FlightGlobal.com
Home
Premium
Archive
Video
Images
Forum
Atlas
Blogs
Jobs
Shop
RSS
Email Newsletters
You are in:
Home
Aviation History
1961
1961 - 1804.PDF
G R 0UN 0 10UIPM£KT 916 FUG T, 14 Decent- y WHO PAYS WHO AND HOW MUCH: BRITAIN AND AMERICA TO JUMP ON THE WAGON ? Chile "charges for each radio beacon used": a Comet 4 of Aerolineas Argentinas over Los Cerrillos, Santiago EN ROUTE AIR NAVIGATION CHARGES By G. L. Marchault LANDING FEES have been greatly in the news during recentmonths and strong views on their compatibility have beenwidely aired; fuel and ticket taxes, too, have also received their share of publicity. But one further charge to which aviation is subject has been almost completely ignored: the fee levied for the use of navigation facilities, communications, en route aids and the like. Such a fee is generally styled an "air navigation" or "en route facilities" charge. The recent rumpus that has blown up in Canada, where the Government has sued several airlines for non-payment of such charges, has focused attention on that country in particular. A few people may be aware that similar charges, although of lesser magnitude, are also made in Malta and the Sudan. A few others might hazard a guess that they are also applied in one or two South American countries, although they probably could not name them. It may, then, come as a distinct surprise to learn that, at the moment, no fewer than 27 countries have adopted this method of raising extra revenue and that at least two or three others, including the USA, are considering their introduction. The countries now charging such fees are listed below. For greater clarity the various currencies have been converted into sterling to save the reader having to wrestle with a welter of guaranis, kyats, pesos and escudos. ADEN. A fee of 10s is charged for each H/F contact made on a particularchannel. ARGENTINA. Charges are made for services including air traffic control,aeronautical fixed and mobile services and radio navigation service. They are based on the cost of operation of the services, frequency offlights and proportion of services used. Scheduled operators pay 50 per cent of cost and, when a route is shared by more than oneoperator, the 50 per cent is shared between them. The official estimated monthly cost of operating Ezeiza radio installations isgiven as £4,500. Non-scheduled operators pay about 5s for each flight and for each radio installation used. AUSTRALIA uses a system which serves the dual function of landing feeand air navigation charge. Aircraft are classified by weight categories and then pay a flat rate per I,0001b multiplied by a route factor whichincreases according to the length of the flight. For example, an aircraft of 150,0001b flving from Canberra to Darwin would pay:10|d (weight category)'- 150 (a.u.w. in ],000s) 10 (route factor) = £A65 12s 6d. or about £52 10s. BAHAMAS. All aircraft owned and operated by a commercial or anindustrial company, whether flying for hire or reward or not, pay a telecommunications charge as follows: Casual users: Less than 20C/W messages per calendar month, 15s per message (which must not exceed 20 words). Regular users: More than 20 C/W messages permonth are charged on a pro-rata basis. BARBADOS. Scheduled users are on "contract" rates. Casual users arecharged: £5 4s for air/ground/air service per landing or overflight; £2 15s for navigation aids per landing or overflight; 8s 4d permessage of 20 words or part thereof. BRITISH GUIANA charges contract rales for scheduled operations, whilstcasual users are charged: £1 13s 3d for air/ground/air service per landing or overflight; £2 Is 7d for navigation aids for landing oroverflight; 8s 4d per message of 20 words or part thereof. BRITISH HONDURAS operates a sliding scale based on the number oflandings per month. For communications and radio aids, one to five landings are charged at £3 each; six to ten cost £2 15s each;and for 11 upwards the fee is £2 10s each. Point-to-point messages are also on a sliding scale, ranging from 7s each for the first 50 downto 4s for 401 and upwards. BURMA makes the following operational charges for use of RangoonFIR air navigation facilities by aircraft flying over or through its territory: Light aircraft carrying purely VHF R/T, 15s (Class A);privately owned aircraft with full rado, £3 15s. (Class B); Charter and/or common carrier, £15 (Class C). There are also movementcharges: Class A, 7s 6d; Class B, £1 15s; Class C, £7 lOd. CANADA. A telecommunication charge of £6 18s is made for each flight where an aircraft is engaged on an Atlantic. Caribbean, Pacific orPolar flight, or any of them, and communicates with a Canadian international communications station. Additionally there is aroute facility fee of £22 2s for an Atlantic or Polar flight. CHILE charges for each radio beacon used, and the rate varies with theownership of the beacon and the number of times it is used. There are also fees for communication facilities, domestic flights beingcharged at one of the three aircraft weight categories, whilst inter- national flights are charged at one of two rates according to weight.In each case there is a 100 per cent surcharge for night operations. (It would be too much involved to attempt to work out an example,especially as there are three different rates of exchange.) COLOMBIA. Charges are made for radio facilities at a flat rate of so muchper kilogramme of aircraft maximum gross weight per hour flown. Fractions of an hour are charged proportionally. A Comet 4, flyingfor one hour, would pay approximately £1 12s. CUBA is unique in charging only a fee for meteorology, of about £1 16sper flight. EAST AFRICA. The following navigation charges are made for eachflight through, or into, the territories, or each 24hr period of flight within the territories: Single-engined aircraft, multi-engined.maximum of less than ten permitted passengers, £1 10s; More than ten permitted passengers, £2; All up weight in excess of 20.0001b.2s per 1,0001b or part thereof. There are also annual rates available, e.g., less than ten passengers, £30. EGYPT charges 15 per cent of the normal landing fee for every aircraftoverflying its territory irrespective of the number of communications with ATC. Normal landing fee for a jet aircraft is 1 i x 25 milliemes100s of kg a.u.w. Comet 4 landing fee is about £23, thus the communications charge would be £3 9s. ETHIOPIA charges only for use of facilities outside published hours ofoperation; 28s 4d per hour is payable. GUATEMALA charges for weather forecasts, weather reports from anystation, radio service (flight watch) and departure and arrival messages. Typical bill: £3 15s. HAITI charges for radio watch, radio messages, meteorological forecastsand terminal forecasts. Typical bill: £4 2s. IRELAND. Here a charge is made for transoceanic contacts with ShannonRadio Station. This charge varies from month to month and is arrived at by dividing the average monthly cost of providing theservice by the total number of contacts for the month. MALTA. An en route charge, which varies with aircraft weight, isincorporated in the normal landing charges for Luqa. Where air- craft fly through the Malta FIR without landing at Luqa (or else-where) the standard charge is increased by 50 per cent. The standard charge varies from 5s for 5.0001b up to £8 for 200,0001b or over. Ntw ZEALAND. There is a flat rate of £20 for 'airways dues" for eachinternational flight taking off" from any New Zealand airfield. Domestic operators are required to pay 5i per cent of the grossoperating revenue from all flight operations unless the aircraft weighs less than 12,5001b, in which case the levy is 2 per cent. Foroperations other than air transport the rate is reduced to 1 per cent, whilst training flights by clubs pay no dues. NICARAGUA. Navigation facility charges are on a sliding scale, b\weight, ranging from £1 16s for aircraft of 5.0001b-10,0001b to £25 for aircraft of 200,0001b, with a 25 per cent surcharge for nightoperations. PARAGUAY charges only for control tower services, basing the chargeon the type of aircraft, number of passengers and number of move- ments each month. A typical charge for a DC-6 with up to 65passengers, and making 30 landings per month, would be 12s 4d per landing. PERU. Charges for the use of aerodrome and communications facilitiesare assessed by aircraft type, e.g., a DC-7B pays about £2 8s. SUDAN. Charges are according to the weight bracket of the aircraft anilthe type of flight: International Internal OverflyingOver 30,0001b a.u.w. .. £10 5s £4 2s £20 10s Under 30,0001b a.u.w. .. £5 2s 6d £2 Is £10 5sSYRIA. Unless a landing is made at a Syrian aerodrome the overflying charge is just under £5.TAIPEI makes communication/navigation-aid facilities and meteoro logical service charges. Scheduled aircraft pay 20 per cent of the
Sign up to
Flight Digital Magazine
Flight Print Magazine
Airline Business Magazine
E-newsletters
RSS
Events
