GEN 4.2  Air navigation services charges

4.2.1  TERMINAL NAVIGATION CHARGES

4.2.1.1 Basis for calculation of terminal navigation charges is the certificated maximum take-off weight (MTOW) of the aircraft as shown in Aircraft Flight Manual (AFM) provided by the aircraft operator.
4.2.1.2 At aerodromes where terminal navigation services are provided by the Air Navigation Services of the Czech Republic - i.e. PRAHA/Ruzyně, Karlovy Vary, BRNO/Tuřany, OSTRAVA/Mošnov - the charges are set, accounted and collected in accordance with the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 2019/317 of 11 February 2019 laying down a performance and charging scheme in the single European sky and repealing Implementing Regulations (EU) No. 390/2013 and (EU) No. 391/2013. Aerodromes PRAHA/Ruzyně, Karlovy Vary, BRNO/Tuřany and OSTRAVA/Mošnov form the single terminal navigation charging zone with the single rate of terminal navigation charge. For approach and departure of an aircraft a single charge for terminal navigation services is levied, counting unit is the landing.
4.2.1.3 At aerodromes where terminal navigation services are provided by the Air Navigation Services of the Czech Republic - i.e. PRAHA/Ruzyně, Karlovy Vary, BRNO/Tuřany, OSTRAVA/Mošnov - the certificated maximum take-off weight (MTOW) of the aircraft referred to in GEN 4.2 para 1.1. shall be used for calculation of terminal navigation charge. Where an aircraft has multiple certificated maximum take-off weights, the highest one shall be used. Aircraft operators shall declare the composition of their fleet and the certificated maximum take-off weight of each aircraft to the services provider, Air Navigation Services of the Czech Republic, whenever there is a change and at least annually. Aircraft operators shall declare any change in their fleet or in the certificated maximum take-off weight of their aircraft to Air Navigation Services of the Czech Republic by the last working day of the calendar month in which the change occurs. Aircraft operators declaring the certificated maximum take-off weight of given aircraft shall provide the Aircraft Flight Manual of that aircraft to Air Navigation Services of the Czech Republic. Where an aircraft operator has not provided the Aircraft Flight Manual to Air Navigation Services of the Czech Republic in accordance with the above or where the certificated maximum take-off weight is not known to Air Navigation Services of the Czech Republic, the terminal navigation charge shall be calculated by taking the weight of the heaviest aircraft of the same type known to exist. Maximum take-off weight of an aircraft used for terminal navigation charge calculation is expressed as a figure in metric tonnes taken to one decimal place.
4.2.1.4  Rates
  1. at the airport PRAHA/Ruzyně:

    Aircraft with the maximum take-off weight over 2 metric tonnes:

    Per each terminal service unit (from 1 JAN 25): CZK 6 800,00

    The terminal service unit shall be equal to the weight factor for the aircraft concerned.

    The weight factor, expressed as a figure taken to two decimal places, shall be the quotient, obtained by dividing by fifty the number of metric tons in the maximum certificated take-off weight of the aircraft, referred to in GEN 4.2 para 1.3, to the power of 0,7.

    Terminal service unit = (MTOW in T./50)^0,7

  2. at other airports, where terminal navigation services are provided by the Air Navigation Services of the CR.:

    Aircraft with the maximum take-off weight over 2 metric tonnes:

    Per each terminal service unit (from 1 JAN 20):

    1. Karlovy Vary, BRNO/Tuřany, OSTRAVA/Mošnov:

      CZK 6 800,00

    The terminal service unit shall be equal to the weight factor for the aircraft concerned.

    The weight factor, expressed as a figure taken to two decimal places, shall be the quotient, obtained by dividing by fifty the number of metric tons in the maximum certificated take-off weight of the aircraft, referred to in GEN 4.2 para 1.3, to the power of 0,7.

    Terminal service unit = (MTOW in T./50)^0,7

  3. at the airport Kunovice:

    This is the private airport, the charges are subject of a settlement with the airport operator.

  4. at the airport Pardubice:

    1. per each tonne (including tonne initiated) of the maximum take-off weight of the aircraft with maximum take-off weight above 2 metric tonnes:

      1. international traffic CZK 125,00

      2. domestic traffic CZK 125,00

    2. approach and aerodrome control lump rates provided to aircraft with the maximum take-off weight less than 2 metric tonnes included:

      1. international traffic CZK 150,00

      2. domestic traffic CZK 150,00

  5. at the airport PRAHA/Vodochody:

    Charges are listed in the airport operator’s current price list published on the AERO Vodochody AEROSPACE a.s. website: https://www.aero.cz/en/airport/

4.2.1.5  Exemptions

Flights of the following aircraft are not subject to charges:

  1. flights performed by aircraft of which the maximum take-off weight authorised is less than two metric tonnes; *

  2. aircraft returning due to weather, mechanical or radio failure to the aerodrome of departure and aircraft which have executed a forced or emergency landing;

  3. flights performed exclusively for the transport, on official mission, of the reigning Monarch and his/her immediate family, Heads of State, Heads of Government, and Government Ministers; in all cases, this must be substantiated by the appropriate status indicator or remark on the flight plan;

  4. search and rescue flights authorised by a relevant RCC body;

  5. flight performed within Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) and military aircraft flights of the Parties to the North Atlantic Treaty, Austria and Brazil, with the exception of the C.R;

  6. flights performed exclusively for the purpose of checking or testing equipment used or intended to be used as ground aids to air navigation, excluding positioning flights by the aircraft concerned;

  7. aircraft carrying out flights of air rescue services inclusive of secondary and repatriation flights and flights directly connected with human life rescue;

  8. customs and police flights. *

* these exemptions shall be applied on aerodromes, where terminal navigation services are provided by the Air Navigation Services of the Czech Republic.

4.2.1.6  Collecting of Charges

Charges are accounted and collected by subject providing terminal navigation services and is responsible for their publication and the way of collecting.

Air Navigation Services of the Czech Republic accounts and collects terminal navigation charges at the following aerodromes: PRAHA/Ruzyně, Karlovy Vary, BRNO/Tuřany and OSTRAVA/Mošnov.

With effect from 16 NOV 2017 and having regard to article 49aa of the Czech Civil Aviation Act (No.49/1997 Coll., on civil aviation and amending Act No. 455/1991 Coll., on trade licensing (Trade Licensing Act), as amended by later regulations), the legal entity providing air navigation services shall be authorized to deny the provision of air navigation services to a user (aircraft operator or owner) who is proven to be in arrears with the payment for previously rendered air navigation services, payable either to the legal entity providing air navigation services, or to the European Organization for the Safety of Air Navigation (EUROCONTROL); subject to the conditions stipulated by the above mentioned Act.

4.2.1.7  Billing of Interest on late payment

In accordance with the provision of Sec. 1970 of the Act No. 89/2012 Coll., the Civil Code and the Government Regulation No. 351/2013 Coll., as amended, Air Navigation Services of the Czech Republic shall be authorized to require interest on late payment in the event of the delay in reimbursement of the accounting document in the annual repo rate stipulated by the Czech National Bank, increased by eight percentage points and valid as of the first day of the half year period, in which the delay in payment occurred. The interest shall be required for each day of delay following the due date of the accounting document.

4.2.1.8  Value Added Tax (VAT) on terminal navigation charges

In accordance with the Act No. 235 / 2004 Coll., as amended, on Value Added Tax, terminal navigation services provided by Air Navigation Services of the Czech Republic subject to the Value Added Tax (VAT) at a rate of 21%. VAT shall not be charged by service provider under the following conditions:

  1. Exemption from the VAT on the basis of the Art. 68, paragraph 6 - user of the service must comply with the following conditions:

    1. the user is an airline and

    2. is operating for reward and

    3. is operating chiefly on international routes.

  2. Provision of service to the user, not complying with the conditions for the VAT exemption on the basis of the Art. 68, paragraph 6, but the user shall be defined as a taxable person and at the same time the place of supply of service (i.e. the place, where that person has established his business) is located outside the Czech Republic (pursuant to the Art. 2, para. 1 and Art. 9, para. 1). On the basis of the legislation valid in the state concerned, the obligation of self-assessing of the tax by the user in the state, where he has established his business, may be in force (reverse charge mechanism - stipulated by Art. 196 of the Directive 2006/112/EC).

4.2.2  CHARGES FOR THE USE OF EN-ROUTE NAVIGATION SERVICES

4.2.2.1 Czech Republic acceded, with effect from 1.1.1996, to the International Convention for the Safety of Air Navigation EUROCONTROL and to the Multilateral Agreement Relating to Route Charges.
4.2.2.2 Pursuant to the Article 2, paragraph 1, letter l of the International Convention for the Safety of Air Navigation and in the sense of the Multilateral Agreement relating to Route Charges EUROCONTROL was entrusted with establishment and collection of charges for en-route air navigation services within the Czech Republic airspace.
4.2.2.3 Establishing and collection of the charges for en-route air navigation services within the Czech Republic airspace is governed by the rules instituted in the document “Conditions of Application of the Route Charges System and Conditions of Payment”, issued in AIC series A.
4.2.2.4 The basic unit rate for en-route air navigation services within the Czech Republic airspace from 1 JAN 2025 equals 76,91 EURO per service unit.
4.2.2.5 The unit rates shall be adjusted monthly by applying the average monthly rate of exchange of the EURO against the national currency involved, as established for the month preceding the month during which the flight has been performed. Actual (adjusted) unit rates, applicable for the charge calculation for the specific calendar month, are available at EUROCONTROL and Air Navigation Services of the Czech Republic and are monthly published at:
4.2.2.6 The invoices, sent to the users each month shall be established by applying the adjusted unit rates shown on the invoice.
4.2.2.7 Following flights are exempted from the payment of charges within the Czech Republic airspace:
  1. Flights performed exclusively under VFR in the Czech Republic airspace;

  2. flights performed by aircraft of which the maximum take-off weight authorised is less than two metric tonnes;

  3. flights performed exclusively for the transport, on official mission, of the reigning Monarch and his/her immediate family, Heads of State, Heads of Government, and Government Ministers; in all cases, this must be substantiated by the appropriate status indicator or remark on the flight plan;

  4. search and rescue flights authorised by a relevant RCC body;

  5. flight performed within Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) and military aircraft flights of the Parties to the North Atlantic Treaty, Austria and Brazil, with the exception of the C.R;

  6. flights performed exclusively for the purpose of checking or testing equipment used or intended to be used as ground aids to air navigation, excluding positioning flights by the aircraft concerned;

  7. customs and police flights.

4.2.2.8 With effect from 16 NOV 2017 and having regard to article 49aa of the Czech Civil Aviation Act (No. 49/1997 Coll., on civil aviation and amending Act No. 455/1991 Coll., on trade licensing (Trade Licensing Act), as amended by later regulations), the legal entity providing air navigation services shall be authorized to deny the provision of air navigation services to a user (aircraft operator or owner) who is proven to be in areas with the payment for previously rendered air navigation services, payable either to the legal entity providing air navigation services, or to the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation (EUROCONTROL); subject to the conditions stipulated by the above mentioned Act.
4.2.2.9 The rate of interest on late payment of En-route Charges from 1 JAN 2025 is 13,79 % per annum.
4.2.2.10 Value Added Tax (VAT) on En-route navigation charges.

In accordance with the Act No. 235/2004 Coll., as amended, on Value Added Tax, En-route navigation services provided by Air Navigation Services of the Czech Republic subject to the Value Added Tax (VAT) at a rate of 21%, applied by EUROCONTROL. VAT shall not be charged under the following conditions:

  1. Exemption from the VAT on the basis of the Art. 68, paragraph 6 - user of the service must comply with the following conditions:

    1. the user is an airline and

    2. is operating for reward and

    3. is operating chiefly on international routes.

  2. Provision of service to the user, not complying with the conditions for the VAT exemption on the basis of the Art. 68, paragraph 6, but the user shall be defined as a taxable person and at the same time the place of supply of service (i.e. the place, where that person has established his business) is located outside the Czech Republic (pursuant to the Art. 2, para. 1 and Art. 9, para. 1). On the basis of the legislation valid in the state concerned, the obligation of self-assessing of the tax by the user in the state, where he has established his business, may be in force (reverse charge mechanism - stipulated by Art. 196 of the Directive 2006/112/EC).

4.2.2.11 Further information may be obtained from:
Post:

EUROCONTROL
Central Route Charges Office
Rue de la Fusée 96
1130 Brussels
Belgium

Telephone:  +32 2 729 3838

Telefax:  +32 2 729 9093

E-mail:  r3.crco@eurocontrol.int

URL:  http://www.eurocontrol.int/crco