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Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 18 Feb 1999

Vol. 500 No. 6

Written Answers. - Airport Charges.

Seán Ryan

Question:

28 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Public Enterprise if she will sanction increases in the charges as recommended in the Price Waterhouse and Coopers report into Aer Rianta's aeronautical charging policy; the amount of benefit arising from the discount of charges operated by Aer Rianta for each participating airline in each of the years from 1990 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4561/99]

Aer Rianta intends to develop a revised charging structure at State airports and engaged Price Waterhouse Coopers to assist. Their proposals are to be completed in March of this year and will be submitted for my approval.

In considering any proposal in relation to airport charges, I will take all relevant factors into account, including the impact any change in the level of charges would have on airlines, and, consequently, on the travelling public. I will also have regard to the prospects of achieving a postponement of the loss of duty free sales within the European Union and to the pressing need to maintain intensive capital investment at Dublin airport, with a view to easing congestion. I will be open to hearing the views of interested parties on this important matter.

I am aware that Aer Rianta decided not to introduce a new cycle of discount schemes for air port charges at Dublin airport in 1999, and I am assured that the considerable benefits of the existing discount schemes will continue to apply until 2004. I believe this represents a prudent interim position for Aer Rianta, pending further decisions on airport charges by me in due course.
Aer Rianta has informed me that there was no formal discount scheme at the State airports prior to 1994; a published growth incentive discount scheme was put in place by the company in that year. I append a table to this reply, as submitted to me by Aer Rianta, indicating the benefit arising from the company's discount schemes for each participating airline for the years 1994 to 1997. The figures provided by the company in respect of 1998 are provisional and may be subject to future adjustment.

Overall Airport

Traffic Incentive Scheme

Airline

1994

1995

1996, 1997, 1998Provisional

£

£

£

Aer Lingus

1,783,870.37

3,948,549.05

6,380,497.548,146,983.889,478,113.84

Ryanair

2,082,754.56

4,403,919.89

7,146,404.739,337,151.789,408,359.24

BA City Flyers

183,895.29

333,113.33

563,663.30989,229.181,366,033.90

British Midland

319,304.12

533,439.10

1,049,341.741,223,353.301,307,409.83

City Jet

309,561.42

478,833.22

519,041.21752,355.11877,820.84

SAS

28,858.92

129,401.95

152,878.22290,168.58345,734.55

Manx Airlines

253,218.84

270,341.98

293,897.64353,294.79306,428.50

Lufthansa

52,919.88

128,007.95

160,305.33135,616.05206,516.94

Air France-Air Inter

17,447.54

41,975.72

84,565.2620,488.660.00

Viva Air

17,769.48

63,390.03

0.000.000.00

Air Malta

14,583.09

29,634.41

15,734.2112,728.1035,257.67

Crossair

42,553.36

81,465.00

93,973.7382,673.00112,074.72

Alitalia

48,269.14

99,911.37

195,890.99165,527.6983,406.11

Delta

38,860.94

64,596.40

161,186.67125,796.35112,184.27

Iberia

2,534.49

15,819.07

18,781.7560,427.99106,835.03

Sabena

1,511.20

11,199.80

21,648.0416,090.4214,179.60

Air South West

22,327.19

27,123.62

57,763.0544,837.3122,451.00

Euro Direct

22,649.87

0.00

0.000.000.00

ATS Vulcan

4,301.99

0.00

0.000.000.00

Loganair

8,330.48

0.00

0.000.000.00

Orient Air

530.10

0.00

0.000.000.00

European Airways

0,00

2,122.91

83.990.000.00

Lauda Air

0.00

10,805.81

0.000.000.00

Hamburg Airlines

0.00

9,539.47

82,281.2747,933.400.00

TAP

0.00

86,120.28

86,197.6277,276.4242,206.74

Aeroflot

0.00

8,962.19

5,075.094,716.5620,257.92

Jersey European

0.00

27,843.46

45,802.0454,905.2044,497.88

EI Air Exports

0.00

0.00

18,658.9013,358.611,200.84

Comed Aviation

0.00

0.00

3,467.34238.270.00

Air Engiadina

0.00

0.00

3,126.6040,787.6636,236.36

American Transair

0.00

0.00

0.000.000.00

World

0.00

0.00

26,000.000.000.00

Croatian

0.00

0.00

0.000.000.00

Continental

0.00

0.00

0.000.00395,170.69

Lyxair

0.00

0.00

0.000.007,373.83

Tyroleon

0.00

0.00

0.000.0086,928.82

British Regional

0.00

0.00

0.000.0094,381.19

Finair

0.00

0.00

0.0079,015.15133,462.63

Virgin Express

0.00

0.00

0.000.0012,960.00

KLM

0.00

0.00

5,246.005,789.00170.00

Jet Europe

0.00

0.00

0.000.0022,644.00

AB Shannon

0.00

17,000.00

497,000.00583,650.00756,767.00

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