% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Grenoble/Isère 0.50 0.02 0.42 0.39 0.58 93.6% 85.2% 90.2% 90.5% 90.4% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Hyères/Le-Palyvestre 0.06 0.04 4.05 2.24 1.28 81.1% 88.3% 89.4% 88.1% 88.9% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Istres/Le-Tubé NA NA NA NA NA 66.7% 68.4% 83.3% 85.4% 82.3% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
La-Rochelle/Ile de Ré NA NA 0.03 0.10 0.00 81.2% 89.2% 89.7% 92.7% 84.4% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Lille/Lesquin 0.33 0.01 0.14 NA 0.05 86.1% 87.7% 91.4% 92.9% 90.7% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Limoges/Bellegarde 0.19 0.11 0.70 0.09 1.30 93.4% 92.4% 87.9% 81.8% 87.9% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Lorient/Lann-Bihoué NA NA NA NA NA 88.8% 88.3% 87.1% 89.4% 87.1% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Lyon 0.03 0.00 0.01 0.04 0.04 84.5% 84.1% 87.3% 87.8% 86.8% 0.17 0.21 0.35 0.30 0.32 12.0 11.9 20.7 18.1 20.0
Lyon/Bron 0.01 NA 0.02 0.04 0.00 89.5% 83.8% 91.0% 90.1% 87.4% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Marseille/Provence 0.10 0.01 1.65 0.50 0.24 78.3% 83.4% 82.5% 84.3% 77.8% NA 0.05 0.17 0.20 0.13 9.6 9.9 20.8 19.3 18.0
Metz-Nancy/Lorraine NA NA NA NA NA 82.5% 84.6% 86.0% 87.4% 91.4% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Montpellier/Méditerranée 0.01 NA 0.01 0.00 0.00 75.1% 84.6% 87.8% 87.7% 84.9% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Nantes 0.24 0.08 0.18 0.31 0.05 91.6% 91.3% 92.5% 94.2% 91.9% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Nice 0.13 0.39 1.01 1.71 0.85 87.7% 88.8% 87.3% 87.9% 87.6% 0.21 0.38 0.57 0.59 0.52 7.5 10.5 20.8 20.2 18.4
Nîmes/Garons NA 0.02 NA 0.03 0.07 83.4% 82.5% 90.5% 88.6% 88.3% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Paris/Charles-De-Gaulle 0.11 0.22 0.19 0.32 0.45 95.4% 94.7% 94.9% 95.9% 93.9% NA NA NA NA NA 12.9 17.1 22.5 20.6 21.3
Paris/Le Bourget 0.60 0.53 1.52 0.64 1.84 94.2% 95.3% 96.8% 97.7% 95.1% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Paris/Orly 0.96 0.25 1.54 1.38 1.74 87.3% 90.4% 89.0% 90.1% 88.5% 0.33 0.49 1.17 0.76 1.25 13.4 12.5 19.8 18.7 17.3
Pau/Pyrénées 1.45 0.00 0.00 0.00 NA 85.9% 87.6% 89.6% 86.2% 88.1% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Perpignan/Rivesaltes 0.07 0.03 0.09 NA 0.01 77.4% 77.0% 83.5% 86.7% 83.7% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Poitiers/Biard NA NA 0.03 0.00 NA 87.8% 72.5% 72.7% 77.2% 71.0% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Quimper/Pluguffan NA NA NA NA NA 84.7% 90.6% 92.8% 90.0% 90.0% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Rennes/St-Jacques NA NA NA NA NA 78.7% 86.7% 91.6% 92.2% 89.2% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Rodez/Marcillac NA NA NA 0.01 NA 88.5% 82.5% 91.7% 91.1% 85.2% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Rouen/Vallée-de-Seine NA 0.27 1.38 NA 0.04 NA 83.9% 82.8% 83.2% 79.2% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Saint-Etienne/Bouthéon NA NA NA NA NA 79.6% 86.8% 94.4% 84.9% 90.1% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Saint-Nazaire/Montoir NA NA 0.00 NA NA 97.2% 94.7% 93.8% 96.8% 94.7% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Strasbourg/Entzheim 0.03 0.01 0.04 0.20 0.00 79.6% 88.9% 89.7% 91.2% 90.1% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Tarbes-Lourdes/Pyrénées NA 0.02 0.03 0.14 0.04 90.5% 91.3% 90.1% 91.0% 89.7% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Toulouse/Blagnac 0.16 0.26 0.21 0.39 0.06 90.2% 89.0% 88.6% 90.3% 89.1% 0.17 0.21 0.31 0.27 0.28 8.9 8.3 16.7 14.6 13.1
Tours/Val-de-Loire 0.00 0.11 3.08 0.22 9.32 50.0% 0.0% 88.2% 76.6% 66.7% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Toussus/Le-Noble 0.97 0.89 4.87 2.97 2.94 77.7% 88.3% 88.6% 91.5% 89.3% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Focus on performance indicators at airport level

ATFM slot adherence

National level and main national individual airports involved are above the 80% threshold of compliance. The national average was 91.2%, slightly better than in 2023 when the adherence was 90.4%. With regard to the 8.8% of flights that did not adhere, 4.8% were early and 4% were late.

The French monitoring report explains: All reported airports are in line with the requirements. The PI is still progressing in 2024, overall and at each individual airport.

ATC pre-departure delay

The share of unidentified delay reported by Charles de Gaulle (LFPG) was above 40% for more than 2 months in the year during the entire RP3, preventing the calculation of this indicator for this airport. Average observed performance at the rest of airports in 2024 showed a slight improvement compared to the previous year.

According to the French monitoring report: Performance evolution is linked with the overall traffic evolution since 2020/2021 and general ATC performance, but is progressing at Toulouse and Orly airports. In 2024, again the quality threshold for unidentified delays has not reached the quality threshold at Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport to validate the 2024 data flow, the 1st condition for publication. This airport currently mainly uses the code [ZZZ], which indicates that ATCOs have not always the information about the origin of the various delays. This situation has still to be examined in detail with the ad-hoc airport and DSNA experts in order to find a solution to fix this recurrent issue for RP4.

All causes pre-departure delay

The average (all causes) delay in the actual off block time at the French airports monitored for this indicator in 2024 was 19.44 min/dep, a decrease compared to 2023 (21.03 min/dep).

According to the French monitoring report: Regarding the ATC part of the delays and related corrective measures, please see 2.Airport Arrival ATFM delay above. Staff shortages where also experienced at airports (either in France or abroad) which had a strong impact on this performance indicator. Overall, the 2024 achievements are better than 2023 at all airports, which is in line with the overall better performance of DSNA ATC KPI#2 (terminal capacity ATFM delays), both (K)PIs being interdependent.

 
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