2011 first-half performance: Good punctuality levels despite a significant increase in traffic volume

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2011 first-half performance: Good punctuality levels despite a significant
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Geneva, 11 July 2011 - Skyguide managed 587,030 flights in the first half of
2011, a 5.7 percent increase on the same period last year. The steps taken to
increase system capacity also enabled skyguide to achieve an excellent
performance in terms of punctuality for the period: 92.6 percent of all flights
were handled on time.

Significant increases in traffic volumes

Europe's air-traffic volumes have been recovering since February 2010, after the
world financial crisis, and have since then shown steady growth.

Instrument flights[1] handled by skyguide in the first half of 2011:

+----------------------------+-------------------+-------------------+--------+
| | January-June 2011 | January-June 2010 | Change |
+----------------------------+-------------------+-------------------+--------+
| Instrument flights handled | 587,030 | 555,599 | + 5.7% |
+----------------------------+-------------------+-------------------+--------+
|  of which transit flights | 346,185 | 333,650 | + 3.8% |
+----------------------------+-------------------+-------------------+--------+

The volume of transit flights using the airspace within skyguide's control
showed a 3.8 percent increase for the first-half period. Arrival and Departure
Control handled 8.5 percent more traffic. First-half traffic at Geneva Airport
was up by 8.6 percent, while Zurich saw a 7 percent increase.

The peak day of 2011 to date was 17 June, when 3,914 flights were handled. This
is substantially more than on the peak day in 2010, when 3,854 flights were
handled.

Delay levels below the previous year

Skyguide handled 92.6 percent of its flights on time in the first half of 2011,
and increased its punctuality performance compared to the reference period when
89 percent of all flights were on time. Skyguide thus recorded fewer than half
the delays in the first half of 2011 than occurred in 2006, while handling a
similar volume of traffic. Skyguide continues to implement measures to raise its
system capacity. Its strong punctuality performance is a result of such
measures, and more specifically of the reorganisation of the upper airspace in
the Geneva and Zurich areas that was performed during the previous years.


[1] IFR or "instrument flight rules" flights are performed in controlled
airspace and require air traffic management services to ensure their safe and
efficient operation.


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Skyguide is responsible for providing air navigation services within Swiss
airspace and in the airspace of certain adjoining regions in neighbouring
countries. The company guides the civil and military aircraft entrusted to its
care - around 3170 flights a day or 1.16 million a year - through some of the
busiest and most complex airspace in Europe. Skyguide is a non-profit limited
company which has its head office in Geneva. The majority of its shares are held
by the Swiss Confederation. The company generated total operating revenue of
over CHF 365 million last year, and currently employs some 1400 people at 14
locations in Switzerland. Skyguide is also a member, together with its partner
organisations in Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, of
the FABEC initiative to create a common functional airspace block.



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