Volume de trafic ... l'Allemagne passe en tête.

C'est en tout cas ainsi que le CEO de la DFS, Dieter Kaden, a présenté les résultats de son entreprise pour l'année 2005:

"The volume of air traffic in German airspace grew by 5.4 per cent in 2005. At its press conference on Wednesday, DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH (the German air navigation services) put the number of flights at 2.87 million compared to 2.71 million in 2004. This makes Germany the country in Europe with the highest air traffic level, both in terms of percentage and in absolute terms.

Over one third (34 per cent) of all aircraft movements were transit flights, which had the highest growth rate. The number of flights to and from destinations outside Germany also increased, whereas the number of domestic flights continued to fall as in previous years. Domestic flights dropped from 19 per cent in 1999 to 15 per cent in 2005, but the passenger volume continued to rise, indicating that airlines were using larger aircraft.

DFS Chairman and CEO, Dieter Kaden, was extremely proud of the high levels of safety and punctuality. Despite the increase in traffic volume, the number of aircraft proximities dropped to only three incidents, two of which were attributed to risk category A* (risk of collision) and one to risk category B* (safety not assured). DFS did not cause any of the incidents. In 2004, the Aircraft Proximity Evaluation Group (APEG**) had registered six incidents.

But the punctuality level is just as impressive as safety. According to Mr Kaden, 97 per cent of all flights controlled by DFS arrived at their destinations without any delay caused by air traffic control. Even in terms of punctuality, Germany’s performance was better than the European average."