Víctor M. AguadoDirector General, EUROCONTROL
Air Navigation: Flying through Congested SkiesICAO & McGill University Institute of Air & Space LawMontreal, September 27-29, 2006
Current Performance of Air Traffic Management in Europe
Good performance, in a context of traffic growth:
Safety ensuredDelays reined in
00,5
11,5
22,5
33,5
44,5
5
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
En-route ATFM delay
Average delay (minutes)
2006(jan-Jul)
66,5
77,5
88,5
9
9,510Flights (millions)
55,5
Flights
Hull Loss Accidents by Primary CauseSource: Boeing, 2005 Statistical
Summary
Flight Crew
Airplane
Weather
Misc./ Other
Airport/ Air Traffic Control
Maintenance
Total withknown causes
Unknown orawaiting reports
Total
74
23
17
10
6
4
134
49
183
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
17%13%
7%
5%3%
55%
Constraints to Growth
Capacity Gap / Sector Splitting Limit
Safety RiskAirport Saturation / Environment
European Safety Plan for ATM (ESP)
European Safety Legislation/Regulation
Incident Reporting and Data Sharing, Just Culture
Safety Management Enhancement
Reduce risk of runway incursions, level busts & comms errors
Increased level of safety maturity for both ANSPs and REGs
Maintaining and improving Safety
Traffic
Capacity with current system
PotentialCapacity with
current concept
Short/MediumTerm Improvements
New Solutions
DMEAN
2005 2010 20202015
Air/gndCOM, Support tools, SUR
SESAR Deployment
Traffic
Capacity with current system
PotentialCapacity with
current concept
Short/MediumTerm Improvements
New Solutions
DMEAN
2005 2010 20202015
Air/gndCOM, Support tools, SUR
SESAR DeploymentSHORT & MEDIUM TERM• European Safety Programme• Improvements based on current technology (DMEAN)
LONG TERM• SESAR
Current and Future Development
10.8 M km²
9.2 M flights
826 km/flight
13.8 M km²
19.2 M flights
1350 km/flight
US / Europe differences & similarities