PRB monitoring
▪ ROMATSA achieved the RP3 target maturity levels in 2021 but recorded a degrading performance between 2022 and 2023 falling below the target levels. The measures implemented enabled ROMATSA to recover and achieve the RP3 target levels.
▪ Romania recorded stable performance with respect to safety occurrences, with no runway incursions in 2024, and the same rate of separation minima infringements compared to 2023.
Effectiveness of Safety Management (EoSM) (KPI#1)
All five EoSM components of the ANSP meet the RP3 target level. Over 2024, significant improvements were observed for ” Safety Risk Management” enabling these areas to reach the target level D.
ROMATSA exceeded the RP3 target maturity levels in 2021 reaching maturity level D on four out of five Management Objectives. In 2022 and 2023, the achieved maturity levels decreased to level C for all Management Objectives. In 2024, ROMATSA implemented targeted measures, particularly in the area of occurrence analysis and monitoring, which enabled the organisation to recover and achieve the required RP3 target level D in this management objective.
ROMATSA, together with the NSA, implemented a national safety plan to ensure high safety performance of the ANSP.
Safety occurrences
Rate of runway incursions (RIs) (PI#1)
| Rate of RIs per 100,000 airport movements - Romania |
| # |
Airport name |
APT movements |
Number of RI |
Rate RI per 100,000 |
| 1 |
Bucharest - Otopeni |
118,838 |
0 |
0.00 |
| 2 |
Bucharest - Băneasa |
21,162 |
0 |
0.00 |
Romania recorded no RIs at the Member State level throughout RP3 including for 2024.
The NSA maintained proactive oversight through strengthened coordination among key stakeholders. In 2024, significant enhancements were made to the end-to-end occurrence management process covering data collection, storage, and analysis ensuring improved consistency, traceability, and responsiveness. As part of its oversight activities, the NSA conducted targeted audits and inspections at ROMATSA and introduced automated interoperability between safety databases, enabling more efficient and integrated safety data exchange.
Rate of separation minima infringements (SMIs) (PI#2)
| Rate of SMI with ANS contribution per 100,000 flight hours |
| # |
ANSP |
Flight hours
|
Number of SMIs
|
Rate of SMI per 100,000 flight hours
|
% variation in rate of SMIs
|
| 2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
| 1 |
ROMATSA |
171,847 |
247,561 |
384,582 |
455,861 |
481,952 |
3 |
4 |
12 |
4 |
5 |
1.7 |
1.6 |
3.1 |
0.9 |
1.0 |
NA |
-7% |
+93% |
-72% |
+18% |
After an increase in the number of occurrences up till 2022, the rate of SMIs at the Member State level recorded a downwards trend remaining well below the Union-wide average. Between 2023 and 2024 there was a marginal increase of the rate of SMIs, however in absolute numbers increasing only by one. Rate of SMIs with ANS contribution showed the same development during RP3 as the Member State level.
The NSA has strengthened continuous oversight by improving the process for collecting, storing, and analysing occurrences in cooperation with ANSP, CAA, and AIB. It has conducted audits and inspections at ROMATSA and established automated interfaces between safety databases of AIS and CAA/NSA. The NSA also performs specialised daily assessments through aeronautical inspectors, with findings reported accordingly.
Quality of occurences reporting
The number of occurrences reported at Member State level seems consistent with the occurrences reported at the ANSP level for SMIs and RIs.
Use of automated safety data recording system (ASDRS) (PI#3)
| Use of automated safety data recording system - 2024 |
| For RIs |
For SMIs |
| ✘ |
✘ |
ROMATSA does not use automated safety data recording systems.