Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
Hi there,
There is an issue with role permissions that is being worked on at the moment.
If you are having trouble with access or permissions on regional forums please post here to get access: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058365403/you-do-not-have-permission-for-that#latest

Overflight charges

  • 11-04-2015 4:23pm
    #1
    snubbleste
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 31,117 ✭✭✭✭


    How much does Ireland charge for flights flying through our airspace?
    Which country has the highest charges for flying through their airspace?

    Based on reading this news piece and US published fees


Comments

  • #2
    arubex
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,197 ✭✭✭arubex


    Some interesting numbers here

    https://www.iaa.ie/funding-charges

    29.60 per basic airspace entry, but I believe that is waived for military flights. Well not actually waived, but paid by the Government.

    Actually a wee bit more now. Full set of April Eurocontrol national charges:

    https://www.eurocontrol.int/sites/default/files/content/documents/route-charges/unit-rates-and-tariffs/ur-2015-04.txt

    Fourth column is charge in Euro cents.


  • #3
    smurfjed
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,431 ✭✭✭✭smurfjed


    Just to put this in context, these are the charges for a 777 from Paris to JFK. Ireland is quite cheap :)
    Country Distance Unit Rate Charge
    LF 179 70.11 301.19
    EG 507 95.45 1161.44
    EI 688 29.71 490.57


  • #4
    bkehoe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,154 ✭✭✭bkehoe


    If you're interested, the route charges already linked to above are subject to a calculation based upon the flight planned entry and exit points from a FIR, and the square route of the aircraft maximum takeoff weight if I remember correctly. Therefore many airlines choose to operate their aircraft at lower MTOW than the structural limitation set by the manufacturer as a way to save on en-route charges.

    Whats interesting is that North Atlantic routing is just subject to the flat fee of 45 euro, and not multiplied by distance or weight. This includes the 'Tango' routes (T9, T213 and T16) that many airlines use for Iberian or Canary island flights from UK/Ireland.

    As theres such a difference in en-route charges between states, most airlines will have flight planning systems that take into account this cost when choosing a route. Therefore in many situations the route flight planned could be longer and have a higher fuel burn than the most direct. Quite common if looking at Ireland-Canary flights. Another example often seen are flights from Northern UK to Canary Islands/Spain routing via Irish airspace as opposed to the more conventional routes over mainland UK .


Advertisement