EUROCONTROL Local Single Sky ImPlementation (LSSIP) ALBANIA Year 2016 - Level 1 FOREWORD The Local Single Sky ImPlementation (LSSIP) The need for coordination and cooperation documents are the yearly expression of between the Agency and the SESAR commitment of civil and military National Deployment Manager (SDM) has been Organisations (Regulators and National recognised and is currently being addressed Supervisory Authorities), Service Providers through a “Pilot exercise” with SDM and the and Airport Operators, towards the SESAR Joint Undertaking (SJU) in order to implementation of the European ATM Master identify a common way to optimise reporting Plan. They provide a comprehensive view, for by relevant stakeholders and to avoid the benefit of the ATM community at large, of unnecessary duplications of work. how ECAC States and stakeholders I would like again to thank you for the concerned are progressing in planning and substantial effort spent on your contribution to deploying the mature elements of the this LSSIP document. I see this as a proof of European ATM Master Plan. your commitment to the principles of The Master Plan Level 3 Implementation transparency and partnership, to the benefit of Planning and Reporting mechanism (formerly the entire ATM community! known as ESSIP) and LSSIP are well- established and mature mechanisms, with a long history dating back more than 20 years. They provide a well-recognised stable platform for implementation planning, monitoring and reporting, while continuously adapting to the changing environment. The constant improvement of the reliability and quality of data provided by national stakeholders allowed, for the fourth consecutive year, to use the LSSIP documents and tools as a support to the Performance Review Body for its capital expenditure analysis. The LSSIP documents and tools also constitute the sole source of information for the development of the Aviation System Block Upgrades (ASBUs) Implementation Monitoring Report. This work is undertaken for the ECAC States on behalf of ICAO, in accordance with the Global Air Navigation Plan (GANP). This ASBUs Implementation Monitoring Report is now a formal companion document and integral part of the ICAO European Air Navigation Plan. It is also the fourth year that the LSSIP Expert Group is operational and that has provided an invaluable support to the Agency in various domains like process improvement, upgrade of IT tools and LSSIP Database, enhancement of the methodology on Implementation Objectives progress determination and in particular advising the Agency how best to avoid multiple reporting. LSSIP Year 2016 Albania Released Issue Document Title LSSIP Year 2016 for Albania Infocentre Reference 17/01/30/101 Date of Edition 03/05/2017 LSSIP Focal Point Arben Sula - [email protected] LSSIP Contact Persons Bernd Hill - [email protected] Frédéric Rooseleer – [email protected] Status Released Intended for Agency Stakeholders Available in http://www.eurocontrol.int/articles/lssip Reference Documents LSSIP Documents http://www.eurocontrol.int/articles/lssip LSSIP Guidance Material http://www.eurocontrol.int/articles/lssip Master Plan Level 3 – Plan Edition http://www.eurocontrol.int/articles/european-atm-master- 2016 plan-level-3-implementation-plan Master Plan Level 3 – Report Year http://www.eurocontrol.int/articles/european-atm-master- 2015 plan-level-3-implementation-report European ATM Portal https://www.eatmportal.eu and http://www.atmmasterplan.eu/ STATFOR Forecasts http://www.eurocontrol.int/statfor Acronyms and abbreviations http://www.eurocontrol.int/articles/glossaries National AIP www.albcontrol.al/al/aip LSSIP Year 2016 Albania Released Issue APPROVAL SHEET The following authority(ies) have approved all parts of the LSSIP Year 2016 document and their signature confirms the correctness of the reported information and reflects their commitment to implement the actions laid down in the European ATM Master Plan Level 3 Implementation Plan – Edition 2016 (also known as the ESSIP Plan). LSSIP Year 2016 Albania Released Issue CONTENTS Chapter 1 National ATM Environment .................................................................... 6 1.1. Geographical Scope ....................................................................................................... 6 1.1.1. International Membership ............................................................................................... 6 1.1.2. Geographical description of the FIR(s) ........................................................................... 6 1.1.3. Airspace Classification and Organisation ....................................................................... 7 1.2. National Stakeholders .................................................................................................... 8 1.2.1. Civil Regulator(s) ............................................................................................................ 9 1.2.2. Albocontrol sh.a, Air Navigation Service Provider ........................................................ 10 1.2.3. Airports ......................................................................................................................... 11 1.2.4. Military Authorities ........................................................................................................ 12 Chapter 2 Traffic and Capacity ............................................................................. 15 2.1. Evolution of traffic in Albania ........................................................................................ 15 2.2. Tirana ACC ................................................................................................................... 16 2.2.1. Traffic and en-route ATFM delays ................................................................................ 16 2.2.2. Performance summer 2016 .......................................................................................... 16 2.2.3. Planning Period 2017-2021 .......................................................................................... 17 Chapter 3 Master Plan Level 3 Implementation Report recommendations ........... 19 Chapter 4 National Projects .................................................................................. 20 Chapter 5 Regional Co-ordination ........................................................................ 26 5.1. FAB Co-ordination ........................................................................................................ 26 5.2. FAB Projects ................................................................................................................. 28 5.3. Regional cooperation ................................................................................................... 30 5.3.1. Regional Cooperation Initiatives ................................................................................... 30 5.4. Regional Projects ......................................................................................................... 31 Chapter 6 Implementation Objectives Progress .................................................... 34 6.1. State View .................................................................................................................... 34 6.1.1. Overall Objective Implementation ................................................................................ 34 6.1.2. Objective Progress per SESAR Key Feature ............................................................... 35 6.1.3. ICAO ASBU Implementation ........................................................................................ 39 6.2. Detailed Objectives Implementation progress .............................................................. 40 6.3. Additional Objectives for ICAO ASBU Monitoring ........................................................ 52 Annexes LSSIP Year 2016 Albania Released Issue Executive Summary National ATM Context The Civil Aviation Authority (ACAA) is a public and self-financed entity, under the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructures and responsible for ATM safety regulation in Albania. The establishment of a self- financed and independent Authority has been guaranteed through Law Nr.10233 date 12.03.2010 as amended by law Nr. 168/2014 date 10.12.2014 for the Civil Aviation Authority. The ACAA as a regulator is institutionally separated from the ANS service provider, Albcontrol sh.a, which is a joint stock company. Albania CAA and other aviation organisations in Albania, are cooperating with EU in several Programs which aim the full country integration into EU family including aviation community. Albanian Air Navigational Services are provided by Albcontrol sh.a., which is designated as ATS, CNS, MET and AIS Provider by ACAA. Yet, Albcontrol holds a TO Certification as well in the field of ATCO OJTI and Assessors. Traffic and Capacity Economic growth forecasts obtained from external specialists, and which in recent years have been very variable; growth has slowed, but there is nothing in our data to show that flight growth has decoupled from economic growth; 1. Regulation, e.g., rules on visas, open skies, airport funding, aviation taxes; 2. Overflight patterns since, for the majority of States, most of their flights are overflights. A crisis such as that in Ukraine can easily change the number of flights by 10% or more in a number of States due to re-routing, even if the number of flights on the network as a whole is little changed However, if growth