The Aviation Statistics Regulations 2023

Regulation 3

Schedule Information to be collected

Information Collection Requirements

1.  In this Schedule—

“air transport movement” means a landing or take-off of an aircraft engaged in the commercial transport of passengers, freight or mail;

“aircraft movement” means an aircraft landing or take-off at an airport;

“cargo” means freight and mail;

“cargo only movement” means an air transport movement carrying only cargo and associated cargo attendants;

“charter service” means any air transport movement other than a scheduled service;

“commercial aircraft movement” means an aircraft movement for the public transport of passengers, freight or mail for remuneration or for hire;

“domestic service” means a service flown entirely within the United Kingdom, Isle of Man and Channel Islands;

“freight” means property carried on an aircraft excluding mail and passengers' and crews' permitted baggage;

“international service” means a service which is not a domestic service;

“non-commercial aircraft movement” means an aircraft movement which is not a commercial aircraft movement;

“passenger” includes a non-revenue passenger;

“passenger movement” means an air transport movement carrying passengers, with or without cargo;

“scheduled service” means any air transport movement flown according to a published timetable, including those flown according to any published supplement, available for use by the public;

“terminal freight” means freight joining or leaving an aircraft at the airport;

“terminal mail” means mail joining or leaving an aircraft at the airport;

“terminal passenger” means a passenger joining or leaving an aircraft at the airport;

“transit cargo” means cargo arriving at and departing from the airport on the same aircraft or flight number;

“transit cargo movement” means an air transport movement carrying transit cargo only;

“transit freight” means freight arriving at and departing from the airport on the same aircraft or flight number;

“transit mail” means mail arriving at and departing from the airport on the same aircraft or flight number;

“transit passenger” means a passenger who arrives at and departs from the airport on the same aircraft or flight number.

2.  The tables referred to in regulation 3(2) are—

Table 1

Annual Airport Summary

Element	Detail of information to be collected per year
Commercial Aircraft Movements	Total number of commercial aircraft movements
Non-commercial Aircraft Movements	Total number of non-commercial aircraft movements

Table 2

Annual Airport Air Transport Movement Summary

Element	Detail of information to be collected per year
Air Transport Movements	Total number of air transport movements
Terminal Passengers	Total number of terminal passengers
Transit Passengers	Total number of transit passengers
Terminal Freight	Amount of terminal freight in tonnes
Transit Freight	Amount of transit freight in tonnes
Terminal Mail	Amount of terminal mail in tonnes
Transit Mail	Amount of transit mail in tonnes

Table 3

Monthly Airport Air Transport Movements

Element	Detail of information to be collected per month
Direction Type	Direction of the movement (arrival or departure) at the airport
Aircraft Type	International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) code for the aircraft type that performed the movement
Operator	Operator that performed the movement
Operation Type	Whether the movement was a charter service or a scheduled service
Service Type	Whether the movement was a cargo only movement, a transit cargo movement, or a passenger movement
Origin or Destination	For arrivals the airport the aircraft originated from; for departures the final destination airport of the aircraft
Last or Next Stop	The airport where the aircraft last stopped for arrivals or its next stop for departures
Available Seats	Total number of seats available
Domestic Passengers	Total number of terminal passengers for domestic services only
International Passengers	Total number of terminal passengers for international services only
Transit Passengers	Total number of transit passengers
Terminal Freight	Amount of terminal freight in tonnes
Transit Freight	Amount of transit freight in tonnes
Terminal Mail	Amount of terminal mail in tonnes
Transit Mail	Amount of transit mail in tonnes