ATC FEES
October 1st, 2002
BY MARK ROWEEUROCONTROL, which co-ordinates air traffic control in Europe, froze en-route charges after air traffic controllers were accused of using the development of the single sky project as an opportune time to dramatically increase fees. Steep increases by Belgium's, (24 per cent), and Germany (16 per cent) were heavily criticized by the airline organisations IATA and ERA. Eurocontrol subsequently brokered an agreement under which all its 30 member states froze en-route charges at 2001 levels for the first three months of 2002. Since then, however, air ...
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