EUROCONTROL
Monthly Network Operations Report
Overview January 2020
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1. SUMMARY
Traffic in January 2020 decreased by 0.4% compared to January 2019 and was below the low forecast published in Autumn 2019. Only two states added more than 50 flights daily to the network with Poland and Austria as the top contributors. NM estimates 3,500 flights didn’t operate due to French industrial action. There was also a significant traffic variation between ECAC and China from week 5 2020, following the coronavirus crisis.
En-route ATFM delays (11,882 min/day) increased by 28.3% and airport ATFM delays (10,081 min/day) increased by 2.2% compared to January 2019. There were, on average, 248 daily flights with an en-route ATFM delay of at least 15 minutes (+25.9% compared to January 2020).
Highlights include:
En-route: • French ATC industrial action throughout the month generated approximatively 174,000 minutes of en-route ATFM delay; • High delays due to ATC capacity and ATC staffing in Karlsruhe UAC.
Airport: • Low visibility impacted operations at London/Heathrow, Amsterdam/Schiphol, Lisbon and Vienna airports.
The average en-route ATFM delay per flight in the NM areai in January 2020 was 0.47 min/flt, which is above the corresponding monthly guidelineii value of 0.21 min/flt.
2. TOTAL TRAFFIC
Monthly traffic trend Average daily traffic for last 5 Years 4.0% 38000 3.7% 3.0% 3.0% 3.0% 36000 34000 2.0% 1.5% 1.4% 1.4% 1.1% 0.9% 32000 1.0% 0.5% 0.5% 0.6% 30000 0.0% 28000
-1.0% -0.3% -0.3%-0.4% 26000 24000 -2.0% -1.9% 22000 -3.0% 20000 JUL SEP FEB JAN JAN JUN DEC JUL APR OCT SEP FEB JAN AUG MAY JUN NOV DEC APR OCT MAR AUG MAY NOV MAR Comparison to same month last year Rolling 12 month trend 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Traffic decreased by 0.4% in January 2020iii. Average daily traffic in January 2020 was 25,365.
3. ATFM DELAYS
Monthly delay (min) per flight Reasons for ATFM delays in January 2020 Last 12 months = 2,1 minutes AIRPORT EVENTS 34 5.0 AIRPORT DISRUPTIONS 52 ENROUTE DISRUPTIONS 190 4.0 ENROUTE CAPACITY 190 AIRPORT STAFFING (ATC) 240 3.0 ENROUTE WEATHER 240 AIRPORT CAPACITY (ATC) 322 2.0 ENROUTE EVENTS 477 AIRPORT DISRUPTIONS (ATC) 802 1.0 ENROUTE STAFFING (ATC) 1133 AIRPORT CAPACITY 1531 1.0 1.6 1.5 2.4 3.6 4.0 3.4 2.5 1.6 1.7 0.9 0.8
0.7 ENROUTE CAPACITY (ATC) 0.0 3736 ENROUTE DISRUPTIONS (ATC) 5917
JUL AIRPORT WEATHER SEP
FEB 7100 JAN JAN JUN DEC APR OCT AUG MAY NOV MAR 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000
Average ATFM delay per flight decreased from 1.7 min/flt in Airport weather (32.3%), en-route ATC disruptions (26.9%) December 2019 to 0.9 min/flt in January 2020. and en-route ATC capacity (17.0%) were the main causes of ATFM delays in January 2020.
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Top 20 delay locations (min) in January 2020 YTD Situation 12% AIRPORT WEATHER 10% 1990 AIRPORT EVENTS 1720 AIRPORT DISRUPTIONS 8% 1474 1366 AIRPORT CAPACITY 1242 1123 AIRPORT DISRUPTIONS (ATC) 6% 916 AIRPORT STAFFING (ATC) 789 747 691 AIRPORT CAPACITY (ATC) total ATFM delay 4% 606 540 479 460 425 416 405 391 ENROUTE WEATHER
% 373 355 2% ENROUTE EVENTS ENROUTE DISRUPTIONS 0% ENROUTE CAPACITY ENROUTE DISRUPTIONS (ATC) ENROUTE STAFFING (ATC)
LISBOA ENROUTE CAPACITY (ATC) GENEVA PARIS ACC
BREST ACC BREST YEAR-TO-DATE REIMS ACC REIMS PARIS ORLY PARIS LISBOA ACC LISBOA NICOSIA ACC MADRID ACC MADRID LONDON/CITY MARSEILLE ACC MARSEILLE BORDEAUX ACC BORDEAUX MARSEILLE TMA MARSEILLE KARLSRUHE UAC ADOLFO SUAREZ ADOLFO MADRID-BARAJAS FRANKFURT MAIN WIEN SCHWECHAT WIEN BRUSSELS NATIONAL BRUSSELS LONDON/HEATHROW AMSTERDAM/SCHIPHOL These are the top 20 delay generating locations for the reporting month with respect to total ATFM delays. Figures are the average daily delays in minutes for the individual locations.
• Several French ATC industrial actions throughout the month generated high delays in French ACCs such as Paris, Marseille, Brest and Bordeaux; • Low visibility impacted operations at London/Heathrow, Amsterdam/Schiphol, Lisbon and Vienna airports; • High delay due to ATC capacity in Karlsruhe UAC; • Planned migration to a provisional OPS room in Lisbon ACC generated delays.
4. EN-ROUTE ATFM DELAY MONITORING
Monthly en-route delay per flight monitoring Top 10 en-route delay per flight in January 2020 YTD Situation 2.5 0.8 0.69 0.66 0.7 0.60 0.60 0.58 2.0 0.6 0.52 0.5 0.39 0.39 1.5 0.4 0.31 0.3 0.19 1.0 0.90 0.2 0.1
route delays per per flight delays route 0.5 0.0 route delays per flight (min) per flight delays route - En - 0.0 En JUL SEP FEB JAN JUN PARIS ACC DEC APR OCT BREST ACC BREST AUG REIMS ACC REIMS MAY NOV MAR LISBOA ACC LISBOA NICOSIA ACC
MONTHLY GUIDELINE DLY/FLT ACC CANARIAS MARSEILLE ACC BORDEAUX ACC BORDEAUX MARSEILLE TMA MARSEILLE KARLSRUHE UAC
Reporting month: The average en-route ATFM delay per flight ATC disruptions delay in Paris, Marseille, Brest, Bordeaux in the NM areai in January was 0.47 min/flt, which is above the and Reims ACCs due to ATC industrial action; ATC corresponding monthly guidelineii value of 0.21 min/flt. capacity delays in Nicosia, Lisbon, Karlsruhe, Canarias and Lisbon ACCs; ATC staffing issues in Karlsruhe, Reims, Nicosia and Marseille ACCs; Planned transition to a new operational facility in Lisbon ACC generated delays.
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Year-to-date average daily en-route delays
ENROUTE WEATHER 171 240 ENROUTE EVENTS 1 477 ENROUTE DISRUPTIONS 69 190 ENROUTE CAPACITY 296 190 ENROUTE DISRUPTIONS (ATC) 524 5917 ENROUTE STAFFING (ATC) 2759 1133 ENROUTE CAPACITY (ATC) 5444 3736
0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000
En-route ATC capacity, events, weather and disruptions were above its last year’s level. The main contributors are: En-route weather (+40.4%) in Nicosia, Lisbon, Maastricht and Langen ACCs; En-route events (+1000.0%) in Lisbon and Zurich ACCs; En-route disruptions (+175.4%) in Madrid, Canarias and London ACCs; En-route capacity (-35.8%) in Karlsruhe, Bremen, Zurich, Nicosia and Langen ACCs; En-route ATC disruptions (+1029.2%) in Paris, Marseille, Brest, Bordeaux, Marseille and Reims ACCs; En-route ATC staffing (-58.9%) in Karlsruhe, Reims, Brussels, Nicosia and Marseille ACCs; En-route ATC capacity (-31.4%) in Karlsruhe, Nicosia, Madrid, Lisbon and Canarias ACCs.
NOTICE
Traffic and Delay Comparisons All traffic and delay comparisons are between report month and equivalent month of previous year, unless otherwise stated.
NM Area All figures presented in this report are for the geographical area that is within Network Manager’s responsibility (NM area). For further information on the NM Area go to the Reporting Assumptions and Descriptions document available on the EUROCONTROL website at https://www.eurocontrol.int/network-performance
Regulation Reason Groupings See Analysis for more information on colour coding. For further information on the NM Area and the regulation reason groupings, go to the Reporting Assumptions and Descriptions document available on the EUROCONTROL website at https://www.eurocontrol.int/network-performance
ATFM Statistics dashboard More detailed information available via the new ATFM Statistics dashboard
Operational Performance Unit, Network Management Directorate (NMD), EUROCONTROL, 96 Rue de la Fusée, B - 1130 Brussels mailto:[email protected] https://www.eurocontrol.int/network-performance
i See Notice on page 4 for more information on NM Area. ii NM’s calculation that provides the guideline en-route delay (min) requirements to achieve the annual target (0.9 min/flight). iii See notice on page 4 for more information on traffic and delays comparisons.
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