Commission Decision (EU) 2023/2481 of 10 November 2023 laying down indicative ranges for the Union-wide performance targets for the air traffic management network for the fourth reference period (2025-2029)

• CELEX: Decision (EU) 2023/2481
• Articles: 3

Article 1

The indicative Union-wide performance target ranges for the fourth reference period (‘RP4’), consisting of the annual minimum and maximum values within which the Commission intends to set those Union-wide performance targets, are set out in the Annex.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

Indicative ranges for the Union-wide performance targets for the fourth reference period (‘RP4’)

KEY PERFORMANCE AREA OF SAFETY

Effectiveness of safety management, ranging from EASA level A to D

Level of effectiveness of safety management to be achieved by air navigation service providers , broken down per safety management objective

Lower bound for Union-wide targets

(to be achieved by 2029)

Upper bound for Union-wide targets

(to be achieved by 2029)

Safety policy and objectives

C

C

Safety risk management

D

D

Safety assurance

C

C

Safety promotion

C

C

Safety culture

C

C

KEY PERFORMANCE AREA OF ENVIRONMENT

Average horizontal en route flight efficiency of the actual trajectory

Average horizontal en route flight efficiency of the actual trajectory , expressed as a percentage

2025

2026

2027

2028

2029

Upper bound for Union-wide targets

2,71  %

2,70  %

2,69  %

2,67  %

2,66  %

Lower bound for Union-wide targets

2,49  %

2,46  %

2,44  %

2,42  %

2,39  %

KEY PERFORMANCE AREA OF CAPACITY

Average en route air traffic flow management (‘ATFM’) delay in minutes per flight

Average en route ATFM delay , expressed in minutes per flight

2025

2026

2027

2028

2029

Upper bound for Union-wide targets

0,50

0,50

0,50

0,40

0,40

Lower bound for Union-wide targets

0,41

0,38

0,35

0,33

0,31

KEY PERFORMANCE AREA OF COST-EFFICIENCY

Year-on-year change of the average Union-wide en route determined unit cost (‘DUC’) for en route air navigation services

Year-on-year change of the average en route Union-wide DUC , expressed as a percentage

2025

2026

2027

2028

2029

Upper bound for Union-wide targets

–0,7  %

–0,7  %

–0,7  %

–0,7  %

–0,7  %

Lower bound for Union-wide targets

–3,1  %

–3,1  %

–3,1  %

–3,1  %

–3,1  %

Baseline value for the average en route Union-wide DUC for RP4 , expressed in real terms in EUR 2022

2024

Estimated baseline value for the RP4 Union-wide cost-efficiency performance target ranges

55,61 EUR