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Airports Company Act, 1993 (Act No. 44 of 1993)

Notices

Publication of Airport Charges 2023

2. Notification of movement of aircraft and payment of charges

 

(1) Immediately after an aircraft has landed on a company airport the operator of that aircraft shall give notice to the airport manager, in the form provided by the latter for the purpose, of the time of arrival of that aircraft together with such other information as such operator is required by the airport manager to furnish when completing the notice in the said form.

 

(2) Immediately before an aircraft is to take off from a company airport the operator of that aircraft shall give notice to the airport manager, in the form provided by the latter for the purpose, of the expected time of departure of that aircraft, supply such other information as such operator is required by the airport manager to furnish when completing the notice in the said form and pay all airport charges payable to the airport manager, unless such operator has previously entered into an agreement with the Company for payment.

 

(3) The aircraft operator who has in terms of sub rules (1) and (2), given notice to the airport manager of the arrival or expected departure of that aircraft, shall, as soon as such operator becomes aware of any variation in the information furnished by him in the said notice advise the airport manager of such variation.

 

(4) The operator shall pay the appropriate charges for the landing, taking-off and parking of an aircraft, as set out in the schedules of charges. The operator shall also pay for any supplies, services or facilities provided to him or to the aircraft at the airport by or on behalf of the Company at the charges determined by the Company. All charges referred to in this paragraph shall accrue on a daily basis and shall become due on the day they were incurred and shall be payable to the Company on demand and in any event before the aircraft departs from the airport unless otherwise agreed to by the Company(which agreement may be withdrawn at any time at the sole discretion of the Company) or unless otherwise provided for in terms for payment included in the invoice for such charges.

 

(5) Payment shall be made without deductions (including taxes or charges). If the applicable law requires any tax or charge to be deducted before payment the amount shall be increased so that the payment made will equal the amount due to the Company as if no such tax or charge had been imposed.

 

(6) All sums due which are not paid on the due date shall bear interest from day to day at prime overdraft rate from the date when such sums were due until date of payment (both dates inclusive).

 

(7) Where an aircraft operator has not used the airport in the previous 12 months (as calculated from the date that the operator proposes to commence operations), the airport manager will, require a deposit to be lodged with the Company before any flights by that operator commence. Any such deposit shall be paid to the Company and shall be in such a sum as the airport manager shall consider to be equivalent to the anticipated charges that the aircraft operator shall incur (based on the anticipated frequency and type of aircraft used and type of flight planned) for 3 months by that operator. Such deposit or the balance then remaining shall be refunded to the operator when the operator ceases to operate any flights from the airport subject to the right of the Company (which is hereby reserved) to set off against any such deposit any appropriate charges that have not been settled in accordance with the above provisions.

 

(8) The operator shall not without the express written consent of the Company be entitled in respect of any claim he/she may have against the Company or otherwise to make any set off against or deduction from the charges provided for in this notice. He/she must pay such charges in full pending resolution of any claim.

 

(9) Any queries relating to invoices should be logged with the credit control department at the relevant airport in writing within sixty days of the invoice date. Contact numbers are shown on all invoices and statements.