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

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Publication of Airport Charges 2023

3. Data

 

(1) The operator or its designated agent shall furnish on demand, in such form as the Company may from time to time determine:
a. Information relating to the movements of its aircraft or aircraft handled by the agent at the airport of the Company within 24 hours of each of these movements. This will include information about the total number of passengers per category, embarked and disembarked at the airport, total freight and mail carried in kilograms, IATA/ICAO prefix and local airport SITA address of the operator who is to be invoiced.
b. Details of the maximum design take-off weight in respect of each aircraft owned or operated by the operator.
c. Any changes in the maximum design take-off weight of each aircraft owned or operated by the operator.

 

(2) The operator or its designated agent shall also provide to the Company details of all aircraft operators by timely transmission of complete and accurate operational data preferably by automatic electronic means using (and conforming to) IATA messaging and communications standards.

 

(3) The required operational data includes:
a. aircraft registration (including aircraft substitutions)
b. variation to schedule (including flight number, aircraft type, route and scheduled time of operation)
c. estimated times of operation
d. actual times on and off stand
e. stand departure delays greater than 15 minutes

 

(4) The Company may request in writing, within 60 days, copies of aircraft load sheets to enable verification of all details with respect to the passengers carried on any or all flights departing from that airport during a specified period and extracts from aircraft flight manuals to enable verification of aircraft weight. The operator shall, following a request in writing made by the Company, supply it with the original copies of such documents.

 

(5) The operator shall inform the Company of details regarding the configuration of their aircraft and to notify the Company when any changes to these configurations occur.

 

(6) Where the operator, or its handling agent, fails to provide the information required in paragraph 3(1) within the period stipulated herein, the Company shall be entitled to assess at its sole discretion the charges payable hereunder by the operator by reference to the maximum take-off weight and the maximum passenger capacity of the aircraft type.