Regulation (EC) No 437/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 27 February 2003
on statistical returns in respect of the carriage of passengers, freight and mail by air (revoked)

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Regulation revoked (22.11.2023) by The Aviation Statistics Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1074), regs. 1(2), 11(a)

Article 1 Objective
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Article 2 Gibraltar
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Article 3 Data collection characteristics
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Article 4 Collection of data
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Article 5 Accuracy of statistics
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Article 6 Data processing
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Article 7 Transmission of results
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Article 8 Dissemination
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Article 9 Reports
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Article 10 Implementing measures
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Article 11 Committee procedure
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Article 12 Entry into force
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ANNEX I

RECORD STRUCTURE ...
The scope of the data to be reported is limited to civil aviation.
State flights and movements by surface modes of either passengers travelling with a flight code or freight shipped using an air waybill are excluded.

A. Flight stage table (monthly data )
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B. On flight origin/destination table (monthly data )
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C. Airports table (at least annual data)
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CODES

1. Reporting country
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2. Reference period
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3. Airports
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4. Airline information
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5. Aircraft type
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ANNEX II DEFINITIONS AND STATISTICS TO BE REPORTED
Following the header of each definition, the list of articles or tables of the regulation where a reference to the term is made can be found.

I. DEFINITIONS AND VARIABLES OF GENERAL INTEREST

1. Commercial airport (Articles 1 and 3)
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2. State flight (Article 1 and table C1)
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3. Passenger unit (Article 3(2), (4) and (5))
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4. Commercial air service (Article 1 and tables A1, B1, C1)
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5. Scheduled air service (Tables A1 and B1)
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6. Non-scheduled air service (Tables A1 and B1)
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7. Passenger air service (Tables A1 and B1)
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8. All-freight and mail air service (Tables A1 and B1)
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9. Airline (Commercial air transport operator) (Tables A1, B1 and C1)
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9A The CAA (Articles 1, 3, 4 and 7)
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II. DEFINITIONS AND VARIABLES OF INTEREST FOR TABLE A1 (FLIGHT STAGE)

10. Flight stage (Table A1)
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11. Passengers on board (Table A1)
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12. Freight and mail on board (Table A1)
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13. Commercial air flight (Table A1)
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14. Passenger seats available (Table A1)
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III. DEFINITIONS AND VARIABLES OF INTEREST FOR TABLE B1 (ON FLIGHT ORIGIN AND DESTINATION) AND TABLE C1 (AIRPORTS)

15. On flight origin and destination (Table B1)
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16. Passengers carried (Tables B1 and C1)
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17. Freight and mail loaded or unloaded (Tables B1 and C1)
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18. Direct transit passengers (Table C1)
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19. Total commercial aircraft movements (Table C1)
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20. Total aircraft movements (Table C1)
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