Flight Efficiency Plan
ENAV has always studied and prepared solutions that contribute to fly safely and efficiently.
The new deployments that ENAV has finalized or is developing for the next few years are designed to optimize air traffic management and to reduce flight time. On this track, and in consideration of the international guidelines, in early 2009 ENAV published its first “Flight Efficiency Plan” (FEP) – followed by a second edition in 2010 – to deliver in the Italian airspace an air navigation system at the leading edge.
ENAV has monitored the FEP actions which have become structural achievements. Most of the planned actions have been carried out. In about three years they have led up to cumulative savings of miles and time. After a massive air traffic decrease in 2009, in 2010 there has been a strong recovery, especially during the summer season, that has proportionally boosted the expected results beyond expectations. The efficiency level already achieved results in lower targets for the future, however the 2011 target will be challenging as well.
This third edition of ENAV’s Flight Efficiency Plan (2011) wants to keep on identifying solutions which, while respecting safety and capacity requirements, represent a contribution to having a cost reduction of flights and a decrease of the environmental impact due to the greenhouse effect.
Thanks to the FEP, 9.4 million kilograms of fuel should be saved in 2011 which will produce a reduction of carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) of more than 29.61 million kilograms and economic savings for airlines of about 5 million Euros.