Annual Monitoring Report 2024 - MUAC
Contextual information
Provision of ATC services in the upper airspace across four States
Belgium/Luxembourg
Germany
Netherlands
ACC
Maastricht UAC
Allocation of actual en route costs
Belgium/Luxembourg
Germany
Netherlands
34%
47%
19%
Safety
▪ MUAC started RP3 achieving the RP3 targets, but in 2024 the performance has degraded and MUAC did not meet the RP3 targets in one Management Objectives.
▪ MUAC recorded a decrease in the rate of separation minima infringements compared with 2023. The rate is below the Union-wide average.
▪ The Member States of MUAC should ensure that the ANSP implements, in a timely and cost-efficient manner, the necessary additional measures such as enhanced processes, improved allocation of resources, targeted training, and systematic reviews. Without such actions, the achievement of the RP4 targets could be jeopardised.
Capacity
▪ MUAC registered 0.20 minutes of average en route ATFM delay per flight during 2024, which has been adjusted to 0.18 during the post-ops adjustment process, thus achieving the local target value of 0.19. Delays in MUAC increased by 0.02 minutes per flight year-on-year.
▪ The majority of the delays accumulated between May and September, mostly due to adverse weather conditions and ATC Capacity issues.
▪ The average number of IFR movements was 4% below 2019 levels in MUAC in 2024.
▪ The number of ATCOs in OPS is 297.5, being below the 2024 plan in Maastricht by 5 FTEs.
▪ The yearly total of sector opening hours in Maastricht ACC was 67,396, showing a 1.4% increase compared to 2023. Sector opening hours are 7.1% below 2019 levels.
▪ Maastricht ACC registered 26.63 IFR movements per one sector opening hour in 2024, being 3.7% above 2019 levels.
Cost-efficiency
▪ MUAC actual costs amounted to 208M€2017, in line with the determined costs (209M€2017) in 2024.
▪ MUAC actual costs were allocated across the four Member States in the following way in 2024: Germany (98M€2017, 47%), Belgium (69M€2017, 33%), the Netherlands (39M€2017, 19%), and Luxembourg (2.1M€2017, 1.0%).
▪ The Member States of MUAC should take additional measures to manage the cost-risk associated with pensions for RP4 in view of the difference between actual and determined pension costs observed during RP3.