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1 Monthly Network Operations Report Analysis - December 213

2 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. TOTAL TRAFFIC ATFM DELAY AND ATTRIBUTIONS EN-ROUTE ATFM DELAYS AIRPORT/TMA ATFM DELAYS DAILY EVOLUTION ALL AIR TRANSPORT DELAYS (SOURCE: CODA) ATFM SLOT ADHERENCE SIGNIFICANT EVENTS AND ISSUES NM ADDED VALUE NOTICE: All figures presented in this report are for the geographical area that is within Network Manager s responsibility (NM area). See ACC coverage on page 213 The European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation (EUROCONTROL) This document is published by EUROCONTROL in the interests of exchange of information. It may be copied in whole or in part, providing that the copyright notice and disclaimer are included. The information contained in the document may not be modified without prior written permission from EUROCONTROL. EUROCONTROL makes no warranty, either implied or express, for the information contained in this document, neither does it assume any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of this information. Operational Analysis & Reporting, Performance, Forecasts and Relations (PFR) Unit, Network Manager Directorate (NMD), EUROCONTROL, 96 Rue de la Fusée, B Brussels Telephone: +32 () Fax: +32 () mailto:nm.ops.perf@eurocontrol.int NM Network Operations Report Analysis December 213 1

3 1. TOTAL TRAFFIC 32 Last 13 months average daily traffic 31 Average daily traffic for last 5 Years Traffic increased by 1.8% in December 213 compared to December 212. Recent monthly traffic levels were similar to 212 levels. However, December 213 traffic is higher than last year Average daily traffic in December for last 5 Years Intermediate Forecast dated % % % % -2.6% -2.8% -2.6% 12 months rolling traffic trend -2.8% -2.6% -2.4% -2.4% -2.3% -2.2% -1.8% -1.6% -1.4% -.8% Traffic growth is between the low (+1.3%) and baseline (+2.7%) forecast for December (from the 7-year forecast updated in September 213). December saw a traffic recovery since the beginning of the Winter Schedule. Turkey, UK, Morocco and the Scandinavian states added most flights to the network. France on the other hand lost the most flights compared to December 212. There is strong Turkish internal traffic and increased traffic coming from/going to the Middle East and Israel. The Canaries and Moroccan sunseeker traffic increased as the political unrest in Egypt continued. Santa Maria FIR handled more overflights coming from the Atlantic due to the southerly position of the jet stream. In December 213, Low-cost growth accelerated from circa 3% during the summer months to above 5% for the second month in row. This graph shows the variation in average daily traffic for the last 12-month period relative to that for the 12-month period before. The average daily traffic from January 213 to December 213 decreased by.8% relative to that from January 212 to December 212. For more information on EUROCONTROL Forecasts, go to NM Network Operations Report Analysis December 213 2

4 In December 213, seven of the top 1 airports had less traffic compared to December 212. The largest traffic increases were at Istanbul Sabiha (+34.2%), Istanbul Ataturk (+11.4%), Malaga (+1.6%) and Tel Aviv Ben Gurion (+1.3%) airports. The largest decreases in traffic were at Palma de Mallorca (-5.1%), Lyon Saint Exupery (-4.9 %) and Marseille Provence (-4.8%) airports. Four of the top 1 air operators had less traffic compared to December 212: Lufthansa (-7.9%), Air France (-7.7%), British Airways (-4.3%) and Alitalia (-2.9 %). The operators with the highest traffic growth were Ukraine International (+78.3%), German Wings (+6), Virgin Atlantic Ltd (+4.4%), Norwegian Air Shuttle (+23.7%), Aegean Airlines (+23.2%), Turkish Airlines (+21.2%), Vueling Airlines SA (+18.8%) and Qatar Airways Comp (+18.3%). Air Nostrum (-17.1%), BAW Shuttle (-18.3%) and Olympic (-19.8%) recorded the highest decrease compared to December 212. The increase of Ukraine International flights by 78.3% is due to continuing changes in fleet size and route network following the cessation of operations of Aerosvit in January 213. The transfer of certain Lufthansa flights to German Wings and from Olympic to Aegean Airlines accounts for variations seen in these carriers. Air Nostrum (-7.1 %) decrease is due to airline consolidation and restructuring. Pegasus saw an increase in flights of (+21.5%) compared to December 212 following an increase in fleet size. NM Network Operations Report Analysis December 213 3

5 Traffic increased in December at Casablanca, Bucarest, L viv, Lisbon, Canaries, Istanbul and Ankara ACCs and the traffic decreased in Ljubljana, Warsaw, Beograd, Skopje and Athens ACCs. NM s management of traffic due to the implementation of Warsaw ACCs PEGASUS 21 ATM system resulted in increased traffic in adjacent ACCs. NM Network Operations Report Analysis December 213 4

6 2. ATFM DELAY AND ATTRIBUTIONS Average daily ATFM delays EN-ROUTE AIRPORT/TMA Average daily ATFM delays EN-ROUTE AIRPORT/ TMA % 69.2% 51.6% 48.4% Total ATFM delays in December 213 increased by 38.1% compared to December % 17.6% Monthly ATFM delays trend 33.8% 38.1% % -24.8% -39.9% -18.5% % -25.3% -22.5% -33.2% % -62.3% -8 Comparison to same month last year Rolling 12 month trend ATFM delays over the last 12 months were down between -6 and -2 except for the months with exceptional airport weather (Dec 212, Jan, Mar and Dec 213) and industrial action delays (June). En-route ATFM delays increased by 131% and airport ATFM delays decreased by 3% compared to December 212. Proportion of ATFM delays in December 213 EN-ROUTE WEATHER EN-ROUTE ATC STAFFING AIRPORT ATC CAPACITY AIRPORT INFRASTRUCTURE EN-ROUTE ATC CAPACITY EN-ROUTE EVENTS EN-ROUTE DISRUPTIONS AIRPORT WEATHER 1.6 % 2.9% 2.9% 3.5% 13.1% 16.9 % 17.2 % Airport weather with 42%, en-route disruptions with 17.2%, enroute events with 16.9% and en-route ATC capacity with 13.1% were the main delay causes in December. Proportion of total ATFM delays 16% 14% 12% 1 8% 6% 4% 2% 4177 LONDON ACC 2967 WARSZAWA ACC 2296 LONDON/HEATHROW 1595 Top 2 delay locations for ATFM delays in December CANARIAS ACC/FIC NICOSIA ACC WIEN SCHWECHAT ISTANBUL-ATATURK LISBOA ACC/UAC TEGEL-BERLIN ZURICH 662 OSLO/GARDERMOEN MAASTRICHT UAC REIMS U/ACC STOCKHOLM-ARLANDA AIRPORT ATC CAPACITY AIRPORT WEATHER AIRPORT INFRASTRUCTURE EN-ROUTE WEATHER EN-ROUTE EVENTS EN-ROUTE DISRUPTIONS EN-ROUTE ATC STAFFING EN-ROUTE ATC CAPACITY These are the top 2 delay generating locations for the reporting month. Figures are the average daily delays in minutes. The highest delays were recorded in London ACC on the 7 December due to technical problems with the VCS telephone system (preventing switching from night time to daytime operations). Regulations were applied for the whole day with very high delays. Warsaw ACC also recorded significant delays due to the implementation of the PEGASUS 21 ATM system. London Heathrow, Geneva, Amsterdam, Vienna, Istanbul, Berlin, Zurich, Oslo, Stockholm, Frankfurt and Munich airports were affected by seasonal weather: strong winds, low visibility, rain, snow and low cloud ceiling. Nicosia ACC continues to record delays due to TOPSKY ATM system transition project that started in September and continued to date requiring capacity reductions. Canaries, Lisbon and Barcelona ACCs had ATC capacity issues. Maastricht UAC generated delays due to the Variable Division Flight Level (VDFL) implementation. Reims ACC had delays due to the French industrial action on 11 December. FRANKFURT MAIN MUENCHEN BARCELONA ACC ANKARA ACC NM Network Operations Report Analysis December 213 5

7 3. EN-ROUTE ATFM DELAYS 3.1. EN-ROUTE ATFM DELAY PER LOCATION Proportion of total ATFM delays 16% 14% 12% 1 8% 6% 4% 2% Top 2 delay locations for en-route delays in December EN-ROUTE WEATHER EN-ROUTE EVENTS EN-ROUTE DISRUPTIONS EN-ROUTE ATC STAFFING EN-ROUTE ATC CAPACITY LONDON ACC WARSZAWA ACC CANARIAS ACC/FIC NICOSIA ACC LISBOA ACC/UAC MAASTRICHT UAC REIMS U/ACC BARCELONA ACC ANKARA ACC LANGEN ACC BREST U/ACC PARIS ALL ACC MADRID ALL ACC KARLSRUHE UAC ZURICH ACC CASABLANCA ACC AMSTERDAM ACC(245-) BREMEN ACC BEOGRADE ACC GENEVA ACC These are the top 2 en-route delay locations for the reporting month. Figures are the average daily en-route delay in minutes. The top 2 en-route delay locations generated 51.2% of the monthly total (network) ATFM delay. The top 5 en-route delay locations generated 4 of the monthly total (network) ATFM delay NM Network Operations Report Analysis December 213 6

8 3.2. EN-ROUTE ATFM DELAY PER DELAY GROUP Reasons for en-route delays in December 213 EN-ROUTE WEATHER 1.6 % En-route delays accounted for 51.6% of all ATFM delays. EN-ROUTE ATC STAFFING EN-ROUTE ATC CAPACITY EN-ROUTE EVENTS EN-ROUTE DISRUPTIONS 2.9% 13. 1% 16.9 % 17.2 % Warsaw, Langen, Karlsruhe and Nicosia ACCs all experienced ATC staffing issues during December. Canaries ACC experienced en-route weather issues associated to prevailing wind and runway configuration at Tenerife South during the first half of the month. 1 2 Proportion of total En-route ATC Disruptions delays Top delay locations for en-route Disruptions in December LONDON ACC REIMS U/ACC The technical problems on the 7 December at London ACC were the main reason for en-route disruptions delays in December 213. Proportion of total En-route ATC Capacity delays Top 1 delay locations for en-route ATC Capacity in December % % 2 15% % CANARIAS_ACC/FIC LISBOA ACC/UAC BARCELONA ACC BREST U/ACC Highest en-route ATC capacity delays occurred in Canaries and Lisbon ACCs. MADRID ALL ACC PARIS ALL ACC PARIS ALL ACC NICOSIA ACC SEILLE_ACC REIMS U/ACC CASABLANCA ACC BREST U/ACC AMSTERDAM ACC(245-) Proportion of total En-route Events delays Top delay locations for en-route Events in December WARSZAWA ACC 99 NICOSIA ACC MAASTRICHT UAC ANKARA ACC Highest en-route Events delays occurred in Warsaw ACC due to the implementation of the new PEGASUS 21 ATM system. Delays in Nicosia were due to the implementation of the TOPSKY system and Maastricht due to VDFL implementation. Average daily flights >= 15 min en-route delay En-route delay (Min) LANGEN ACC 815 REIMS U/ACC ZURICH ACC BEOGRADE ACC An average of 315 flights per day received an en-route delay of at least 15 mins in December 213. The corresponding figure for December 212 was 168 flights. BARCELONA ACC 153 CANARIAS_ACC/FIC 315 NM Network Operations Report Analysis December 213 7

9 3.3. EN-ROUTE ATFM DELAY PER FLIGHT En-route delays per flight (min) WARSZAWA ACC Top 2 delay locations for en-route delays per flight in December NICOSIA ACC CANARIAS ACC/FIC LONDON ACC LISBOA ACC/UAC BARCELONA ACC REIMS U/ACC ANKARA ACC BREST U/ACC MAASTRICHT UAC LANGEN ACC PARIS ALL ACC CASABLANCA ACC MADRID ALL ACC ZURICH ACC AMSTERDAM ACC(245-) KARLSRUHE UAC BEOGRADE ACC BREMEN ACC GENEVA ACC EN ROUTE ATC CAPACITY EN ROUTE ATC STAFFING EN ROUTE DISRUPTIONS EN ROUTE EVENTS EN ROUTE WEATHER These are the top 2 locations with the highest en-route delay per flight (average) during the reporting month. Warsaw and Nicosia ACCs generated the highest en-route delays per flight in December, mainly due to ATM system implementations. Warsaw ACCs average en-route delay per flight increased from.84 min/flt in November 213 to 2.14 min/flt last month, but there was less impact on network performance from Nicosia ACCs TOPSKY system implementation in December than in October or November. Increased seasonal traffic, together with traffic complexity due to the position of the jet stream, contributed to the delays in Canaries ACC. NM Network Operations Report Analysis December 213 8

10 3.4. EN-ROUTE ATFM DELAY YEAR-TO-DATE Proportion of total ATFM delay 1643 Top 2 delay locations for year-to-date en-route ATFM delay 7% 6% 121 5% % % % % NICOSIA ACC SEILLE ACC BARCELONA ACC WARSZAWA ACC BREST U/ACC LANGEN ACC KARLSRUHE UAC REIMS U/ACC LONDON ACC BORDEAUX ALL ACC PARIS ALL ACC WIEN ACC MADRID ALL ACC LISBOA ACC/UAC MAASTRICHT UAC CANARIAS ACC/FIC ZURICH ACC ANKARA ACC GENEVA ACC AMSTERDAM ACC(245-) EN ROUTE ATC CAPACITY EN ROUTE ATC STAFFING EN ROUTE DISRUPTIONS EN ROUTE EVENTS EN ROUTE WEATHER These are the top 2 en-route delay locations for 213. Figures are the average daily en-route delay in minutes. The top 2 en-route delay locations generated 52.5% of the total ATFM (network) delay. The top 5 en-route delay locations generated 23.4% of the total ATFM (network) delay. 1.4 Monthly en-route delay per flight monitoring Year-to-date daily flights >= 15 min en-route delay En-route delays per flight M ONTHLY GUIDELINE DLY/FLT YTD GUIDELINE DLY/FLT M ONTHLY ENROUTE DLY/FLT YTD ENROUTE DLY/FLT.6 Reporting month: December s average en-route delay per flight was.63 min/flt, which is above the corresponding monthly guideline* value of.38 min/flt. The average en-route delay per flight for the NM area for 213 is.53 min/flt, which is lower than the annual interim target of.6 min/flt. Average daily traffic An average of 346 flights per day had an ATFM delay of at least 15 minutes in 213. The corresponding figure in 212 was 443 flights per day. * NM s calculation that provides the guideline en-route delay (min) requirements to achieve the annual interim target (.6 min/flight). NM Network Operations Report Analysis December 213 9

11 4. AIRPORT/TMA ATFM DELAYS 4.1. AIRPORT/TMA ATFM DELAY PER LOCATION Proportion of total ATFM delays 1 9% 8% 7% 6% 5% 4% 3% 2% 1% 2296 LONDON/HEATHROW WIEN SCHWECHAT Top 2 delay locations for Airport/TMA delays in December 213 ISTANBUL-ATATURK TEGEL-BERLIN ZURICH 662 OSLO/GARDERMOEN The top 2 Airport/TMA delay locations generated 44.9% of the monthly total ATFM (network) delay. The top 5 Airport/TMA delay locations generated 27.7% of the monthly total ATFM (network) delay AIRPORT/TMA ATFM DELAY PER DELAY GROUPS AIRPORT ATC CAPACITY AIRPORT INFRASTRUCTURE AIRPORT WEA THER Reasons for Airport/TMA delays in December % 3.5% STOCKHOLM-ARLANDA Weather caused most of the ATFM delays at airports. Overall, airports accounted for 48.4% of all ATFM delays. Proportion of all Airport Infrastructure delays Top 1 delay locations for Airport Infrastructure in December % % % ZURICH LONDON/GATWICK CATANIA_FONTANAROSSA Implementation of the paperless strip system (PSS) at Geneva ACC generated delays at the airport. TEGEL-BERLIN BERGEN/FLESLAND TEL AVIV/BEN GURION DUESSELDORF MUENCHEN FRANKFURT MAIN Proportion of all Airport Weather delays MUENCHEN 25% 2 15% 1 5% LONDON/GATWICK PARIS ORLY PARIS CH DE GAULLE LONDON/CITY COPENHAGEN_KASTRUP HAMBURG AIRPORT INFRASTRUCTURE AIRPORT WEATHER AIRPORT ATC CAPACITY Top 1 delay locations for Airport Weather in December LONDON/HEATHROW WIEN SCHWECHAT ISTANBUL-ATATURK TENERIFE SUR TEGEL-BERLIN OSLO/GARDERMOEN ZURICH TOULOUSE BLAGNAC BERGEN/FLESLAND Seasonal weather (snow, strong wind, rain, low visibility and low cloud ceiling) impacted London Heathrow in particular, but also Geneva, Vienna, Istanbul and Amsterdam airports. Top 1 delay locations for Airport ATC Capacity in December 213 Proportion of all Airport ATC Capacity delays FRANKFURT MAIN TENERIFE SUR LONDON/HEATHROW CHAMBERY STOCKHOLM-ARLANDA MUENCHEN Amsterdam recorded the highest ATC capacity delays in December. PARIS ORLY LISBOA LONDON/STANSTED TENERIFE NORTE NM Network Operations Report Analysis December 213 1

12 4.3. AIRPORT/TMA ATFM DELAY PER FLIGHT Airport delay per flight (min) Monthly average Airport delay (min) per flight Last 12 months =.4 minutes Average Airport/TMA delay per flight decreased from.62 min/flt in December 212 to.59 min/flt in December AIRPORT/TMA ATFM DELAY YEAR-TO-DATE Proportion of total ATFM delays 8% 6% 4% 2% 1677 LONDON/HEATHROW 914 ZURICH FRANKFURT MAIN Airport delays per flight (min) Top 1 Airport delay per flight in December 213 YTD Situation Top 2 delay locations for year-to-date Airport/TMA delays PARIS CH DE GAULLE WIEN SCHWECHAT LONDON/HEATHROW TEGEL-BERLIN WIEN SCHWECHAT 1.41 CHAMBERY Geneva airport had the highest delay per flight in December, mainly due to weather conditions The top 2 Airport/TMA delay locations generated 33.2% of the total ATFM (network) delay in 213. The top 5 Airport/TMA delay locations generated 18.5% of the total ATFM (network) delay in DAILY EVOLUTION Average delay (min) per flight in December 213 AIRPORT ATC CAPACITY AIRPORT WEATHER AIRPORT INFRASTRUCTURE EN-ROUTE WEATHER EN-ROUTE EVENTS EN-ROUTE DISRUPTIONS EN-ROUTE ATC STAFFING EN-ROUTE ATC CAPACITY OSLO/GARDERMOEN ISTANBUL-ATATURK PARIS ORLY BRUSSELS NATIONAL MUENCHEN PALMA DE MALLORCA LONDON/GATWICK ROME FIUMICINO DUESSELDORF LONDON/CITY ZURICH TEGEL-BERLIN OSLO/GARDERMOEN NICE ISTANBUL-ATATURK KHANIA SOUDA LONDON/CITY AIRPORT ATC CAPACITY AIRPORT WEATHER AIRPORT INFRASTRUCTURE In December 213, there were two days with an average delay per flight at or above 2 minutes: On Saturday 7 December 93.3% of the delays were attributable to the telephone (VCS) system issues in London ACC, with additional delay being generated by the new ATM system implementation in Warsaw. On Wednesday 11 December airport weather issues were experienced at London Heathrow, Istanbul Ataturk, Oslo, Geneva, Zurich and Amsterdam airports. Delays were also caused by the new ATM system implementation in Warsaw ACC. The French industrial action on the 11 December generated delays in Reims, Paris and Brest ACCs. NM Network Operations Report Analysis December

13 6. ALL AIR TRANSPORT DELAYS (Source: CODA) This section presents the all air transport delay situation as seen from the airlines by using the data collected by Central Office for Delay Analysis (CODA) from the airlines. Data coverage is 66% of the commercial flights in the ECAC region for November 213. ATFM delays reported by airlines may be lower than the NM calculated ATFM delays due to difference in methods: ATFM delays of NM are the (flight) planned delays ; the airlines report the actual experienced ATFM delay on departure. For instance, a flight with an ATFM delay may also have a handling delay absorbed within the ATFM delay. For the airline, a part of this delay is the ATFM delay and the rest is the handling delay. Average departure delay/flight (min) Breakdow n average delay per flight November 213 6,8,2,1 Average En- Route Delay/Flight Average En- Route Delay/Flight 4, Average primary delay Passenger experience Based on airline data, the average departure delay per flight from All Causes was 6.8 minutes per flight, this was a decrease of 11% in comparison to 7.6 minutes per flight in November 212. Within all air transport delays, en-route ATFM delays were.1 minutes/flight in November 213. Primary delays counted for 59% (or 4. min/flt ) of which.1 min/flt was attributed to en-route ATFM delays, with reactionary delays representing the remaining share of 41% at (2.8 min/flt). NM reported En-Route ATFM delay Primary Delay (excl En-Route) Airline Reported En-Route ATFM Delay Reactionary delay Avg departure delay/flight (min) Average departure delay per flight 212/ Further analysis of airline data shows that the average enroute ATFM delay was.1 minutes per flight. This was slightly lower than the NM reported average en-route ATFM delay of.2 minutes per flight. Average reactionary delay per flight (CODA) Average delay per flight Other Primary delay All Causes (CODA) Average ATFM en-route delay per flight (CODA) Average ATFM en-route delay per flight (NM reported) Percentage of delayed flights: ATFM & All Causes % of flights delayed on departure - ATFM DNM 1 8% 6% 4% 2% > 15min by ATFM Restrictions (NM ) > 3min by ATFM Restrictions (NM ) > 15min:All Causes (CODA) % of flights delayed on departure: All Causes The percentage of flights subject to long ATFM restrictions (those exceeding 15 & 3 minutes) decreased in November 213 when compared to November 212. Flights with restrictions exceeding 15 minutes decreased by 1 percentage point to 1.1% (split between.5% caused by airport arrival and.6% by en-route ATFM restrictions) and flights exceeding 3 minutes decreased by.5 percentage points to.3% (split between.2% caused by airport arrival and.1% by en-route ATFM restrictions) in November 213. The percentage of flights delayed from all-causes (exceeding 15 minutes) decreased by 1 percentage point to 11.6% and those (exceeding 3 minutes) fell by.7 points to 5.1%. NM Network Operations Report Analysis December

14 7. ATFM SLOT ADHERENCE Average daily evolution of early and late flights In December the percentage of late departures increased significantly compared to the previous month and early departures decreased slightly compared to the previous month. Inclement weather during the second half of December affected airport apron operations Issues with de-icing equipment at Istanbul/Ataturk on Wednesday 11 and Thursday 12 December led to ground movement complexity and severe non-compliance to ATFM slots. Nº OF EARLY DEPARTURES Nº OF LA TE DEP A RTURES % EARLY DEPARTURES % LATE DEPARTURES The chart below shows the airports that have more than 3 regulated flights during the month with their average daily number and proportion of regulated flights that departed outside of the STW. Any airport above the red line is non-compliant with the threshold (2). Those airports with a significant number of departures outside the slot tolerance window can reduce network predictability. 6 55% 5 45% 4 35% 3 25% 2 15% 1 5% Proportion of regulated flights outside the Slot Tolerance Window in December ISTANBUL-ATATURK TEL AVIV/BEN GURION BIRMINGHAM PARIS CH DE GAULLE SEILLE PROVENCE LONDON/LUTON MANCHESTER PRAHA RUZYNE LONDON/HEATHROW PARIS ORLY BALE-MULHOUSE LONDON/STANSTED KRAKOW/BALICE NICE LAS PALMAS LONDON/GATWICK ZURICH HELSINKI-VANTAA CHOPINA W LYON SAINT-EXUPERY TEGEL-BERLIN WIEN SCHWECHAT LISBOA TENERIFE SUR SCHOENEFELD-BERLIN TOULOUSE BLAGNAC EDINBURGH COPENHAGEN FRANKFURT MAIN HAMBURG DUBLIN RIGA INTL ROME FIUMICINO STUTTGART MUENCHEN FERIHEGY-BUDAPEST KOELN-BONN BRUSSELS NATIONAL 8. SIGNIFICANT EVENTS AND ISSUES 8.1. PLANNED EVENTS ACCs: Nicosia ACC - TOPSKY transition continues; Geneva ACC continuing transition to a new stripless environment (Geneva Stripless CH Step 2) had minimal effect on Geneva ACC but impacted Geneva airport; Zurich ACC implementation of a new stripless environment with minimal delays on 9, 13 and 14 December; Warsaw ACC continuing implementation of new ATC system PEGASUS 21. The en-route function is being implemented between 26 November 213 and 25 May 214 and the TMA/TWR function between 26 November 213 and 15 February 214; Langen ACC - PSS (Paperless Strip System) implementation with minimal impact on operations performance; Implementation of Variable Division Flight Level (VDFL) in Maastricht UAC on Thursday 12 December 213. NM Network Operations Report Analysis December

15 Airports: A number of airports undertook infrastructure and technical system improvement work during December. The improvements included: Alicante and Napoli Capodichino - taxiway maintenance; Palma de Mallorca on going implementation of intermediate holding point lighting system in the maneuvering area; Bologna - implementation of Apron Management Service (AMS) on trial basis and precision approach category I lighting system; Iraklion Nikos Kazantzakis completion of upgrade and transition to new ICAO FPL 212 format ATC FDPS hardware and software; Catania - approach radar maintenance; Lisbon - ongoing training phase regarding the reduction of approach radar separation. The improvements were done with minimal or no impact on operations DISRUPTIONS Technical Saturday 7 December: London ACC - technical problems with the VCS telephone system (preventing switching from night time to daytime operations), regulations were applied for the whole day resulting in 129,482 mins of delay and a significant number of flight cancellations. Incidents Thursday 12 December : Bomb disposal at Dusseldorf airport resulting in 1,67 mins of delay Tuesday 24 December 213: London/Gatwick - power supply problems affecting the Instrument Landing System (ILS) and ground lighting resulting in 2,671 mins of delay and a significant number of flight cancellations. Industrial action Industrial action in France between the 9 and 13 December generated 12,57 mins of delay, predominantly affecting Paris and Reims ACCs in Reims ACC and 1,61 mins in Paris ACC, totaling 3,426 minutes. 9. NM ADDED VALUE 9.1 RRP DIRECT DELAY SAVINGS Average daily executed rerouting proposals In December 213, NM proposed alternative routes to an average of 24 flights per day of which 12 were accepted. This saved 643 minutes of daily delay at a cost of 167extra nautical miles. This graph shows the actual daily averages for the previous 13 months period. Nr of executed RRPs Minutes / NM Nr of RRPs Delay Reduction (min) Route Extention (NM ) 9.2 FLIGHTS WITH DELAY > 3 Average daily traffic Average daily flights > 3 minutes delay The number of flights that had more than 3 mins of ATFM delay increased from 17 flts/day in December 212 to 244 flts/day in December 213. AIRPORT/TMA EN-ROUTE NM Network Operations Report Analysis December