Contacts
Contact organisation | EUROCONTROL: The European organisation for the safety of air navigation |
Contact organisation unit | Directorate European Civil-Military Aviation - Performance Review Unit (DECMA/PRU) |
Contact name | Performance Review Unit - EUROCONTROL |
Contact mail address | 96 Rue de la Fusée 1130 Brussels Belgium |
Contact e-mail address | [email protected] |
Metadata update
Metadata last certified | not applicable |
Metadata last update | 16 August 2021 |
Statistical presentation
Data description
The measure addresses the costs for the provision of terminal air navigation services.
The European Commission is required to collect, consolidate and monitor Terminal ANS Costs and the Terminal ANS Unit Rate.
The EC Charging Scheme (EC 1794 / 2006) for air navigation services contributes to greater transparency in the determination, imposition and enforcement of charges to airspace users and also contributes to the cost efficiency of providing air navigation services and to efficiency of flights, while maintaining an optimum safety level.
The cost of air navigation services comprise for the most part, two elements:
- en-route costs,
- terminal costs.
The cost of terminal services is related to the following services:
- airport control services, airport flight information services including air traffic advisory services, and alerting services;
- air traffic services related to the approach and departure of aircraft within a certain distance of an airport on the basis of operational requirements;
- an appropriate allocation of all other air navigation services components, reflecting a proportionate attribution between en-route and terminal services.
The concepts of terminal ANS costs and unit rates are linked by the charges paid by airspace users. These charges are equal to the total number of service units multiplied by the terminal unit rate.
Classification system
Terminal air navigation services costs and unit rates are classified per Terminal Charging Zone within the Single European Sky Area.
Each Terminal Charging Zone belongs to a single State in the zone.
Sector coverage
The measures pertain to the Air Transport and Air Traffic Management Sector of the economy.
Statistical concepts and definitions
All cost values are expressed as:
- Euro or National currencies outside the Euro area,
- costs in Real terms,
- costs in Nominal terms.
Statistical unit
The statistical unit is the Terminal Charging Zone.
Statistical population
The statistical population comprises the Terminal Charging Zones the Single European Sky Area.
Reference area
The reference area is the Single European Sky Area.
Time coverage
Actual Costs are measured over the period 2012 to the year before the current year.
Base period
2009 is the base year for the calculation of cost series in Real terms.
Unit of Measure
Costs and unit rates are measured in:
- Local currency in nominal terms,
- Local currency in real terms,
- EUR in real terms.
Real terms values are corrected for inflation relative to the base year.
Reference period
- The first reference period (RP1) covers the calendar years 2012 to 2014 inclusive.
- The second reference period (RP2) covers the calendar years 2015 to 2019 inclusive.
- The third reference period (RP3) covers the calendar years 2020 to 2024 inclusive.
Unless decided otherwise, the following reference periods shall be of five calendar years.
Institutional Mandate
Legal acts and agreements are established in the EU IR691/2010|Performance Regulation (691 / 2010), Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 390 / 2013 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/317.
Confidentiality
- The information is disseminated in accordance with Article 21 of the Performance Regulation (691 / 2010).
- The information is disseminated in accordance with Article 22 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 390 / 2013.
- The information is disseminated in accordance with Article 38 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/317.
Release policy
Release calendar
The Terminal ANS costs and unit rates are released twice a year.
Release calendar access
Not applicable.
User access
Information is disseminated to the general public via the SES Data Portal.
Frequency of dissemination
The Terminal ANS costs and unit rates are published on a yearly basis.
Dissemination format
Information is disseminated to the general public via the SES Data Portal.
Accessibility of documentation
Documentation on methodology
As per the pertaining regulations (see Institutional Mandate).
For technical questions not addressed in Statistical processing
please contact: [email protected].
Additional definitions of the terms used in the frame of the this KPI
are available in the Metadata page.
Quality documentation
There is no specific documentation on procedures applied for quality management and quality assessment.
Quality Management
Quality assurance
The data is provided by the concerned States and as such it is their responsibility to perform any quality assurance activities.
EUROCONTROL is not responsible for the procedures and processes used in the production of this data.
Quality assessment
EUROCONTROL performs systematic checks to verify that totals do indeed equal the sum of their parts. However, if discrepancies are found, they are simply reported to data provider who may or may not make corrections.
EUROCONTROL does not change data elements nor does it prevent the publication of data that failed to verify the checks.
Relevance
The information is published for performance monitoring purposes in accordance with the relevant EU legislation.
Accuracy and reliability
Overall accuracy
This data is provided by the States and displayed as provided. It is assumed that the States have provided perfectly accurate data.
Sampling error
There is no sampling and therefore no sampling error.
Timeliness and punctuality
Timeliness
The latest data displayed represents costs and rates that are at least eleven months old.
Punctuality
The data is provided by the States in June and November and is displayed to the public at the end of November.
Comparability
Comparability — geographical
Depending on the State, terminal charging zones may include from one to more than sixty airports, which would tend to reduce the validity of geographical comparison.
Comparability over time
The exact composition of a given terminal charging zone may vary over time, e.g. changes in the number of airports concerned, which would tend to reduce the comparability over time.
Coherence
Coherence — cross domain
Generally, data should be coherent with ATM Cost-effectiveness (ACE) information.
Coherence — internal
The data is assumed to be internally coherent as provided.
Cost and burden
Not available.
Data revision
The data revision policy has not yet been defined.
Statistical processing
Source data
Forecast Data
- Terminal ANS costs and related data
- National/FAB performance plans adopted by the States for the first reference period.
- Exchange rates (2009)
- National/FAB performance plans adopted by the States for the first reference period.
- Inflation rates
- Forecast data: National/FAB performance plans adopted by the States for the first reference period.
Frequency of data collection
The data is collected twice a year (June & November).
Data collection
Air navigation service providers are required to fill a reporting table for each terminal charging zone under their responsibility and supply it to the European Commission (Charging Regulation (EC 1794 / 2006)).
Data validation
The data is validated by the States/data providers under their own responsibility.
Data compilation
The data provided is loaded into a database at EUROCONTROL but no aggregation or modification is performed.
Adjustment
No adjustments are performed on this data.
Comment
No comments.
Disclaimer
This data is published by the Performance Review Body (PRB) of the Single European Sky. Every effort has been made to ensure that the information and analysis contained on this website are as accurate and complete as possible. Despite these precautions, should you find any errors or inconsistencies we would be grateful if you could please bring them to the Performance Review Unit’s attention.
The information may be copied in whole or in part providing that the copyright notice and disclaimer are included. The information may not be modified without prior written permission from the PRB. The views expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the official views or policy of EUROCONTROL or of the European Commission, which make no warranty, either implied or express, for the information contained on this website, neither do they assume any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of this information. The PRB reserves the right to change or amend the information provided at any time and without prior notice.