| Year | ATCO-hour productivity1 | Employment cost per ATCO hour2 | Support staff ratio3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 0.83 | €112.00 | 3.20 |
| 2016 | 0.84 | €113.00 | 3.10 |
| 2017 | 0.88 | €114.00 | 3.10 |
| 2018 | 0.93 | €115.00 | 3.10 |
| 2019 | 0.97 | €118.00 | 3.10 |
| 2020 | 0.47 | €131.00 | 3.20 |
| Source: EUROCONTROL (2022), ATM cost-effectiveness (ACE) benchmarking report for 2020 with 2021-2024 outlook | |||
| 1 Unit: composite flight-hours per ATCO-hour | |||
| 2 Unit: euro per ATCO-hour | |||
| 3 Unit: gate-to-gate ANS staff to ATCOs in OPS | |||
33 ATM cost-effectiveness indicators
33.1 EUROCONTROL recommended values
This section considers some key performance indicators of cost-effectiveness and productivity for the Air Navigation Services Providers (ANSP) in the EUROCONTROL area.
Table 33.1 shows the trends in European system averages for the years 2015 through 2020.
33.2 Description
The ACE benchmarking reports comprise data about and analysis of cost-effectiveness and productivity for the ANSPs in EUROCONTROL’s Member States. The key performance drivers of cost-effectiveness are:
Productivity
Employment costs
Support costs, comprising costs for non-ATCOs in OPS employment, non-staff operating costs, exceptional costs, depreciation and capital-related costs
The 2020 key performance drivers of financial cost-effectiveness for each ANSP are summarised in Figure 0.4 of the source document.[1] There is a wide variation in each of the components:
ATCO productivity ranges from 0.08 to 1.29 (figure 2.8 of the source document)
Employment costs per ATCO-hour vary from a minimum of €16 to a maximum of €345 per ATCO-hour in purchasing power parity terms (figure 2.10 of the source document)
Support cost ratios as a component of gate-to-gate cost-effectiveness vary from 1.9 to 7.9 in 2020 (ratio G2G ANS staff/ATCOs in OPS in Annex 5; Table 0.5 of the source document
Note
The employment costs above refer to gate-to-gate cost, i.e. en route and terminal costs, and are expressed in nominal prices.
33.4 References
[1]
EUROCONTROL PRU, “Air traffic management cost-effectiveness (ACE) benchmarking report for 2020 with 2021-2024 outlook,” 2022 [Online]. Available: https://www.eurocontrol.int/publication/air-traffic-management-cost-effectiveness-ace-benchmarking-report-2020