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EUROCONTROL Local Single Sky ImPlementation (LSSIP) CYPRUS Year 2014 - Level 1 DOCUMENT IDENTIFICATION SHEET LSSIP for Cyprus Infocentre Reference: 15/01/12-09 Document Identifier Edition: Year 2014 LSSIP Year 2014 Cyprus Edition Date: 19.05.2015 Head of Nicosia LSSIP Focal Point - Haris Antoniades E-mail: [email protected] ACC E-mail: Unit DPS/PEPR LSSIP Contact Person - Bernd Hill [email protected] Status Intended for Working Draft General Public Draft Agency Stakeholders Proposed Issue Restricted Audience Released Issue Accessible via: Internet (http://www.eurocontrol.int/articles/cyprus) Path: Y:\03 LSSIP\1. LSSIP States\Cyprus (CY) - BH\CY_Year 2014\CY_LSSIP2014_Released Document\LSSIP2014_CY_released.docx LINKS TO REFERENCE DOCUMENTS 1 LSSIP Guidance Material http://www.eurocontrol.int/articles/guidance-material 2 ESSIP Plan Edition 2013 www.eurocontrol.int/pepr 3 ESSIP Report 2012 www.eurocontrol.int/pepr 4 STATFOR Forecasts http://www.eurocontrol.int/statfor 5 Acronyms and abbreviations http://www.eurocontrol.int/articles/glossaries 6 European ATM Master Plan https://www.atmmasterplan.eu/ 7 LSSIP Documents http://www.eurocontrol.int/articles/lssip 8 National AIP http://www.mcw.gov.cy/mcw/DCA/AIS/ais.nsf/ch03_en/ch03_en?OpenDocument 9 FAB Performance Plan http://www.bluemed.aero LSSIP Year 2014 Cyprus Released Issue APPROVAL SHEET The following authorities have approved all parts of LSSIP Year 2014 document and their signature confirms the correctness of the reported information and reflects their commitment to implement the actions laid down in the European Single Sky Implementation (ESSIP) Plan. – Edition 2014. LSSIP Year 2014 Cyprus Released Issue TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary ................................................................................................................................. 1 Introduction .............................................................................................................................................. 4 Chapter 1 - National ATM Environment ................................................................................................... 5 1.1 Geographical Scope ................................................................................................................ 5 1.1.1 International Membership ......................................................................................................... 5 1.1.2 Geographical description of the FIR(s) ..................................................................................... 5 1.1.3 Airspace Classification and Organisation ................................................................................. 6 1.2 National Stakeholders .............................................................................................................. 7 1.2.1 Civil Regulator(s) ...................................................................................................................... 8 1.2.2 DCAC - Air Navigation Services Provider ................................................................................. 9 1.2.3 Airports .................................................................................................................................... 12 1.2.4 Military Authorities ................................................................................................................... 12 Chapter 2 - Traffic and Capacity ............................................................................................................ 15 2.1 Evolution of traffic in Cyprus .................................................................................................. 15 2.1.1 Performance summer 2014 .................................................................................................... 15 2.1.2 Planning Period 2015-2019 .................................................................................................... 15 2.2 NICOSIA ACC ........................................................................................................................ 16 2.2.1 Traffic and en-route ATFM delays 2010-2019 ........................................................................ 16 2.2.2 Summer 2014 performance .................................................................................................... 16 2.2.3 Planning Period 2015-2019 - Summer ................................................................................... 17 Chapter 3 - ESSIP Report recommendations ........................................................................................ 19 Chapter 4 - National Projects ................................................................................................................. 20 Chapter 5 - Regional Co-ordination ....................................................................................................... 22 5.1 FAB Co-ordination ................................................................................................................. 22 5.2 FAB Projects .......................................................................................................................... 22 5.3 Regional cooperation ............................................................................................................. 24 Chapter 6 - ESSIP Objective Implementation ....................................................................................... 25 6.1 ESSIP Objectives Implementation progress .......................................................................... 26 6.2 Alignment of PCP with ESSIP Objectives and related progress ........................................... 37 ANNEXES LSSIP Year 2014 Cyprus Released Issue Executive Summary National ATM Context Year 2014 marks a significant year for the Ministry of Communication and Works and subsequently for the Department of Civil Aviation as the decision to privatise the provision of Air Navigation Services has been endorsed. The project that was awarded to EUROCONTROL aims to the creation of a State owned enterprise for providing ANS. The decision aims at the facilitation of the ANS provider with more flexibility in order to increase competitiveness and compliance levels with the increasing European requirements. The reorganization of the ANSP will be followed by a reorganization of the regulatory context with the transformation of the DCAC into a well balance regulator. The State economic situation, along with the heavy austerity measures, remains unchanged for the referenced year which again affected both budgeting and the staffing levels of the ANSP. In 2014 the welcomed the final implementation phase of the new ATM system (“TopSky-ATC”) project in the ACC Based on the operation of the new system a relatively good level of compliance with EU requirements is achieved. The level of delays for 2014 has remained relatively high due to various reasons. The State acted proactively on the issue, and for 2014, it allowed the implementation of a performance scheme for ANS personnel as a reacting mitigation to the summer delay forecasts. This scheme has resulted in bearable delays provided that the increase in the traffic load for Cyprus was 10%. The regulatory context of the State remains as the previous year with the National Supervisory Authority and the Ministry of Communications and Works being the main stakeholders in this perspective. Traffic and Capacity En-route delays remain a serious problem to be addressed for the coming years. The traffic increase in 2014 was of the order of 10%. Staff measures along with better ATFCM practices have kept delays to 1.9 min/flight. This figure might be higher than the determined ACC contribution to the European average but given the circumstances and the increase of traffic, it is considered adequate. The ACC operated five sectors when needed during the summer. The capacity plan in the document is indicative of the future plans of the ANSP in addressing the delay shortfall. A major milestone in this area will be the formation of the new private entity for ANS which is expected to provide more flexible solutions in this area including better HR practices (e.g. flexible rostering etc.). ESSIP Objective Implementation The limited resources of the ANSP are a challenge for the fulfilment of the LSSIP objectives as most of them have to be executed as “series process” and not in “parallel”. Besides these constraints the ANSP stands at a relatively satisfactory level of completion of the LSSIP, given also the limited applicability of several objectives for Cyprus. Out of the 30 applicable objectives, 10 are completed, 1 partially completed, 12 planned, and 7 are late. A good percentage of objectives are completed because of the implementation of the new ATM system in the ACC. Larnaca is not included in the list of airports that have a significant impact on the network so it is not in the applicability area for the ENV objectives and CDM. Besides this, a large proportion of the objectives are fulfilled based on the current operations. The initiation of the IDP project of SESAR, along with the work under the Blue Med FAB and the possible funding under the TEN-T, has enhanced the implementation of the projects of Free Route Airspace, MTCD further development, and PBN (also APV). The most significant problem encountered in the completion of the work was the availability of resources combined with the austerity measures imposed by the State. The State shall strive to fulfil the applicable objectives with priority