Capacity - Italy
PRB monitoring
Italy registered 0.08 minutes of average en route ATFM delay per flight during 2025, which has been adjusted to 0.07 during the post-ops adjustment process, thus achieving the local target value of 0.28. Delays in Italy decreased by -0.65 minutes per flight year-on-year.
Delays were highest in June, July and August, mostly driven by weather.
The share of delayed flights with delays longer than 15 minutes in Italy increased by 17 percentage points compared to 2024.
The actual number of ATCOs in OPS in Italy was 918 FTEs, -2.5% or -24 FTEs below the planned level. The actual number of ATCOs in OPS was in line with the planned number for Brindisi and Rome ACCs (82 FTE and 328 FTE respectively). At Milano ACC, the actual number of ATCO FTEs was 301, -11 FTE below the plan; at Padova ACC, the actual number of ATCO FTEs was 207, -13 FTE below the plan.
The yearly total of sector opening hours in Brindisi ACC was 19,975, showing a -16% decrease compared to 2024. For Milano ACC, the yearly total of sector opening hours increased by 10%, to 103,518 in 2025. The yearly total of sector opening hours in Padova ACC was 64,545, in line with the 2024 value. Finally, the total sector opening hours in Rome ACC increased to 121,415, +3% compared to 2024.
Brindisi ACC registered 19.22 IFR movements per sector opening hour in 2025 +13% above the value recorded in 2024. For Milano ACC the number of IFR movements per sector opening hour in 2025 (10.41) reduced by -4% compared to 2024. Padova ACC registered 13.85 IFR movements per sector opening hour in 2025 while Rome ACC registered 9.37 IFR movements per sector opening hour in 2025. For both ACCs the ratio of IFR movements per sector opening hour increased compared to 2024 (+6% and+4% respectively).
Italy registered an average airport arrival ATFM delay of 0.29 minutes per flight in 2025, thus achieving the local target of 0.35 minutes. Compared to 2024, average arrival ATFM delays in Italy were 0.01 minutes per flight higher in 2025.
The main drivers of delays were other non-ATC causes, accounting for 0.15 of the total delays, and weather, responsible for 0.09.
En route performance
En route ATFM delay (KPI#1)
En route performance indicators at ACC level (PI#4-5)
Terminal performance
Arrival ATFM delay (KPI#2)
| Airport level | ||||||||||
| Airport name |
Avg arrival
ATFM delay (KPI#2)
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Slot adherence (PI#1)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | |
| Bergamo | 0.22 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 95.3% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Bologna Borgo Panigale | 0.05 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 95.6% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Brindisi Casale | 0.00 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 95.2% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Catania Fontanarossa (ENAV+ITAF) | 0.25 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 95.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| ITAF Pisa | 0.32 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 80.9% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Milan Linate | 0.29 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 98.4% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Milan Malpensa | 0.36 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 98.4% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Napoli Capodichino | 2.34 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 97.7% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Palermo Punta Raisi | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Roma Ciampino | 0.16 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 92.5% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Rome Fiumicino | 0.04 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 94.8% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Torino Caselle | 0.00 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 97.2% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Treviso San Angelo (ENAV+ITAF) | 0.00 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 90.2% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Venice Tessera | 0.10 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 93.4% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Airport name |
ATC pre departure
delay (PI#2)
|
All causes pre departure
delay (PI#3)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | |
| Bergamo | 1.27 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 20.01 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Milan Linate | 0.48 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 10.14 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Milan Malpensa | 1.13 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 20.28 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Rome Fiumicino | 1.59 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 14.34 | NA | NA | NA | NA |