If all went to plan, the 144 measures implemented since AIRAC 1807 could have led to:
European Route Network Improvement Plan (ERNIP) - Monitoring Report - AIRAC 1907

Our monthly European route network implementation plan (ERNIP) monitoring report provides an overview of the airspace design improvements applied by States during the past AIRAC cycle and an analysis of their potential and real world effects.
Highlights for AIRAC 1907
5
projects implemented in AIRACT 1907.
8
implementing States and organisations.
Potential improvements
343,000
NMs
flown less
2,058
tons
less fuel used
6,860
tons
less CO2 emitted
€
1,715,000
saved
Real-world performance
Based on our filed flight plan indicator, the actual situation during AIRAC 1907 was:
395,000
NMs
flown more
2,370
tons
more fuel used
7,900
tons
more CO2 emitted
€
1,975,000
spent
Key reasons
Some of the causes that can explain the real-world figures seen above, include:
- Geopolitical (Ukraine, Libya and Syria);
- Staffing (Karlsruhe UAC, Wien ACC, Athens ACC, Bordeaux ACC, Marseille ACC and Nicosia ACC)
- Capacity (Karlsruhe UAC, Wien ACC, Barcelona ACC and Budapest ACC)
- Weather (South-East- and North-East Axes)
- Financial (fluctuation of route charges over Europe)
For more details, download our monitoring report.