2024
PRC Observer #2 - How was European air traffic capacity performance in Summer 2024?
Published: 11 October 2024
The Performance Review Commission (PRC) takes a look at the poor capacity performance in Summer 2024 in Europe, contributing factors, and actions to be taken to mitigate high delays over the coming years.
PRC Observer #1 - How can we make aviation green?
Published: 12 July 2024
The Performance Review Commission (PRC) takes a brief look at the environmental performance of European aviation, the possible contribution of ATM in mitigating aviation’s impact on climate, and the challenges ahead in achieving the ambitious environmental goals. How can we make aviation green?
PRC Performance Insight #10 - ATM Cost-Effectiveness - A review of ANSPs regulatory, institutional and corporate governance arrangements
Published: 20 Jun 2024
The objective of this PRC Performance Insight edition is to provide a review of the regulatory and institutional context in which Air Navigation Providers (ANSPs) operate and looks at the different corporate governance arrangements currently in place.
PRC Performance Insight #9 - Gate-to-gate CO₂ emissions in Europe - a holistic approach
Published: 13 Jun 2024
The objective of this PRC Performance Insight edition is to present the PRC’s approach to measure and track gate-to-gate CO2 emissions in the EUROCONTROL area.
PRC Performance Insight #8 - ATM performance benefit pools for improved civil-military cooperation and coordination
Published: 14 Feb 2024
The objective of this PRC Performance Insight edition is to identify ATM performance benefit pools for improved civil-military cooperation and coordination in Europe.
2023
PRC Performance Insight #7 - Reorganising ATS with Virtual Centres
Published: 17 Jan 2023
The objective of this PRC Performance Insight edition is to look at how ATM capacity and scalability will be impacted by the technical transformation process and new operational concepts, taking the example of virtualisation in general and virtual centres in particular
2022
Performance Insight #6 - 20 years of performance-oriented approach for ATM in Europe
Published: 1 Dec 2022
The objective of this PRC performance insight edition is to look at the major developments and trends in terms of ATM performance over the past 20 years before the start of the COVID crisis in 2020.
Performance Insight #5 - Open performance data - An enabler to further performance enhancements?
Published: 14 Oct 2022
Pursuing an open data-based approach will allow all interested parties to tap into a harmonised data environment to build their assessments, validate results published by other parties, and reproduce findings in support of the political and operational discussion about observed performance.
Performance Insight #4: Impact of COVID-19 on en-route unit rates and charges billed to airspace users
Published: 13 May 2022
The pan-European ATM system is primarily financed through the collection of en-route charges. This continuous flow of revenue is ensured via the Route Charges System and managed by the EUROCONTROL Central Route Charges Office (CRCO) which is tasked with billing, collection and disbursement of route charges for the contracting Member States.
2021
Performance Insight #3 - The role of Air Navigation Services (ANS) in a decarbonising world
Published: 18 October 2021
Read the latest PRC Performance Insight on the role of ANS in a decarbonising world. It gives an overview of aviation’s environmental performance in general and the role of Air Navigation Services (ANS) in particular, in order to identify and formulate relevant questions for further debate.
Performance Insight #2: The economic impact of COVID-19 on the ANS system
Published: 23 March 2021
COVID-19 continues to have a huge impact on the aviation industry, not just the airlines and the airports but also the Air Navigation Services (ANS) system that keep the skies safe for all of us. The independent Performance Review Commission (PRC) has prepared a preliminary analysis looking at the impact of this unprecedented crisis on the ANS system and the implications for the future.
2020
Performance Insight #1: Future Challenges to Safety
Published: 15 October 2020
Read the new PRC Performance Insight on future challenges to safety. In view of the numerous technological and institutional changes in the future, the PRC initiated a discussion in early 2020 to collect views on future challenges to safety and how to identify and measure potential risks in a changing ATM environment.
