Organization
The European Slot Regulation demands explicitly that the Coordinator executes his duties in an “independent, impartial, non-discriminatory and transparent manner. ” Due to the considerable competitive and commercial effects of slot allocation, the German legislative body has created Airport Coordination subject to public law and put it under the control of federal administration. The Airport Coordinator and his staff are a part of the federal administration with headquarters in Frankfurt. As appointee, the Airport Coordinator works within the framework of powers assigned to him as office holder and is directly subject to the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development.
In order to offer a 24hour service, a service unit of air traffic control, Aeronautical Information Services (AIS) has been commissioned to allocate slots at short notice for General Aviation operators and also to offer an on-call service for outside of office hours.
Financing
In 1992 a system of self-financing replaced the previous method of financing by means of air traffic control charges. As is internationally common, since 1st January 1993 all coordination expenses in Germany are mainly covered by air carriers with a German registration. Airport Coordination bills the air carriers individually for slot allocation, at a fixed rate. These rates are set by the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development. In order to ensure the economic basis as well as transparency, the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development and the Airport Coordinator are advised by a user body (Airport Coordination Interest Group) The members are the larger German airlines as well as BARIG, representing all of the active airlines on the German market and GBAA representing General Aviation operators.
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