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Is there an opportunity to de-regulate European ANSPs?

Written by Aviation Advocacy on . Posted in Air traffic management, Competition

A recent article in Eurocontrol’s Skyway magazine provides further evidence that competition is starting to emerge between ANSPs. Air traffic flow managers at Maastricht Upper Airspace Centre (MUAC) have noticed a changing in routings through their airspace, as airlines avoid neighbouring expensive airspace. Even though the resulting routes are longer, once the cost of fuel is taken into account, the total cost can be lower. Just don’t tell the environmentalists. MUAC point to a 5% increase in 2015 in the proportion of aircraft flying on routes through their airspace that limit travel in the more expensive German and British airspace. This change comes at a time when both the German and UK ANSPs increased their route charges, the Belgian ANSP reduced theirs, and the average price of jet fuel fell by almost 30%. The perfect recipe for airlines to re-think their flight plans. Unfortunately, given the current regulatory set-up in Europe, any such change in airspace patterns is all too quickly posed as a challenge to ANSPs, not an opportunity.

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