# C_2006240EN.01000701.xml

| 5.10.2006 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 240/7 |
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Commission communication pursuant to Article 4(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) 2408/92

Imposition of a public service obligation in respect of a scheduled air service within the United Kingdom

(2006/C 240/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

| 1. | Pursuant to Article 4(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2408/92 of 23 July 1992 on access for Community air carriers to intra-Community air routes, the United Kingdom has decided to impose a public service obligation in respect of a scheduled air service between Cardiff and RAF Valley, Anglesey. |
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| 2. | The public service obligation is as follows
—   Minimum frequencies:
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Two daily return flights on each day from Monday to Friday. No services are required to operate on Saturday and Sunday. —   Capacity:
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Total capacity per day of at least 36 passenger seats in each direction. —   Fares:
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The price of a single adult ticket must not exceed GBP 50 (including passenger service charge and security charge but excluding air passenger duty).
The maximum fare on the route may be increased once every year with the prior written consent of the National Assembly for Wales in line with the United Kingdom's Retail Price Index (all items) or any successor index to this.
No changes may be made to the fare levels without the prior written consent of the National Assembly for Wales.
The new maximum fares must be notified to the Civil Aviation Authority and to the European Commission, which may publish them in the Official Journal of the European Union. | — | Two daily return flights on each day from Monday to Friday. No services are required to operate on Saturday and Sunday. | — | Total capacity per day of at least 36 passenger seats in each direction. | — | The price of a single adult ticket must not exceed GBP 50 (including passenger service charge and security charge but excluding air passenger duty).
The maximum fare on the route may be increased once every year with the prior written consent of the National Assembly for Wales in line with the United Kingdom's Retail Price Index (all items) or any successor index to this.
No changes may be made to the fare levels without the prior written consent of the National Assembly for Wales.
The new maximum fares must be notified to the Civil Aviation Authority and to the European Commission, which may publish them in the Official Journal of the European Union. |
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| — | Two daily return flights on each day from Monday to Friday. No services are required to operate on Saturday and Sunday. | | | | | | |
| — | Total capacity per day of at least 36 passenger seats in each direction. | | | | | | |
| — | The price of a single adult ticket must not exceed GBP 50 (including passenger service charge and security charge but excluding air passenger duty).
The maximum fare on the route may be increased once every year with the prior written consent of the National Assembly for Wales in line with the United Kingdom's Retail Price Index (all items) or any successor index to this.
No changes may be made to the fare levels without the prior written consent of the National Assembly for Wales.
The new maximum fares must be notified to the Civil Aviation Authority and to the European Commission, which may publish them in the Official Journal of the European Union. | | | | | | |

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