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Cost Analysis of Air Traffic Flow Disruptions in Europe

One of three main phases of European Air Traffic Management (EATM) system is strategic phase which is separately conducted at national, regional and Europe-wide level. It mainly includes a conduction of periodical activities and meetings with an aim to identify areas requiring performance improvements, higher airspace utilization level, optimizations etc. In addition, evaluation of airborne Air Traffic Flow Management (ATFM) delays is also a common activity that is being done at strategic phase. The reason is that airborne ATFM delays are also used as a measure to identify Area Control Centres (ACCs) with capacity shortage and to identify network bottlenecks. Usually such assessments are based on different internal and external data and information obtained from accredited sources, standardized measurement values and measurement principles. In 2018, due to high demand for air traffic services, airspace users have faced with a significant increase of airborne ATFM delays and consequently additional operational costs. Thereby, this research was carried out with an aim to estimate a value of additional operational costs of airspace users which have been generated during 2018 due to airborne delays. Hence the causes and appearance areas of different types of airborne ATFM delays have been studied, articulated in sense of additional operational cost and finally presented within this research paper. Lastly, this research also gives a background for evidence-based policy making by identifying where and how to further improve the competitiveness of European air traffic market.

Air traffic management ; airspace management ; air traffic flow management ; cost analysis

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