APPENDIX 4
LETTER TO CLERK TO JOINT COMMITTEE FROM AER RIANTA TEORANTA CONCERNING AIRPORT CHARGES AT THE MAIN EUROPEAN AIRPORTS
As requested by the Joint Committee on State-Sponsored Bodies, I enclose a recent league table (7 November 1979) of airport charges at the main European airports.
The table has been drawn up on the following basis:—
Type of Aircraft |
Boeing 737, Boeing 707, Boeing 747 |
Passenger Numbers on Board |
60% load factor |
Destination of Flights |
Europe and Intercontinental |
Charges Included |
Airport charges can take many forms, namely:— |
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(a) Landing and take-off charges* |
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(b) Minimum landing charges* |
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(c) Training landing charges* |
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(d) Domestic flight landing charges* |
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(e) Cargo aircraft landing charges* |
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(f) Passenger charge* |
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(g) Aircraft parking charges* |
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(h) Runway movement charges |
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(i) Security charge |
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(j) Navigational charges |
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(k) Fuel levies |
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(l) Noise levies |
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(m) Runway lighting charge |
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(n) Charter flight surcharge |
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(o) Intercontinental surcharge |
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(Charges operative at Irish airports marked*) |
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The league table has been drawn up on a like-with-like basis. |
Yours sincerely,
BRIAN HAMPSON,
Director Finance.
7 November 1979
LEAGUE TABLE OF WESTERN EUROPEAN AIRPORTS’ ASSOCIATION CHARGES
(plus Birmingham and Manchester)—November 1979
Exchange Rate based on IR£1=$2.07 (7 November 1979)
European Flight with 68 terminal passengers— Boeing 737, 48 Metric Tonnes |
Intercontinental Flight with 106 terminal passengers—Boeing 707, 153 Metric Tonnes |
Intercontinental Flight with 238 terminal passengers—Boeing 747, 325 Metric Tonnes |
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IR£ |
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IR£ |
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IR£ |
1 |
London (Heathrow) (peak) |
727 |
1 |
Stockholm |
1,463 |
1 |
Stockholm |
3,086 |
2 |
Copenhagan |
584 |
2 |
Birmingham/Man. |
1,310 |
2 |
London Heathrow (peak) |
3,009 |
3 |
Stockholm |
490 |
3 |
London Heathrow (peak) |
1,304 |
3 |
Birmingham/Man. |
2,824 |
4 |
Oslo |
465 |
4 |
Oslo |
1,258 |
4 |
Oslo |
2,623 |
5 |
Brussels |
454 |
5 |
Vienna |
1,178 |
5 |
Copenhagen |
2,469 |
6 |
Vienna |
446 |
6 |
Copenhagen |
1,116 |
6 |
Vienna |
2,423 |
7 |
Birmingham/Man. |
445 |
7 |
Brussels |
1,104 |
7 |
Brussels |
2,349 |
8 |
Frankfurt |
405 |
8 |
Frankfurt |
1,090 |
8 |
Frankfurt |
2,318 |
9 |
Amsterdam |
395 |
9 |
Amsterdam |
979 |
9 |
Amsterdam |
1,959 |
10 |
Dublin |
351 |
10 |
Geneva/Zurich |
905 |
10 |
Geneva/Zurich |
1,956 |
11 |
Geneva/Zurich |
350 |
11 |
Paris |
843 |
11 |
Paris |
1,914 |
12 |
Paris |
327 |
12 |
Dublin/Shannon |
837 |
12 |
Dublin/Shannon |
1,829 |
13 |
Shannon/Cork |
324 |
13 |
Rome |
714 |
13 |
Rome |
1,533 |
14 |
Rome |
257 |
14 |
Basle |
512 |
14 |
Basle |
1,111 |
15 |
Basle |
181 |
15 |
Madrid |
381 |
15 |
London Heathrow (valley) |
974 |
16 |
Madrid |
142 |
16 |
London Heathrow (valley) |
375 |
16 |
Madrid |
807 |
17 |
Lisbon |
141 |
17 |
Lisbon |
312 |
17 |
Lisbon |
671 |
18 |
London Heathrow (valley) |
125 |
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Aer Rianta
7 November 1979
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