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The airlines hold the destiny of the ANSPs in their hands

Written by Aviation Advocacy on . Posted in Air traffic management, Airlines, Climate change

It’s no secret that airlines will often fly longer distances to avoid high ATM fees. As we discussed in this month’s Aviation Intelligence Reporter, en-route charges vary significantly across European ANSPs, and there can be large differences in the fees charged by ANSPs that are controlling neighbouring airspace. In 2014, flight trajectories were, on average, 2.5% longer than the shortest possible routes. All this results in congested airspace, increased fuel burn and more emissions. One of the motivating factors for starting on the Single European Sky (SES) project was to reduce trajectories, thereby increasing efficiency and reducing emissions. From a political perspective, it’s all about emissions. However, from an airline perspective, emissions are nothing more than a proxy for fuel burn and fuel is all about cost. When the cost of fuel was high, en-route charges were comparatively insignificant and we could all form a ring around the camp fire and talk about emissions. But when the fuel price falls, all that nice green talk turns into greenbacks.

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