OBER. TRAFFIC TOTAL FLIGHTS Last months average daily traffic 8 6 4 8 6 79 5 97 44 5684 694 8786 4 4 9974 589 84 Traffic increased by.% compared to October. Compared to September, the traffic was 8. lower. Average daily traffic - forecast date : -5 8 6 The traffic growth for October is slower than the forecast. 4 Forecast Months traffic trend 4% 4..8%.8%.7%...% % % %.8%.8%.6%.4%.7%.7% The traffic trend is a.% increase over the past months. Issued: November Page: to Edition: FINAL
OBER Main airports experienced an increase in traffic during October (e.g. Paris CDG, Frankfurt, London Heathrow, Munich, Amsterdam, Rome Fumicino, Barcelona etc ). The largest increase in traffic was recorded at Istanbul Ataturk and Las Palmas. The largest decreases were experienced in Athens, Dublin and Birmingham. Venezia recorded.% increase due to the temporary closure of Treviso s airport. Ten air operators had double digit growth in October. Of the top airlines, Air Berlin saw a 7. reduction in traffic in October, but its subsidiary Niki saw a corresponding increase (9. %). Czech Airlines (-.%) and Iberia (-8.7%) both saw decreases due to their network restructuring. Unidentified operators (mainly General Aviation) recorded a decrease of 7.9% in October. Several airlines would have cancelled flights during Greek industrial action, e.g. it is estimated that around 85 flights were cancelled on 4-5 October. Issued: November Page: to Edition: FINAL
OBER The increase of.9% in Latvia (Riga ACC) is due to its joining the IFPS in March. The decrease in Malta is due to Libyan airspace closure contributing to the traffic increase along the Adriatic coast. Traffic decreased in Greek ACCs as traffic rerouted. As a result there was additional traffic in Ankara, Sofia and Istanbul and less in Skopje and Beograde ACCs. Issued: November Page: to Edition: FINAL
OBER. ATFM DELAYS AND ATTRIBUTIONS 9 8 7 6 5 4 867 489 76886 Average daily ATFM delays 795 9 477 459 494 7775 84 6945 79 5886 The average daily ATFM delays decreased from 867 minutes in October to 5886 minutes in October. The average daily ATFM delays decreased by 5.7% when compared to September. AIRPORT / TM A EN ROUTE Monthly ATFM delays trend.% 8 88.7% 6 4 48.8%.4%.6% -5. - -4-5.% -9. -4.9% -7.% -8.-.% -7. -6-5.4% -46.9% Compared to October, ATFM delays decreased by 7.. Since October last year, the ATFM delay trend continues to decrease. Rolling month trend Same month last year Proportion of ATFM delay in October EN ROUTE ATC STAFFING,.% EN ROUTE ATC DISRUPTIONS,.8% EN ROUTE ATC CAPACITY, 5. AIRPORT ATC CAPACITY,. AIRPORT AIRPORT INFRASTRUCTU WEATHER, 6.4% RE, 8.% EN ROUTE EVENTS,.% EN ROUTE WEATHER & EXTERNAL DISRUPTIONS,.6% 65.4% of the ATFM delays are due to en route problems. Of these en route delays, the main causes are ATC Staffing and Capacity. % impact on total ATFM delays 4% % 8% 6% 4% % 8% 6% 4% % 9 56 454 Top Reference Locations for ATFM delays in October 855 496 4 97 79 57 AIRPORT ATC CAPACITY AIRPORT WEATHER AIRPORT INFRASTRUCTURE EN ROUTE WEATHER & EXTERNAL DISRUPTIONS EN ROUTE ATC DISRUPTIONS EN ROUTE ATC STAFFING EN ROUTE ATC CAPACITY 5 5 89 859 845 89 8 8 78 FRANKFURT MAIN MAKEDONIA CONTROL ATHINAI/ELEFTHERIOS VENIZELOS NICOSIA ACC MADRID ALL ACC ISTANBUL ACC BARCELONA ACC LONDON/HEATHROW MUENCHEN SOFIA ACC MADRID BARAJAS ANTALYA ZURICH KARLSRUHE ACC WARSZAWA ACC Issued: November Page: 4 to Edition: FINAL
. EN ROUTE ATFM DELAYS NETWORK OPERATIONS REPORT OBER % impact on total En route delays 9 454 855 Top Reference Locations for En route delays in October 4 97 79 EN ROUTE WEATHER & EXTERNAL DISRUPTIONS EN ROUTE ATC DISRUPTIONS EN ROUTE ATC STAFFING EN ROUTE ATC CAPACITY 89 89 8 78 7 655 68 58 56 488 4 5 ATHINAI_CONTROL MAKEDONIA CONTROL NICOSIA ACC MADRID ALL ACC ISTANBUL ACC BARCELONA ACC SOFIA ACC There were significant delays in Greece, both Athens and Makedonia. The primary cause was ATC staffing. Langen experienced above average delays for the same reason. KARLSRUHE ACC WARSZAWA_ACC MUNCHEN ACC PARIS ALL ACC BORDEAUX ALL ACC WIEN ACC BREST U/ACC SEILLE ACC LISBOA ACC/UAC BREMEN ACC There was a deterioration in the delay situation in Nicosia ACC due to increased complexity of traffic rerouting through the airspace as a result of the situation in Greece, and also possibly less ability to optimise configurations and capacity. Issued: November Page: 5 to Edition: FINAL
OBER Reasons for En route delays in October EN ROUTE WEATHER & EXTERNAL DISRUPTIONS EN ROUTE ATC DISRUPTIONS EN ROUTE ATC STAFFING EN ROUTE ATC CAPACITY. %.6 %.8 %. % 5.4 % 4 Overall en route delays accounted for 65.4% of all ATFM delays. Just under 5 of ATFM delays were attributed to ATC staffing and ATC capacity. % impact on total En route ATC Capacity delays Top Reference Locations for En route ATC Capacity in October 7 44 845 NICOSIA ACC MADRID ALL ACC 4 ISTANBUL ACC Globally, compared to September, ATC delays showed an improvement in Barcelona, Warsaw and London ACCs. ATC delays in Madrid and Nicosia ACCs increased. Istanbul and Sofia entered in the top reference locations mainly due to flights rerouting to avoid Greek airspace. Paris ACC also entered the top reference locations for enroute ATC delays in October. SOFIA ACC 95 BARCELONA_ACC 6 596 WARSZAWA_ACC 454 44 PARIS ALL ACC % impact on total En route ATC Staffing delays Top Reference Locations for En route ATC Staffing in October 7 89 6 5 4 9 85 6 69 6 69 97 MAKEDONIA_CONTR Significant staffing problems were recorded in Athens, Makedonia and continued in Langen. % impact on total En route Weather & External Disruptions delays KARLSRUHE ACC Top Reference Locations for En route Weather & External Disruptions in October 4 45 BARCELONA ACC 56 ISTANBUL ACC 49 Bad weather conditions, mainly rain and thunderstorms impacted Langen ACC on the 7 th, 9 th and st October. Barcelona ACCs was impacted by the Air show on the st October and thunderstorms mainly on the rd and 4 th October. MUNCHEN ACC 9 CANARIAS_ACC/FIC 75 WIEN ACC 68 SCOTTISH ACC BORDEAUX ALL MADRID ALL ACC 6 ACC BREMEN ACC MUNCHEN ACC 9 NICOSIA ACC % impact on total En route ATC Disruptions delays Top Reference Locations for En route ATC Disruptions in October 6 469 5 4 56 5 45 4 7 6 MAKEDONIA_CONTR OL BREST U/ACC Between the th and the 6 th October Athens control and Makedonia control experienced significant Radar failure. France recorded delays due to Industrial action on the th and th October. Lisboa ACC/UAC recorded delays due to radio communication problems. BORDEAUX ALL ACC SEILLE ACC PARIS ALL ACC 45 LISBOA ACC/UAC Issued: November Page: 6 to Edition: FINAL
OBER 8 6 4 8 6 4 494 Average En route daily flights > 5 min delay 47 9 5 47 6 945 49 77 9 7 In October, an average of 755 flights per day experienced en-route delay of 5 minutes or longer. 755 6 4 8 6 4 Year-to-date daily En route flights > 5 min delay Since beginning of the year, an average 95 flights per day were subject to an en route delay of more than 5 minutes. En Route Delays per flight - Situation and YTD (target :.7) Summer En route delays per flight (forecast :.7).....9.8.7.6.5.4...7...9.7.5...9.7.5..64 LOW M ED HIGH YTD Average en route ATFM delay since the beginning of the year is.7 minutes per flight, the projection of which is considerably higher than the annual target of.7 minutes per flight. LOW M EDIUM HIGH YTD Average en-route ATFM delay per flight for the summer season is.64 minutes per flight. This is in line with the summer forecast of.7 minutes. % impact on total ATFM delay 8% 6% 4% % 495 97 5 Top Reference Locations for Year-to-date En route ATFM delay 56 54 76 586 449 77 8 EN ROUTE WEATHER & EXTERNAL DISRUPTIONS EN ROUTE ATC DISRUPTIONS EN ROUTE ATC STAFFING EN ROUTE ATC CAPACITY 97 956 88 844 67 54 486 45 77 56 MADRID ALL ACC BARCELONA ACC KARLSRUHE ACC SEILLE ACC MUNCHEN ACC MAKEDONIA_CONTROL NICOSIA ACC WARSZAWA ACC PARIS ALL ACC CANARIAS ACC/FIC ZAGREB ACC WIEN ACC ZURICH ACC TAMPERE ACC BREST U/ACC ANKARA ACC Issued: November Page: 7 to Edition: FINAL
OBER 9 8 7 6 5 4.6 4.6 Top Reference Locations for En route delays per flight in October.87.7 EN ROUTE WEATHER & EXTERNAL DISRUPTIONS EN ROUTE ATC DISRUPTIONS EN ROUTE ATC STAFFING EN ROUTE ATC CAPACITY.7.6.6.59.4.7.5.7.6.....7.7.6 MAKEDONIA_CONTROL NICOSIA ACC MADRID ALL ACC SOFIA ACC ISTANBUL ACC BARCELONA ACC WARSZAWA ACC LISBOA ACC/UAC WIEN ACC BORDEAUX ALL ACC CANARIAS ACC/FIC BREST U/ACC PARIS ALL ACC KARLSRUHE ACC SEILLE ACC MUNCHEN ACC Athens and Makedonia ACCs generated high average en route delay per flight in October. Issued: November Page: 8 to Edition: FINAL
4. AIRPORT / TMA DELAYS % impact on total Airport/TMA delays NETWORK OPERATIONS REPORT OBER Top Reference Locations for Airport/TMA delays in October 56 496 57 5 5 859 845 8 78 4 8 8 7 5 FRANKFURT MAIN ATHINAI/ELEFTHERIOS VENIZELOS LONDON/HEATHROW MUENCHEN MADRID BARAJAS ANTALYA ZURICH SCHIPHOL AMSTERDAM PALMA DE MALLORCA WIEN SCHWECHAT DIAGORAS PARIS CH DE GAULLE FARO EDINBURGH 48 BRUSSELS NATIONAL 7 ISTANBUL-SABIHA AIRPORT INFRASTRUCTURE AIRPORT WEATHER AIRPORT ATC CAPACITY 5 GENEVE COINTRIN 5 NIKOS/KAZANTZAKIS DUESSELDORF Reasons for Airport/TMA delays in October AIRPORT INFRASTRUCTURE AIRPORT ATC CAPACITY AIRPORT WEATHER 8.%. 6.4% 4 Airport/TMA delays accounted for 4.6% of all ATFM delays. Just under half of airport ATFM delay was due to weather. % impact on all Airport Weather delays 4 Top Reference Locations for Airport Weather in October 57 FRANKFURT MAIN 64 MUENCHEN 944 LONDON/HEATHROW 569 ZURICH SCHIPHOL Frankfurt ATFM delays were mainly due to strong wind, low ceiling and some thunderstorms. Munich Fog and thunderstorms were the main causes for ATFM delays. London Heathrow Strong wind and low visibility generated ATFM delays. 565 AMSTERDAM 55 ANTALYA 5 PALMA DE 7 MALLORCA 76 ROME FIUMICINO 5 PARIS CH DE GAULLE % impact on all Airport Infrastructure delays Reference Locations for Airport Infrastructure 668 in October 447 7 9 8 69 56 54 45 FRANKFURT MAIN ISTANBUL- ATATURK FARO ANTALYA Frankfurt, Istanbul, Faro and Antalya airports recorded the highest ATFM delays due to Aerodrome capacity. WIEN SCHWECHAT ISTANBUL-SABIHA BRUSSELS NATIONAL KHANIA SOUDA DUESSELDORF BERGEN/FLESLAND % impact on all Airport ATC Capacity delays Top Reference Locations for Airport ATC Capacity in October 4 496 4 67 4 9 7 95 88 56 44 ATHINAI/ELEFTHERIO S VENIZELOS MADRID BARAJAS DIAGORAS EDINBURGH Athens and Madrid Barajas experienced the highest ATFM delays due to ATC capacity. The radar failure experienced in Athens ACC between the th and the 6 th October influenced Athens airport capacity. ZURICH LONDON/HEATHROW PISA SAN GIUSTO SCHIPHOL AMSTERDAM NANTES Issued: November Page: 9 to Edition: FINAL
OBER % impact on total ATFM delays 8% 7% 6% 4% % % % 86 FRANKFURT MAIN 55 MADRID BARAJAS 9 994 LONDON/HEATHROW Top Reference Locations for Year-to-date Airport/TMA Delays 85 SCHIPHOL AMSTERDAM 748 ZURICH 687 MUENCHEN 555 ATHINAI/ELEFTHERIOS VENIZELOS 54 PALMA DE MALLORCA 5 WIEN SCHWECHAT 46 47 99 55 97 67 4 4 4 OSLO/GARDERMOEN PARIS CH DE GAULLE KOS ISTANBUL-SABIHA ANTALYA GENEVE COINTRIN AIRPORT ATC CAPACITY AIRPORT WEATHER AIRPORT INFRASTRUCTURE BRUSSELS NATIONAL DUESSELDORF DIAGORAS CANNES MANDELIEU 8 6 4.5 Top Airport delay per flight in October YTD Situation.55..89.7.87.45.7.5 5.56 Delays per flight at smaller airports were much reduced. Athens airport experienced high delays per flight due to general staffing / capacity problems in Greece in October. KOS CANNES MANDELIEU MADRID TORREJON FRANKFURT MAIN KHANIA SOUDA DIAGORAS NIKOS/KAZANTZAKIS MADRID BARAJAS ATHINAI/ELEFTHERIO S VENIZELOS 5. DAILY EVOLUTION Average Delay (min) per flight in October 7. AIRPORT ATC CAPACITY AIRPORT WEATHER AIRPORT INFRASTRUCTURE EN ROUTE WEATHER & EXTERNAL DISRUPTIONS 6. 5. 4.. EN ROUTE ATC. DISRUPTIONS EN ROUTE ATC STAFFING. EN ROUTE ATC CAPACITY. 5 7 9 5 7 9 5 7 9 In October, 9 days recorded an average delay per flight at or above minutes. Most significant delays were recorded during those dates. Between the nd and the 5 th Oct: Most of the ATFM delay in October were accountable to the social issues in Greece. Enroute ATC staffing was the main cause for delays in Athens, Makedonia, Rhein and Langen ACCs. Enroute ATC capacity delays were registered in Madrid, Barcelona, Cyprus and Warszawa ACCs. Istanbul recorded significant enroute delays due to flights rerouting to avoid Greek airspace particularly on Sun the nd October. On Thu the 6 th October, Sofia registered important enroute delays due to flights rerouting to avoid Greek airspace. Between the 9 th and the 5 th enroute ATC Equipment delays were recorded in Athens and Makedonia ACCs due to radar failure. Airport ATC staffing was recorded at Athens, Rodos, Iraklion airports. Weather impacted significantly Frankfurt, Munich, London, Zurich and Amsterdam. Istanbul, Frankfurt, Antalya and Vienna airports generated Airport infrastructure delays. Aerodrome ATC capacity delays were recorded in Madrid, Zurich, Istanbul and London airports. Issued: November Page: to Edition: FINAL
OBER 6. IMPACT ON FLIGHTS Top Reference Locations w ith average delays per regulated flight in October AIRPORT ATC CAPACITY AIRPORT WEATHER AIRPORT INFRASTRUCTURE EN ROUTE WEATHER & EXTERNAL DISRUPTIONS EN ROUTE ATC DISRUPTIONS EN ROUTE ATC STAFFING EN ROUTE ATC CAPACITY 8 6 4 5 94 4 88 7 66 6 48 44 4 8 8 4 DIAGORAS ATHINAI/ELEFTHERI MAKEDONIA MADRID TORREJON 5 NIKOS/KAZANTZAKIS PORTO 4 KHANIA SOUDA KOS ABERDEEN The highest delays per regulated flight were at Athens with an average ATFM delay of 94 minutes. 9 8 7 6 5 4 764 Average daily flights > minutes delay 775 796 7 64 8 6 6 5 5 7 77 58 During October,.8% of flights experienced a delay of minutes or more, a decrease of.% from 764 flights per day in October to 58 flights per day in October with the following distribution: En route...5 Flights (6.8 %) Airport/TMA... Flights (9. %) AIRPORT / TM A EN ROUTE Issued: November Page: to Edition: FINAL
7. ATFM SLOT ADHERENCE 8 6 NETWORK OPERATIONS REPORT OBER Average daily evolution of early and late flights.. 8. 6. The percentage of early departure has been increasing slowly and steadily in the beginning of this year and is stable now at 8%. The percentage of late departure appears to follow a seasonal trend and is strongly influenced by exceptional weather conditions, e.g. snow in December. 4 4 5 6 7 8 9 4... Although the overall percentage of traffic departing within their slot tolerance window is above the target (at least 8) there are some airports, for which compliance can be improved. continues to validate the data used and identify issues contributing to non-compliance Nº OF EARLY DEPARTURES Nº OF LATE DEPARTURES % EARLY DEPARTURES % LATE DEPARTURES The chart below shows the top 4 airports (more than regulated flights) with their average daily number and proportion of regulated flights that departed outside of the ATFM Slot Tolerance Window Proportion of regulated flights outside the Slot Tolerance Window in October 5 5 4 4 KHANIA SOUDA RAKECH KOS 7 9 DIAGORAS ANTALYA TEL AVIV/BEN GURION 4 MAKEDONIA 7 CASABLANCA/MOHAMMED NIKOS/KAZANTZAKIS IZMIR-ADNAN-MENDERES ISTANBUL-SABIHA BIRMINGHAM 8 DUBLIN MANCHESTER 7 ATHINAI/ELEFTHERIOS LARNACA PISA SAN GIUSTO LONDON/HEATHROW For example: At KHANIA SOUDA, 48.9% of all regulated flights departed outside their ATFM slot tolerance window (8 flights per day). BRISTOL/LULSGATE ZAGREB SOFIA ZURICH 5 BALE-MULHOUSE PARIS CH DE GAULLE BILLUND PARIS ORLY SCHOENEFELD-BERLIN 5 STRASBOURG ENTZHEIM LISBOA NICE EDINBURGH MUENSTER-OSNABRUECK SCHIPHOL AMSTERDAM EAST MIDLANDS LYON SATOLAS LONDON/STANSTED ARRECIFE LANZAROTE LONDON/LUTON SANTIAGO Issued: November Page: to Edition: FINAL