| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SES States (EU27+2)1 | €6,225 | €6,201 | €6,167 | €6,235 | €6,307 | €6,136 |
| Other 10 States in the Route Charges System2 | €1,247 | €1,287 | €1,282 | €1,348 | €1,380 | €1,412 |
| Total en-route ANS costs | €7,472 | €7,488 | €7,449 | €7,583 | €7,687 | €7,548 |
| SES States (EU27+2) | 105 | 109 | 115 | 122 | 125 | 53 |
| Other 10 States in the Route Charges System | 29 | 30 | 33 | 35 | 36 | 16 |
| Total en-route service units (million TSUs) | 134 | 139 | 148 | 157 | 161 | 68 |
| SES States (EU27+2) | €59.40 | €56.80 | €53.60 | €51.20 | €50.40 | €116.90 |
| Other 10 States in the Route Charges System | €43.10 | €43.00 | €39.20 | €38.30 | €38.00 | €89.50 |
| En-route ANS costs per TSU | €55.90 | €53.80 | €50.40 | €48.30 | €47.60 | €110.60 |
| Source: EUROCONTROL (2022), Performance Review Report (PRR) 2021. Figure 6.2 | ||||||
| 1 SES States refer to the 27 Member States of the European Union (EU), plus Switzerland and Norway | ||||||
| 2 Non‐SES States refer to ten States which are not bound by SES regulations but which were part of the EUROCONTROL Multilateral Route Charges System in 2020 (i.e. Albania, Armenia, Bosnia‐Herzegovina, Georgia, Moldova, North Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro, United Kingdom and Türkiye) | ||||||
29 En-route ANS costs
29.1 EUROCONTROL recommended values
The costs of Air Navigation Services (ANS) in en-route airspace that is under the control of States/ANSPs.
Table 29.1 shows the real en-route ANS cost per and the Total en-route Service Units (TSU) for the EUROCONTROL Area in total and split into the SES States and the Other 10 States.[1] The monetary values are presented in 2020 prices.
29.2 Description
The En-route ANS costs per TSU in Table 29.1 are calculated as the ratio between the Total en-route ANS costs and Total en-route service units.
Note
Please note the difference between Total Service Units (TSU) and Terminal Service Units (TNSU).
Note
The Unit Rate of Charge is the charge in euro applied by a Charging Zone to a flight operated by an aircraft of 50 metric tonnes (weight factor of 1.00) and flying 100 kilometres (distance factor of 1.00) in the charge area of that State.
The Total en-route ANS costs values in Table 29.1 are actual values. Often these can also be presented as ‘determined’ (a projection in the future) costs. This is typically the case when en-route ANS costs are forecasted for a reference period of five years are costs pre determined by the SES States as referred to in Article 15(2)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 550/2004[2] for providing air navigation services.
The Total en-route Service Units, which are used for the calculation of route charges that airspace users are billed for the costs of air navigation services received. En-route service units of a specific flight are equal to the product of the Distance Factor (the distance flown expressed in 100 kilometres) by the Aircraft Weight Factor square root of the Maximum Take Off Weight of the aircraft which performed the flight (expressed in 50 tonnes).
Note
Further information on calculating unit rates can be found on customer guide to charges website
29.3 Other possible sources
Other source could be the EUROCONTROL Central Route Charges Office. At the time of writing, the most recent published version is the 2021 Report on the Operation of the Route Charges System.[3] Please, check regularly the CRCO full list of reports on the operation of the route charges system for the latest information.
The CRCO calculates route charges using flight messages sent by the Contracting States’ Route Charges Offices (CRCOs) and additional flight information made available via the EUROCONTROL Network Management Directorate (NMD). The CRCO bills aircraft operators on a monthly basis, collects charges and disburses the amounts collected to the States every week.
29.6 References
[1]
EUROCONTROL, “Performance Review Report (PRR) 2021,” 2022 [Online]. Available: https://www.eurocontrol.int/publication/performance-review-report-prr-2021. [Accessed: Sep. 03, 2023]
[2]
European Commission, “Article 15(2)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 550/2004.” [Online]. Available: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CONSLEG:2004R0550:20091204:EN:PDF
[3]
EUROCONTROL, “Report on the operation of the route charges system in 2021,” 2022 [Online]. Available: https://www.eurocontrol.int/publication/report-operation-route-charges-system-2021
29.4 Comments
Terminal ANS costs and ANSP gate to gate economic performance are described separately in chapter 6 of the EUROCONTROL Performance Review Report[1].