The Civil Aviation (Navigation Services Charges) (Second Amendment) Regulations 1987
These Regulations further amend the Civil Aviation (Navigation Services Charges) Regulations 1986. The following changes are made—The charges payable to the Civil Aviation Authority for navigation services provided in connection with the use of aerodromes specified in the Table have been changed as follows—In respect of the three London Airports, the standard charge for the first 100 metric tonnes maximum total weight authorised of an aircraft is reduced from £1.44 per metric tonne to £1.40 for aircraft engaged on international flights and from £1.21 per metric tonne to £1.18 for aircraft engaged on domestic flights. For each additional metric tonne, or part thereof, in excess of 100 metric tonnes, the charge is reduced from £0.62 per metric tonne to £0.60 for aircraft engaged on international flights and from £0.51 per metric tonne to £0.49 for aicraft engaged on domestic flights.Charges at Aberdeen (Dyce) are reduced by 1.5% for domestic flights (and are unchanged for international flights), charges at Edinburgh are reduced by 8.5% for domestic flights and 9.4% for international flights, charges at Glasgow are reduced by 14.3% for domestic flights and 14.9% for international flights and charges at Prestwick are reduced by 8.5% for domestic flights and 11.5% for international flights (regulation 2(1)).The charge payable to the Civil Aviation Authority by the operator of an aircraft which flies within the Shanwick Oceanic Control Area and in respect of which a flight plan is communicated to the appropriate air traffic control unit is increased from sixty- eight pounds to seventy pounds (regulation 2(2)).The charge payable to the Civil Aviation Authority for a flight made by a helicopter from a point in the United Kingdom to an off-shore installation within the area of the northern North Sea specified in regulation 6(1) of the Regulations is increased from eighty- five pounds to one hundred and ten pounds (regulation 2(3)).