Skyguide achieves high first-half punctuality and productivity with weak traffic volumes
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Geneva, 8 July 2013. Skyguide handled a total of 552,988 civil air traffic
flights in the first six months of 2013, a 3.7% decline on the comparable volume
for the same period last year. The weak traffic volumes and the actions taken by
Switzerland's air navigation service provider (ANSP) to increase its airspace
capacity continue to yield results on punctuality: some 96.4% of all the flights
handled were managed without delays. Eurocontrol also gives skyguide a top
ranking among Europe's ANSPs in productivity terms.
Fewer flights handled
The difficult global economic situation has been depressing air traffic levels
since the end of 2011. The statistics maintained by Eurocontrol show volume
declines in all market segments in Europe (except for charter flights) for the
first half of 2013:
Cargo traffic: down 3.8%
Business aviation: down 2.6%
Charter flights: up 1.3%
Scheduled airline traffic: down 2.7%
Low-cost carrier traffic: down 0.4%.
While some of Switzerland's airports report increases in passenger numbers for
the period, traffic volumes as a whole have declined.
IFR flights[1] handled by skyguide in the first half of 2013:
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| January-June 2013 January-June 2012 Change |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Total IFR flights 552,988 574,485 - 3.7% |
| |
| of which en-route traffic 317,154 332,424 - 4.6% |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
The volume of en-route traffic handled by skyguide for the first half of 2013
was a 4.6% decline on the same period last year. The total number of landings
and departures handled at Switzerland's airports declined by 2.6%. Geneva
Airport posted a decrease of 1.6%, while Zurich saw its flight volumes fall by
3.0%.
Area control centres report volume declines
The numbers of flight movements that an ANSP's control centre is required to
handle are a key indicator of the workloads involved. Of significance here is
the decline in traffic volumes seen for skyguide's Geneva and Zurich area
control centres.
Daily peak of 3,900 flights on 28 June 2013
Skyguide's busiest day to date in 2013 was Friday 28 June, when 3,900 flights
were handled. This peak volume is 2.0% lower than the busiest day in the first
half of 2012, with its 3,980 flights.
2013 first-half movement volumes by control centre:
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| Change |
| January-June 2013 January-June 2012 12-13 |
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| Area control centres |
| |
| Geneva 304,082 315,929 - 3.7% |
| |
| Zurich 357,911 375,012 - 4.6% |
| |
| IFR landings/departures |
| |
| Bern 10,136 10,334 - 1.9% |
| |
| Donaueschingen 750 850 - 11.8% |
| |
| Friedrichshafen 8,224 8,486 - 3.1% |
| |
| Geneva 90,806 92,256 - 1.6% |
| |
| Grenchen 2,808 2,735 + 2.7% |
| |
| Les Eplatures 892 959 - 7.0% |
| |
| Lugano 4,609 5,157 - 10.6% |
| |
| Sion 2,751 3,004 - 8.4% |
| |
| St. Gallen Altenrhein 5,070 5,788 - 12.4% |
| |
| Zurich 125,209 129,067 - 3.0% |
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Less traffic - top punctuality performance
As in the previous year, skyguide showed an excellent operational performance
with 96.4% of its flights without any delay at all - slightly less than the
outstanding 2012 performance (96.7%).
Capacity-based air traffic delays usually occur during peak hours. Although the
traffic volumes declined during the first-half 2013, capacity demand during peak
hours was continuously high. This explains en-route delays in the airspace
controlled by skyguide. Nevertheless, skyguide's punctuality still clearly
exceeds the European targets set for 2014.
Average delay per flight - airport / en-route
January-June 2013 (in minutes)
En-route delays for the first half of 2013 were 1.6% below their prior-year
equivalent. Airport delays increased by 25.5% over the same period.
* The average airport delay attributable to air traffic flow management per
flight amounted to 0.49 minutes (= 29.4 seconds).
* The average en-route delay attributable to air traffic flow management per
flight amounted to 0.11 minutes (= 6.6 seconds).
Average skyguide delayed flights per day for the January-to-June period 2013
The average number of delayed flights per day for the period increased slightly
from 106 in the first-half 2012 to 111 in 2013.
Highly complex airspace
As statistics maintained by Eurocontrol show, skyguide manages the most complex
airspace in Europe. This poses sizeable operational challenges, in terms of both
the sheer volumes of flights handled and the structure of its air traffic flows.
Europe's fourth-highest productivity
In productivity terms, too, skyguide can report a top-quality performance. The
2012 Eurocontrol Performance Review Report puts Switzerland's air navigation
service provider fourth in Europe in controller productivity terms. Skyguide is
only surpassed here by the Maastricht Upper Area Control Centre (MUAC), NATS and
DFS.
The Eurocontrol 2012 Performance Review Report
[1] IFR or "instrument flight rules" flights are performed in controlled
airspace and require air traffic management services to ensure their safe and
efficient operation.
Skyguide
swiss air navigation services ltd.
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Contact:
phone: +41 22 417 4008
email: presse(at)skyguide.ch
internet: www.skyguide.ch
Skyguide is responsible for providing air navigation services in Switzerland and
in certain parts of neighbouring countries. With its 1,400 employees active at
14 locations in Switzerland, skyguide safely and efficiently guides some 3,200
flights civil and military aircraft a day - or 1.2 million a year - through the
busiest and most complex airspace in Europe. Skyguide stands for continuous
improvement, focussed innovation and creative cooperation. Together with its
partner organisations in Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg and the
Netherlands, the company forms the FABEC alliance in charge of managing Central
Europe's airspace. Skyguide is a non-profit limited company which has its head
office in Geneva. The majority of its shares are held by the Swiss
Confederation.
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