{"id":10401,"date":"2020-09-08T09:30:30","date_gmt":"2020-09-08T13:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/?p=10401"},"modified":"2020-09-08T10:57:08","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T14:57:08","slug":"increased-atc-charges-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/increased-atc-charges-in-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Increased ATC charges in Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nav Canada has proceeded with its earlier proposal to significantly increase ATC service charges<\/strong>. The new fees were implemented on September 1. The price increase is to cover the loss of income caused by dwindling traffic levels<\/a> during the Covid pandemic.<\/p>\n

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Terminal fees<\/strong> have increased by 30 percent; en-route<\/strong> by 26 percent; North Atlantic Track<\/strong> by 48 percent; and international communications<\/strong> by 41 percent. The good news is that the added cost to operators can be deferred over time to help absorb some of the impact.<\/p>\n

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The NAT<\/strong> and International Comms\u00a0<\/strong>charges<\/strong> are not really a big deal – those are just flat fees charged per flight<\/span>. It’s the Terminal Charge<\/strong> and Enroute Charge<\/strong> where the pain will most be felt; don’t be fooled by the figures in the table above – these are just the base rates<\/span> that get incorporated into bigger equations and multiplied by other factors (MTOW, distance flown, etc).<\/p>\n

If you want to test your math skills and take a deep plunge into how these equations work, check out Nav Canada’s Guide To Charges<\/a>. But if not, here’s a basic example of how the charges have changed:<\/p>\n

Aircraft: <\/strong>B777-300
\nRoute: <\/strong>CYUL\/Montreal to LFPG\/Paris
\nMTOW:<\/strong>\u00a0344.5 metric tonnes
\nDistance:<\/strong> 1,550 km<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
<\/td>Before 1st Sep 2020<\/strong><\/th>After 1st Sep 2020<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Oceanic Charges: NAT<\/td>$155<\/td>$230<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oceanic Charges: Datalink<\/td>$20<\/td>$28<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oceanic Charges: Voice<\/td>$53<\/td>$75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Enroute Charge<\/td>$829<\/td>$1047<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Terminal Charge<\/td>$2608<\/td>$3411<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TOTAL<\/strong><\/td>$3665<\/strong><\/td>$4801<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

NAV Canada is a private company and not government-funded, and is therefore entirely reliant on the fees it charges to operators. And since most of its costs are fixed, it appears there wasn\u2019t much alternative than to increase these fees, given the huge drop in air traffic over the past few months.<\/p>\n

You can view the full schedule of revised fees here:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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