EUROCONTROL PRU is engaged in a series of international comparison projects.
United States / Europe - Since 2003, FAA and EUROCONTROL have jointly produced comparisons of operational performance using common data and agreed algorithms. As of 2013, the US/Europe comparison is performed under a Memorandum of Cooperation between the United States and the European Union. The series comprises reports for 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, and 2017 (published April 2019). In light of COVID19, a more tailored comparison for the 2020 and 2021 is planned focussing on the regional response / impact of COVID19. The next regular (i.e. post-COVID) US/Europe comparison is foreseen for 2023.
Singapore, Japan, Thailand, Brazil, United States, Europe - Under the umbrella of a tri-partite benchmarking, Singapore CAA, FAA, and EUROCONTROL prepared a first joint internal report in 2017. The scope of this initial study comprised Changi airport and a set of comparable airports in the US and Europe. Japan and Thailand have subsequently joined this project. As of 2020 Brazil is also participating to this multi-regional project. The parties cooperate on the basis of the operational ICAO GANP KPIs harmonising the common understanding of data and analytical concepts. Technical papers about the multi-regional comparison have been presented to ICAO Asia-Pacific over the past years and to the ICAO ANS Conference 13 (summer 2018). An update of the internal report is planned for 2021. Work is also on-going on a COVID related public briefing.
In collaboration with the Chinese Civil Aviation Authority and Civil Aviation University work on an initial comparison was completed in December 2021 with a view to update the bi-regional comparison on a regular basis. The work revolves around a subset of mutually agreed indicators on the basis of the operational ICAO GANP indicators.
A further benchmarking activity has been launched with Brazil (DECEA) and revolves around assessing the operational ANS performance at airports and en-route airspace capacity. Initially, a comparison report was published in the first half of 2021. Since then, DECEA and PRU have produced additional comparative performance reports. Both organizations participate in international working groups related to the operational benchmarking performance of the air navigation system (ANS) and the Global Air Navigation Plan (GANP).
