Annexes to COM(1995)353 - Statistical returnsin respect of carriage of passengers, freight and mail by air

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dossier COM(1995)353 - Statistical returnsin respect of carriage of passengers, freight and mail by air.
document COM(1995)353 EN
date February 27, 2003
ANNEX I


RECORD STRUCTURE FOR DATA TRANSMISSION TO EUROSTAT

A. FLIGHT STAGE DATABASE (AT LEAST QUARTERLY DATA)

The "flight stage" data refer to commercial air services only.

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B. ON FLIGHT ORIGIN/DESTINATION DATABASE (AT LEAST QUARTERLY DATA)

The "on flight origin and destination" data refer to commercial air services only.

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C. AIRPORTS DATABASE (AT LEAST ANNUAL DATA)

The "airports data" refer to commercial air services only, with the exception of "total aircraft movements" which refers to all aircraft movements.

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CODES

1. Reporting country

The coding system to be used is derived from the ICAO index to nationality letters for location indicators.

Belgium EB

Denmark EK

France LF

Germany ED

Greece LG

Ireland EI

Italy LI

Luxembourg EL

Netherlands EH

Portugal LP

Spain LE

United Kingdom EG

Austria LO

Finland EF

Sweden ES

2. Reference period

45 year

21 January to March (first quarter)

22 April to June (second quarter)

23 July to September (third quarter)

24 October to December (fourth quarter)

1 to 12 January to December (month)

3. Airports

Airports shall be coded according to the ICAO four-letter codes as listed in ICAO document 7910.

4. Airline information

Information related to the airline. The coding of this variable shall be decided in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 11(2).

5. Aircraft type

Aircraft types shall be coded according to ICAO aircraft type designators as listed in ICAO document 8643.


ANNEX II


DEFINITIONS

Community airport

Any area in a Member State which is subject to the provisions of the Treaty and open for commercial air transport operations.

Commercial air services

An air transport flight or series of flights performed by civil aircraft for remuneration to or from Community airports. Services may be either scheduled or non-scheduled.

Scheduled services

Services possessing all the following characteristics:

1. they are performed by aircraft for the transport of passengers, freight and/or mail for remuneration, in such a manner that on each flight seats are available for individual purchase by members of the public (either directly from the airline or from its authorised agents);

2. they are operated so as to serve traffic between the same two or more airports, either:

(a) according to a published timetable; or

(b) with flights so regular or frequent that they constitute a recognisably systematic series.

Non-scheduled services

Services for remuneration other than those reported under scheduled services. Includes taxiflights.

Passenger services

All flights carrying one or more revenue passengers, and any flights listed in timetables as providing passenger services.

All-freight and mail services

Services relating to scheduled or non-scheduled services performed by aircraft carrying loads other than passengers, i.e. freight and mail.

Flights by State aircraft

Any flight in the context of military, customs, police, protocol or firefighting services.

Passenger units

For the purpose of drawing up the list of Community airports as referred to in Article 3(2) and for the transitional period referred to in Article 3(4), one passenger unit is equivalent to either one passenger or 90 kilograms of freight and mail.

Airline

An air transport undertaking with a valid operating licence. Where airlines have joint-venture or other contractual arrangements requiring two or more of them to assume separate responsibility for the offer and sale of air transport products for a flight or combination of flights, the airline actually operating the flight shall be reported.

Flight stage

A flight stage is the operation of an aircraft from take-off to its next landing. A technical stop should not result in any flight stage being classified differently. The classification of traffic, irrespective of its nature (passengers, freight and mail), shall be identical to the classification of the flight stage flown by the aircraft.

Flights

The number of flights performed between each pair of airports on a flight stage.

Passengers on board

All passengers whose journey begins or terminates at the reporting airport, including connecting passengers and direct transit passengers.

Direct transit passengers

Passengers who continue their journey on a flight having the same flight number as the flight on which they arrived.

Freight and mail on board

Any property carried on an aircraft other than stores and baggage; includes express services and diplomatic bags but not passenger baggage.

Passenger seats available

The total number of passenger seats available for sale between each pair of airports on a flight stage (excluding seats not actually available for the carriage of passengers because of maximum gross weight limitation). Where information is not available on exact aircraft seating configuration, estimated data may be provided.

On flight origin/destination

Traffic on a given flight with the same flight number subdivided by airport pairs in accordance with point of embarkation and point of disembarkation on that flight. (For passengers or freight where the airport of embarkation is not known, the aircraft origin should be deemed to be the point of embarkation; similarly, if the airport of disembarkation is not known, the aircraft destination should be deemed to be the point of disembarkation).

Passengers carried

Includes all passengers whose journey begins or terminates at the reporting airport. Excludes direct transit passengers.

Freight and mail loaded/unloaded

Any property loaded or unloaded on to or off an aircraft other than stores and baggage. Includes express services and diplomatic bags but not passenger baggage.

Total aircraft movements

All take-offs and landings by non-military aircraft. Includes aerial work flights, i.e. specialised commercial aviation operations which are performed by aircraft chiefly engaged in agriculture, construction, photography and surveying, as well as pilot training, business/executive flying and all other non-commercial flights.

Total aircraft movements on commercial air services

All take-offs and landings performed by civil aircraft for remuneration.