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PRC reportPRC report

29th Session of the Provisional Council

Brussels, 9 May 2008

Jean-François VIVIER

Chairman PRC

EUROCONTROL

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Performance Review Commission

PRR 2007: Review of ATM performance in 2007

Recommendation a.

The Provisional Council is invited to note the PRC’s Performance Review Report

(PRR 2007) and to submit it to the Permanent Commission

PRR 2007 contentsTrafficSafetyCapacity and DelaysFlight-efficiencyEnvironmentCost-effectiveness

An extensive consultation process ANSB (29 January 2008)Written consultation (06 February - 06 March)Consultation meeting, 60 participants (06 March)CMIC (04 March)PCC (8 May)

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Performance Review Commission

PRR 2007 - Safety (High-risk runway incursions)

Recommendation b.

The Provisional Council is invited to note that the number of high-risk runway

incursion reports is rising, and to request the Director General to report on

achieved performance to the Provisional Council on a regular basis.

2007 saw a number of high risk runway incursions, as well as one accident with direct ATM contribution - a runway collision in Bucharest.

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Data source: EUROCONTROL SRU

Reported high-risk runway incursions

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Performance Review Commission

PRR 2007 - Safety (Safety Maturity)

Recommendation c.

The Provisional Council is invited to support the standardisation of safety

reporting at a high level of integrity and consistency across EUROCONTROL

States, by every available means, and to request non-compliant States to

implement ESARR 2 fully .

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Regulators

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Safety Maturity

The safety maturity of ANSPs and that of Regulators further improved in 2007. However, ANSPs and Regulators in a number of States will have to make major efforts to reach the 70% maturity line by the deadline, given their progress to date and their current situation.

Compliance with ESARR2 improved in 2007, but has reached a plateau.

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Performance Review Commission

PRR 2007 - Safety (EUROCONTROL Confidentiality Policy)

Recommendation d.

The Provisional Council is invited to request the Director General to ensure the

prompt implementation of the decision taken in May 2007 where PC 27 “invited

the Director General to undertake a review of EUROCONTROL’s publication and

confidentiality policy, to ensure the appropriate balance between confidentiality

and transparency of safety information” .

EUROCONTROL publication and confidentiality policy in relation to safety data (EAM 2/GUI 2 of 12-11-1999) addresses “the sharing of safety information between ATM service providers, the reporting of safety information to ATM regulators and the provision of safety information to the public, including those provided to the PRC”.

As a result of this policy, the PRC only receives disidentified, high-level safety data, which does not allow the PRC to review safety performance contrary to the provisions of Article xx of the Revised Convention.

Upon a PRC recommendation, the Provisional Council (PC 27, May 2007) “requested the Director General to undertake a review of EUROCONTROL’s publication and confidentiality policy, to ensure the appropriate balance between confidentiality and transparency of safety information” upon recommendation from the PRC.

To the PRC’s knowledge, this decision has not been acted upon so far.

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Performance Review Commission

PRR 2007 (Capacity & Delays)

Recommendation e.

The Provisional Council is invited to note that ATFM delays have been rising for

the third consecutive year and to request the full commitment of all stakeholders

to the planning and implementation of ATC capacity in line with traffic growth.

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Target: 1.0min/flight

Actual: 1.6min/flight

ATFM en-route delays Summer (May- October)

source : EUROCONTROL/CFMU

Traffic

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Performance Review Commission

PRR 2007 (Flight-efficiency, Environmental impact)

Recommendation f.

The Provisional Council is invited to note that its flight-efficiency performance

target was not met in 2007 and to request the Director General to inform the

Provisional Council as to the extent and timing of expected performance

improvements arising from airspace programmes coordinated by the Agency in

relation to achieving the flight efficiency target.

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- 2 km per f light

Upon a PRC recommendation, the PC adopted in 2007 a target to “reduce the European average route extension per flight of 2 km per annum until 2010”.

The target was not met in 2007. Considerable effort will be needed to meet it in the future.

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Performance Review Commission

PRC recommendations arising out of PRR 2007

The Provisional Council is invited:

a. to note the PRC’s Performance Review Report (PRR 2007) and to submit it to the Permanent Commission;

Safety

b. to note that the number of high-risk runway incursion reports is rising, and to request the Director General to report on

achieved performance to the Provisional Council on a regular basis;

c. to support the standardisation of safety reporting at a high level of integrity and consistency across EUROCONTROL

States, by every available means, and to request non-compliant States to implement ESARR 2 fully;

d. to request the Director General to ensure the prompt implementation of the decision taken in May 2007 where PC 27 “invited the Director General to undertake a review of EUROCONTROL’s publication and confidentiality policy, to ensure the appropriate balance between confidentiality and transparency of safety information”

Capacity/delays

e. to note that ATFM delays have been rising for the third consecutive year and to request the full commitment of all stakeholders to the planning and implementation of ATC capacity in line with traffic growth;

Flight-efficiency, Environmental impact

f. to note that its flight-efficiency performance target was not met in 2007 and to request the Director General to inform the Provisional Council as to the extent and timing of expected performance improvements arising from airspace programmes coordinated by the Agency in relation to achieving the flight efficiency target .