Annual Monitoring Report 2024 - Lithuania
Contextual information
National performance plan adopted following Commission Decision (EU) 2022/2494 of 9 December 2022
List of ACCs 1
Vilnius ACC
No of airports in the scope of the performance plan
≥80’K 0
<80’K 0
Exchange rate (1 EUR=)
2017: 1 EUR
2024: 1 EUR
Share of Union-wide traffic (TSUs) 2024 0.3%
Share of Union-wide en route costs 2024 0.3%
Share en route / terminal costs 2024 100% / 0%
En route charging zone(s)
Lithuania
Terminal charging zone(s)
Main ANSP
• Oro Navigacija
Other ANSPs
• LGS (Latvian ANSP)
MET Providers
• Lietuvos hidrometeorologijos tarnyba (Lithuanian Hydrometeorological Service, LHMS)
Traffic (En route traffic zone)
▪ Lithuania recorded 211K actual IFR movements in 2024, +11.6% compared to 2023 (189K).
▪ Actual 2024 IFR movements were -2.8% below the plan (217K).
▪ Actual 2024 IFR movements represent 70% of the actual 2019 level (303K).
▪ Lithuania recorded 457K actual service units in 2024, +13.1% compared to 2023 (404K).
▪ Actual 2024 service units were +5.1% above the plan (435K).
▪ Actual 2024 service units represent 74% above the actual 2019 level (619K).
Safety (Main ANSP)
▪ SE Oro Navigacija exceeded the RP3 targets in 2020, being at maturity level D for three out of five Management Objectives, including Safety Risk Management. It has improved its performance since then, reaching maturity level D for all five Management Objectives in 2022.
▪ Following a Safety Management System (SMS) audit conducted by the Transport Competent Authority (TCA), the Management Objective of Safety Policy and Objectives was reclassified from maturity level D to level C.
▪ Lithuania recorded an increased rate of runway incursions and the same level of separation minima infringements, compared to 2023. The NSA has implemented significant enhancements to the occurrence monitoring system, thereby improving the capability to detect and respond to safety-critical events in a timely and effective manner. The safety occurrences are closely monitored against the acceptable and tolerated levels of safety.
Environment (Member State)
▪ Lithuania achieved a KEA performance of 12.19% compared to its target of 1.92% and did not contribute positively towards achieving the Union-wide target.
▪ The NSA states that the KEA deterioration was due to route extensions because of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. The NSA also highlights that Lithuania’s geographical location is a barrier to environmental performance.
▪ Both KEP and SCR improved in comparison with 2023. Despite the KEA target being missed, KEA improved in 2024. Additionally, the improvement in SCR shows that Lithuania has enhanced the environmental efficiency of its airspace when accounting for impacts outside of its control.
▪ Lithuania has no airports that are regulated under the performance and charging scheme.
Capacity (Member State)
▪ Lithuania registered zero minutes of average en route ATFM delay per flight during 2024, which remained zero after the post-ops adjustment process, thus achieving the local target value of 0.02. Delay levels in Lithuania remained unchanged year-on-year.
▪ The average number of IFR movements was 30% below 2019 levels in Lithuania in 2024.
▪ The number of ATCOs in OPS is 36, being in line with the 2024 plan in Vilnius.
▪ The yearly total of sector opening hours in Vilnius ACC was 9,007, showing a 1.2% decrease compared to 2023. Sector opening hours are 41.5% below 2019 levels.
▪ Vilnius ACC registered 20.82 IFR movements per one sector opening hour in 2024, being 24.2% above 2019 levels.
Cost-efficiency (En route/Terminal charging zone(s))
▪ The en route 2024 actual unit cost of Lithuania was 44.07€2017, -4.1% lower than the determined unit cost (45.96€2017). Lithuania does not have a terminal charging zone.
▪ The en route 2024 actual service units (0.5M) were +5.0% higher than the determined service units (0.4M).
▪ The en route 2024 actual total costs were +0.1M€2017 (+0.7%) higher than determined. The difference is the result of an increase in staff costs for SE Oro Navigacija (+0.5M €2017, or +4.8%), partially offset by a decrease in depreciation costs (-0.5M €2017, or -15%). The NSA stated that these deviations are attributable to changes in cost-allocation between en-route and terminal of shared administrative and other costs.
▪ SE Oro Navigacija costs of investments were 3.7M€2017 in 2024, -19% less than determined (4.6M€2017). The main driver is a lower than determined depreciation (-0.5M €2017, or -15%). According to the NSA, this reduction is due to a change in cost-allocation key, similarly for the other cost categories, and delays on planned investments.
▪ The en route actual unit cost incurred by users in 2024 was 56.60€ (-5.6% below the 2024 DUC). The difference between the AUCU and the DUC for the en route charging zone is mainly driven by the cost risk sharing adjustment.