The
UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has today published for
consultation its provisional decision on a complaint from Flybe about
Gatwick Airport. Flybe complained to the CAA that Gatwick’s
restructuring of its summer landing charges in April 2011
unreasonably discriminated against it, and other operators of small
aircraft at Gatwick.
The CAA has investigated Flybe’s complaint and has provisionally concluded that Gatwick’s objective in re-structuring its charges (increasing the efficient use of its single runway), justified its decision to make the changes Flybe challenged.
The provisional decision sets out that while some passengers are likely to be harmed from Gatwick’s changes to its charging structure, the numbers involved are likely to be small and the adverse effects were balanced by benefits to other passengers.
Consultation responses are required by 19 October 2012.
The provisional decision document can be found on the CAA website here: Gatwick charges provisional decision
