Airservices Australia – which provides air traffic control and aviation fire-fighting and rescue services to airports and airlines - has been given the nod by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to increase prices for some monopoly services from 01 July 2015.
Price rises include:
* Terminal navigation (TN) charges will increase at 19 airports by between 0.2 per cent and 3.5 per cent, and will fall at six airports by between 1.0 and 5.0 per cent.
* Charges for aviation rescue and fire-fighting (ARFF) services will increase at 26 airports by between 1.0 per cent and 10.1 per cent, and will fall at two airports by 1.6 per cent and 9.9 per cent. These price changes reflect the need to gradually transition ARFF services towards full cost recovery.
* Charges for en route navigation services will remain unchanged.
* Out-of-hours charges for TN and ARFF services will also increase by between 2.7 and 3.4 per cent for various categories of services.
“Since the ACCC approved a long-term pricing proposal in 2011, Airservices has improved its consultation with industry,” said Cristina Cifuentes, ACCC. "However, the ACCC would encourage Airservices to afford industry more opportunities to provide input into its investment decision-making processes and to progress its work on refining its key performance indicators to support an effective reward/penalty system.
“These aspects will be looked at in more detail as part of the ACCC’s consideration of the next long-term pricing proposal later this year.”
Airservices Australia – which provides air traffic control and aviation fire-fighting and rescue services to airports and airlines - has been given the nod by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to increase prices for some monopoly services from 01 July 2015.
Price rises include:
* Terminal navigation (TN) charges will increase at 19 airports by between 0.2 per cent and 3.5 per cent, and will fall at six airports by between 1.0 and 5.0 per cent.
* Charges for aviation rescue and fire-fighting (ARFF) services will increase at 26 airports by between 1.0 per cent and 10.1 per cent, and will fall at two airports by 1.6 per cent and 9.9 per cent. These price changes reflect the need to gradually transition ARFF services towards full cost recovery.
* Charges for en route navigation services will remain unchanged.
* Out-of-hours charges for TN and ARFF services will also increase by between 2.7 and 3.4 per cent for various categories of services.
“Since the ACCC approved a long-term pricing proposal in 2011, Airservices has improved its consultation with industry,” said Cristina Cifuentes, ACCC. "However, the ACCC would encourage Airservices to afford industry more opportunities to provide input into its investment decision-making processes and to progress its work on refining its key performance indicators to support an effective reward/penalty system.
“These aspects will be looked at in more detail as part of the ACCC’s consideration of the next long-term pricing proposal later this year.”
