Consultation on draft notification 30 Nov 2023
As part of its 13 November 2023 draft price notification, Airservices proposed increases to its charges for enroute navigation, terminal navigation, and aviation rescue and fire-fighting services between April 2024 and January 2026, covering the 2023–24 to 2025–26 financial years.
The ACCC published an issues paper on 30 November 2023 based on the 13 November 2023 draft price notification, seeking stakeholder views on Airservices' proposal. Submissions to the issues paper were due by 19 January 2024. The proposed weighted average price increase consulted on was cumulatively 19% in nominal terms.
On 10 July 2024, Airservices provided further amendments to its draft price notification, following stakeholder and ACCC feedback. The July 2024 proposal proposes a single 6% price increase. Airservices states that if this price increase is most readily expedited by having regard to the 2024–25 and 2025–26 financial years, Airservices would be happy for the ACCC to assess the proposal on that basis.
The ACCC’s assessment of Airservices' draft price notification will be based on the amendments in the 10 July 2024 letter. On 29 August 2024, the ACCC published a preliminary view proposing to not object to the amended notification. Submissions to the preliminary view paper were due by 27 September 2024.