Regulation (EC) No 437/2003 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

Regulation (EC) No 437/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 February 2003 on statistical returns in respect of the carriage of passengers, freight and mail by air

[F1CODES U.K.

1. Reporting country U.K.

The coding system to be used is derived from the ICAO index to nationality letters for location indicators. If several ICAO prefixes exist for the same country, only the main ICAO prefix of the mainland is applicable.

Belgium

EB

Denmark

EK

Germany

ED

Greece

LG

Spain

LE

France

LF

[F2Croatia

LD]

Ireland

EI

Italy

LI

Luxembourg

EL

Netherlands

EH

Austria

LO

Portugal

LP

Finland

EF

Sweden

ES

United Kingdom

EG

[F3Czech Republic

LK

Estonia

EE

Cyprus

LC

Latvia

EV

Lithuania

EY

Hungary

LH

Malta

LM

Poland

EP

Slovenia

LJ

Slovakia

LZ]

[F4Bulgaria

LB

Romania

LR]

2. Reference period U.K.

AN

(or 45) year

Q1

(or 21) January-March (first quarter)

Q2

(or 22) April-June (second quarter)

Q3

(or 23) July-September (third quarter)

Q4

(or 24) October-December (fourth quarter)

01 to 12

January to December (month)

3. Airports U.K.

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

4. Airline information U.K.

  • 1EU for airlines licensed in the European Union,

  • 1NE for airlines not licensed in the European Union,

  • ZZZ for unknown airlines,

  • 888 for confidential (to be used in tables A1 and B1 if an information on the airline is not allowed for confidentiality reasons),

  • 999 for all airlines (to be used in table C1 only).

Airlines partly licensed in EU shall be reported as EU airlines .

On a voluntary basis, the code 2 +Iso alpha 2 country code (country of licensing of the airline) could also be used as well as the ICAO airline code.

5. Aircraft type U.K.

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

Unknown aircraft types should be coded as ZZZZ .]