A4E criticises low EU ATC performance targets
A4E has rebuked the EU for extending the maximum threshold for Europe's air navigation service providers (ANSP) from 0.5 minutes to 0.9 minutes per flight, the weakest performance targets ever. With the new targets in place for the next two years, a minimum of 9.9m minutes of delays per year will be acceptable versus 5.5m minutes. Airlines experienced a record 19m minutes of delays in 2018, 105% higher than in 2017. “New targets will lead to increased delays and more CO2 emissions, despite record delays and industry calls for urgent EU airspace reform,” A4E said. A4E MD Thomas Reynaert said: "Combined with insufficient staffing levels and current underspending by ANSPs on future investments to improve their performance, the new targets are extremely disappointing and simply bad news for passengers.” <br/>
https://portal.staralliance.com/cms/news/hot-topics/2019-04-16/general/a4e-criticises-low-eu-atc-performance-targets
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A4E criticises low EU ATC performance targets
A4E has rebuked the EU for extending the maximum threshold for Europe's air navigation service providers (ANSP) from 0.5 minutes to 0.9 minutes per flight, the weakest performance targets ever. With the new targets in place for the next two years, a minimum of 9.9m minutes of delays per year will be acceptable versus 5.5m minutes. Airlines experienced a record 19m minutes of delays in 2018, 105% higher than in 2017. “New targets will lead to increased delays and more CO2 emissions, despite record delays and industry calls for urgent EU airspace reform,” A4E said. A4E MD Thomas Reynaert said: "Combined with insufficient staffing levels and current underspending by ANSPs on future investments to improve their performance, the new targets are extremely disappointing and simply bad news for passengers.” <br/>
