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Textual Amendments
F1 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1358/2003 of 31 July 2003 implementing Regulation (EC) No 437/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on statistical returns in respect of the carriage of passengers, freight and mail by air and amending Annexes I and II thereto (Text with EEA relevance).
The scope of the data to be reported is limited to civil aviation.
State flights and movements by surface modes of either passengers travelling with a flight code or freight shipped using an air waybill are excluded.
Data reported in this table refer to commercial air services only.
| Elements | Coding detail | Nomenclature | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Table | 2-alpha | A1 | |
| Reporting country | 2-alpha | (1) Main ICAO nationality letters | |
| Reference year | 2-digit | Type ‘ yy ’ (2 last positions of the year) | |
| Reference period | 2-alpha | (2) Explicit (or Statra) | |
| Reporting airport | 4-alpha | (3) ICAO | |
| Next/previous airport | 4-alpha | (3) ICAO | |
| Arrival/departure | 1-digit | 1 = arrival 2 = departure | |
| Scheduled/non-scheduled service | 1-digit | 1 = scheduled 2 = non-scheduled | |
| Passenger service/all-freight and mail service | 1-digit | 1 = passenger service 2 = all-freight and mail service | |
| Airline information | 3-alpha | (4) Information on the airline (optional) | |
| Aircraft type | 4-alpha | (5) ICAO | |
| Passengers on board | 12-digit | passenger | |
| Freight and mail on board | 12-digit | tonne | |
| Commercial air flights | 12-digit | number of flights | |
| Passenger seats available | 12-digit | passenger seat |
Data reported in this table refer to commercial air services only.
| Elements | Coding detail | Nomenclature | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Table | 2-alpha | B1 | |
| Reporting country | 2-alpha | (1) Main ICAO nationality letters | |
| Reference year | 2-digit | Type ‘ yy ’ (2 last positions of the year) | |
| Reference period | 2-alpha | (2) Explicit (or Statra) | |
| Reporting airport | 4-alpha | (3) ICAO | |
| On flight origin/destination airport | 4-alpha | (3) ICAO | |
| Arrival/departure | 1-digit | 1 = arrival 2 = departure | |
| Scheduled/non-scheduled services | 1-digit | 1 = scheduled 2 = non-scheduled | |
| Passenger service/all-freight and mail service | 1-digit | 1 = passenger service 2 = all-freight and mail service | |
| Airline information | 3-alpha | (4) Information on the airline (optional) | |
| Passengers carried | 12-digit | passenger | |
| Freight and mail loaded or unloaded | 12-digit | tonne |
Data reported in this table refer to commercial air services only, with the exception of ‘ total commercial aircraft movements ’ which also refers to all commercial general aviation operations and ‘ total aircraft movements ’ which refers to all civil aircraft movements (except State flights).
| a The ‘ airline information ’ field is obligatory only for airports which also have to report tables A1 and B1. For the airports which are under no obligation to report tables A1 and B1, a code that covers all airlines may be used. | |||
| Elements | Coding detail | Nomenclature | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Table | 2-alpha | C1 | |
| Reporting country | 2-alpha | (1) Main ICAO nationality letters | |
| Reference year | 2-digit | Type ‘ yy ’ | |
| Reference period | 2-alpha | (2) Explicit (or Statra) | |
| Reporting airport | 4-alpha | (3) ICAO | |
| Airline information a | 3-alpha | (4) Information on the airline | |
| Total passengers carried | 12-digit | passenger | |
| Total direct transit passengers | 12-digit | passenger | |
| Total freight and mail loaded/unloaded | 12-digit | tonne | |
| Total commercial aircraft movements | 12-digit | movement | |
| Total aircraft movements | 12-digit | movement | |
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.
EB
EK
ED
LG
LE
LF
LD]
EI
LI
EL
EH
LO
LP
EF
ES
EG
LK
EE
LC
EV
EY
LH
LM
EP
LJ
LZ]
LB
LR]
Textual Amendments
F2 Inserted by Council Regulation (EU) No 517/2013 of 13 May 2013 adapting certain regulations and decisions in the fields of free movement of goods, freedom of movement for persons, company law, competition policy, agriculture, food safety, veterinary and phytosanitary policy, transport policy, energy, taxation, statistics, trans-European networks, judiciary and fundamental rights, justice, freedom and security, environment, customs union, external relations, foreign, security and defence policy and institutions, by reason of the accession of the Republic of Croatia.
F3 Inserted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 546/2005 of 8 April 2005 adapting Regulation (EC) No 437/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the allocation of reporting-country codes and amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 1358/2003 as regards the updating of the list of Community airports (Text with EEA relevance).
F4 Inserted by Council Regulation (EC) No 1791/2006 of 20 November 2006 adapting certain Regulations and Decisions in the fields of free movement of goods, freedom of movement of persons, company law, competition policy, agriculture (including veterinary and phytosanitary legislation), transport policy, taxation, statistics, energy, environment, cooperation in the fields of justice and home affairs, customs union, external relations, common foreign and security policy and institutions, by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania.
(or 45) year
(or 21) January-March (first quarter)
(or 22) April-June (second quarter)
(or 23) July-September (third quarter)
(or 24) October-December (fourth quarter)
January to December (month)
Airports shall be coded according to the ICAO four-letter codes as listed in ICAO document 7910. Unknown airports should be coded as ‘ ZZZZ ’ .
‘ 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.
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 ’ .
Following the header of each definition, the list of articles or tables of the regulation where a reference to the term is made can be found.
A defined area on land or water in a Member State subject to the provisions of the treaty, which is intended to be used either wholly or in part for the arrival, departure and surface movement of aircraft and open for commercial air services (see -4-) .
Any flight performed by aircraft for military, customs, police or other law enforcement services of a State.
Any flight declared as a ‘ State flight ’ by State authorities.
The expression ‘ except for flights by States aircraft ’ in Article 1 should be interpreted as ‘ except for State flights ’ .
One passenger unit is equivalent to either one passenger or 100 kilograms of freight and mail.
For the purpose of drawing up the list of Community airports (see-1-) as referred to in Article 3(2) and for the transitional period referred to in Article 3(4) and (5), the calculation of thresholds using ‘passenger units’ has to take into account at Community airports (see-1-) , the total passengers carried (see-16-) plus the total direct transit passengers (see-18-) (counted once) plus the total freight and mail loaded and unloaded (see-17-) .
An air transport flight or series of flights for the public transport of passengers and/or freight and mail, for remuneration or for hire.
The air service may be either scheduled (-5-) or non-scheduled (-6-) .
A commercial air service (see-4-) operated according to a published timetable, or with such a regular frequency that it constitutes an easily recognisable systematic series of flights.
Includes extra section flights occasioned by overflow traffic from scheduled flights.
A commercial air service (see-4-) other than scheduled air service (see-5-) .
Scheduled (see-5-) or non-scheduled air service (see-6-) performed by aircraft carrying one or more revenue passengers and any flights listed in published timetables as open to passengers.
Includes flights carrying both revenue passengers and revenue freight and mail.
Scheduled (see-5-) or non-scheduled air service (see-6-) performed by aircraft carrying revenue loads other than revenue passengers, i.e. freight and mail.
Excludes flights carrying one or more revenue passengers and flights listed in published timetables as open to passengers.
An air transport undertaking with a valid operating licence for operating commercial air flights (see-13-) .
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.
The operation of an aircraft from take-off to its next landing.
All passengers on board of the aircraft upon landing at the reporting airport or at taking off from the reporting airport.
All revenue and non revenue passengers on board an aircraft during a flight stage (see-10-) .
Includes direct transit passengers (see-18-) (counted at arrivals and departures).
All freight and mail on board of the aircraft upon landing at the reporting airport or at taking off from the reporting airport.
All freight and mail on board an aircraft during a flight stage (see-10-) .
Includes direct transit freight and mail (counted at arrivals and departures).
Includes express services and diplomatic bags.
Excludes passenger baggage.
An air transport flight performed for the public transport of passengers and/or freight and mail, for remuneration and for hire.
In table A1, the commercial air flights are aggregated to calculate the other ‘indicator fields’ (‘ Passengers on board (see-11-) ’, ‘ Freight and mail on board (see-12-) ’ and ‘ Passenger seats available (see-14-) ’).
The total number of passenger seats available for sale on an aircraft operating a flight stage (see-10-) between a pair of airports.
On a flight stage (-10-) , the total number of revenue passengers should not exceed the total number of passenger seats available for sale.
Includes seats which are already sold on a flight stage i.e. including those occupied by direct transit passengers (see-18-) .
Excludes seats not actually available for the carriage of passengers because of maximum gross weight limitations.
If information on this basis is not available, then one of the following estimates should be provided in order of preference (from more to less adequate):
the specific aircraft configuration expressed in number of passenger seats available in the aircraft (identified by aircraft registration number),
the average aircraft configuration expressed in average number of passenger seats available for the type of aircraft for the airline,
the average aircraft configuration expressed in average number of passenger seats available for the type of aircraft.
Traffic on a commercial air service (see-4-) identified by a unique flight number subdivided by airport pairs in accordance with point of embarkation and point of disembarkation on that flight.
For passengers, freight or mail 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.
All passengers on a particular flight (with one flight number) counted once only and not repeatedly on each individual stage of that flight.
All revenue and non revenue passengers whose journey begins or terminates at the reporting airport and transfer passengers joining or leaving the flight at the reporting airport.
Excludes direct transit passengers (see-18-) .
All freight and mail loaded onto or unloaded from an aircraft.
Includes express services and diplomatic bags.
Excludes passenger baggage.
Excludes direct transit freight and mail.
Passengers who, after a short stop, continue their journey on the same aircraft on a flight having the same flight number as the flight on which they arrive.
In total airport statistics as well as for the calculation of the passenger units (see-3-) , passengers in direct transit are counted once only.
Passengers who change aircraft because of technical problems but continue on a flight with the same flight number are counted as direct transit passengers.
On some flights with intermediate stops, the flight number changes at an airport to designate the change between an inbound and outbound flight. An example is a flight from Barcelona to Hamburg where the flight continues to Frankfurt before returning to Barcelona. Where passengers for an intermediate destination continue their journey on the same aircraft in such circumstances, they should be counted as direct transit passengers.
All take-offs and landings for flights performed for remuneration and for hire.
Includes commercial air services (-4-) as well as all commercial general aviation operations.
All take-offs and landings of aircraft.
Includes total commercial aircraft movements (-19-) as well as non-commercial general aviation operations.
Excludes State flights (-2-) .
Excludes Touch and goes, overshoots and unsuccessful approaches.]
[F1In 2003 quarterly data can be accepted.]
Textual Amendments
F1 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1358/2003 of 31 July 2003 implementing Regulation (EC) No 437/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on statistical returns in respect of the carriage of passengers, freight and mail by air and amending Annexes I and II thereto (Text with EEA relevance).