1988 No. 2130

CIVIL AVIATION

The Civil Aviation (Route Charges for Navigation Services) (Fifth Amendment) Regulations 1988

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

Whereas in pursuance of tariffs approved under the Eurocontrol Convention1 and under the Multilateral Agreement relating to Route Charges concluded at Brussels on 12th February 1981 (being international agreements to which the United Kingdom is a Party) the Secretary of State for Transport has determined the rates of charges, as specified in the following Regulations, payable to the Eurocontrol Organisation in respect of navigation services provided for aircraft:

Now, therefore, the Secretary of State for Transport in exercise of his powers under sections 73 and 74 of the Civil Aviation Act 19822 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:—

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Aviation (Route Charges for Navigation Services) (Fifth Amendment) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 1st January 1989.

2

The Civil Aviation (Route Charges for Navigation Services) Regulations 19843 shall be further amended as follows—

1

For Schedule 1 thereof there shall be substituted Schedule 1 to these Regulations.

2

For Schedule 2 thereof there shall be substituted Schedule 2 to these Regulations.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Peter BottomleyParliamentary Under Secretary of State,Department of Transport

SCHEDULE

The following replace Schedule 1 and Schedule 2 of the principal Regulations

SCHEDULE 1SPECIFIED AIRSPACES

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Country

Publication in which FIRS are described

Unit Rate in US $

Established at a Rate of Exchange of

Austria

AIP Austria

72.91

1 US $=12.966 Sch

Belgium and Luxembourg

AIP Belgique

51.53

1 US $=38.623 BF

France

AIP France (France Metropolitaine)

51.87

1 US $=6.2152 FF

Germany

AIP Germany

52.65

1 US $=1.8440 DM

Greece

AIP Greece

20.29

1 US $=147.657 Dra

Ireland Republic of

AIP Ireland

33.03

1 US $=0.68655 £Ir

Netherlands

AIP Netherlands

49.65

1 US $=2.0804 G

Portugal

AIP Portugal

36.93 Santa Maria FIR 12.30

1 US $=149.954 Esc

Spain

AIP Espana

Madrid & Barcelona FIRS — 39.89 Canaries FIRS — 32.85

1 US $=122.218 Pts

Switzerland

AIP Switzerland

69.55

1 US $=1.5321 SF

United Kingdom

United Kingdom Air Pilot†

56.24

1 US $=£0.586470

†

Excluding Shanwick FIR.

SCHEDULE 2

Aerodromes of departure (or of first destination) situated

Aerodromes of first destination (or of departure)

Amount of the charge in US $

(1)

(2)

(3)

ZONE 1

— between WO1400 and W11000 and North of N5500 with the exception of Iceland

Frankfurt

883.48

London

551.68

Paris

753.14

Prestwick

288.51

ZONE II

— between WO3000 and W11000 and N2800 and N5500

Amsterdam

580.00

Athens

942.39

Basle

731.60

Belfast

148.40

Belgrade

1114.68

Berlin-Schonefeld

585.47

Berlin-Tegel

816.04

Birmingham

342.85

Bordeaux

373.95

Brussels

600.52

Cardiff

300.21

Casablanca

350.53

Cologne-Bonn

695.49

Copenhagen

498.53

Dakar

162.11

Dublin

159.47

Dubrovnik

1125.95

Dusseldorf

693.46

Frankfurt

768.66

Geneva

673.61

Glasgow

194.60

Hamburg

685.94

Helsinki

307.07

Jeddah

995.46

Lagos

155.10

Lamezia-Terme

828.52

Las Palmas (Canary Islands)

414.96

Lisbon

386.63

Llubljana

1089.52

London

403.27

Luxembourg

682.54

Lyons

631.38

Maastricht

661.33

Madrid

472.26

Malaga

576.47

Manchester

316.64

Manston

477.52

Milan

762.23

Monrovia

154.37

Moscow

411.74

Munich

892.94

Naples

855.44

Newcastle

306.41

Nice

724.28

Oporto

275.18

Oslo

350.38

Ostend

522.57

Paris

498.52

Pisa

760.73

Ponta Delgada (Azores)

160.15

Prague

872.77

Prestwick

194.60

Riyadh

1042.39

Rome

813.96

Sal Island (Cape Verde)

180.20

Santa Maria (Azores)

171.34

Santiago

224.03

Shannon

125.51

Stockholm

325.63

Stuttgart

795.45

Tel-Aviv

1166.36

Tenerife

385.82

Turin

809.00

Venice

938.66

Vienna

1116.35

Warsaw

502.17

Zagreb

1114.68

Zurich

773.34

ZONE III

— West of 11000 and between N2800 and N5500

Amsterdam

633.45

Dusseldorf

720.70

Frankfurt

750.10

London

528.25

Luxembourg

793.72

Madrid

365.02

Manchester

412.43

Milan

935.63

Paris

635.93

Prestwick

257.58

Shannon

119.57

Zurich

956.64

ZONE IV

— West of W03000 and between the equator and N2800

Amsterdam

820.89

Berlin-Schonefeld

705.33

Bordeaux

758.68

Brussels

591.89

Cologne-Bonn

667.74

Dusseldorf

698.31

Frankfurt

813.66

Las Palmas (Canary Islands)

469.96

Lisbon

533.14

London

466.98

Lyons

1004.14

Madrid

658.93

Manchester

483.74

Marseilles

1030.71

Milan

989.07

Oporto

518.49

Paris

745.77

Porto Santo (Madeira)

338.42

Prague

887.65

Sal Island (Cape Verde)

100.74

Santa Maria (Azores)

225.46

Santiago

515.43

Shannon

147.88

Tenerife

466.67

Toulouse

854.46

Zurich

880.59

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations further amend the Civil Aviation (Route Charges for Navigation Services) Regulations 1984 as follows:—

New rates and transatlantic tariffs are introduced reflecting forecasts of costs and traffic for 1989 and taking into account the balance of over and under recoveries of revenue as compared with costs experienced by the countries participating in the Eurocontrol charging system in 1987.

The unit rates in United States dollars set out in Schedule 1 and the amount of the charges in United States dollars set out in Schedule 2 are calculated by reference to the costs of provision of en route navigation services in the participating countries in the Eurocontrol charges system, the amount of the traffic using each country’s airspace and the relationship of each country’s currency to the United States dollar over a period agreed by Ministers of the participating countries. The inter-action of these elements varies in each country. In calculating the revised charges the average of the exchange rates between the United States dollar and the currencies of the participating countries obtaining in the month of July 1988 have been used. Greece which became a Member State of Eurocontrol in 1988 is included for the first time.

The unit rate in United States dollars for Austria, Belgium, France, the Republic of Ireland, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal (Mainland) and Switzerland has decreased by an average of 9.4 per cent. The unit rate in United States dollars for the Federal Republic of Germany and Spain (Mainland) has increased by an average of 9.2 per cent and for Portugal (Santa Maria) and Spain (Canaries) by an average of 16.3 per cent.

The unit rate in United States dollars for the United Kingdom has decreased by 0.2 per cent.