Commission notice pursuant to Article 4(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2408/92 — Imposition of public service obligations in respect of scheduled air services within Italy
Date: 2002-05-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, air freight rate, air transport, airline, intra-EU transport, public service

22.5.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 119/15

Commission notice pursuant to Article 4(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2408/92

Imposition of public service obligations in respect of scheduled air services within Italy

(2002/C 119/08)

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 Italian Government,
in accordance with the decisions taken at the Conferences of
services held by the Region of Sicily, has decided to impose
public service obligations in respect of scheduled air services
operated on the following routes:

1. Routes concerned:

— Pantelleria–Trapani and vice versa,

— Lampedusa–Trapani and vice versa,

— Pantelleria–Palermo and vice versa,

— Lampedusa–Palermo and vice versa,

— Lampedusa–Catania and vice versa,

— Trapani–Rome–Milan and vice versa,

— Trapani–Bari–Venice and vice versa,

— Trapani–Catania and vice versa.

1.1. Pursuant to Article 9 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
95/93 of 18 January 1993 on common rules for the
allocation of
the
the
competent
airports concerned subject to the coordination system.

at Community
reserve

airports,
at
slots

authorities may

slots

2. The public service obligations in question are as

follows:

2.1. Minimum frequency

(a) Pantelleria–Trapani and vice versa:

— at least two outward and two return flights
from 1 October
and three
outward and three return flights from 1 June
to 30 September and during the Easter and
Christmas holiday periods;

to 31 May

(b) Lampedusa–Trapani and vice versa:

— at least one outward and one return flight from
1 October to 31 May and two outward and
two return flights
to 30
September;

from 1 June

(c) Pantelleria–Palermo and vice versa:

— at least two outward and two return flights all

year round;

(d) Lampedusa–Palermo and vice versa:

— at least two outward and two return flights
from 1 October
and three
outward and three return flights from 1 June
to 30 September;

to 31 May

(e) Lampedusa–Catania and vice versa:

— at least one outward and one return flight all

year round;

(f) Trapani–Roma–Milano and vice-versa:

— at least two outward and two return flights
to 14 June and three
from 16 September
outward and three return flights from 15 June
to 15 September;

(g) Trapani–Bari–Venice and vice versa:

— at least one outward and one return flight all

year round;

(h) Trapani–Catania and vice versa:

— at least one outward and one return flight all

year round.

2.2. Timetables

and

versa,

the routes Pantelleria–Trapani and vice versa,
For
Lampedusa–
vice
Pantelleria–Palermo
Palermo and vice versa, Trapani–Lampedusa and vice
versa, Trapani–Rome–Milan and vice versa, Trapani–
Bari–Venice and vice versa, timetables must include
(6.00-9.00) and a
an early morning outward flight
to enable
late evening return flight
business travellers to make a round trip the same
day, unless
in
specific airports.

are operational

(18.00-21.00)

restrictions

there

For the other routes (Trapani–Catania and vice versa
and Lampedusa–Catania and vice versa)
timetables
must allow for connections with scheduled national
and international air services stopping at Catania.

2.3. Type and capacity of aircraft used

The aircraft used within the guaranteed time periods
least 100 seats on the Trapani–
must have at
Rome–Milan and Trapani–Bari–Venice routes and at
least 40 seats on the other
routes. Alternatively,
aircraft of other capacities may be used if equivalent
annual capacity is provided in the guaranteed time
periods even by adapting frequencies.

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2.4. Fares

Maximum fares net of VAT and airport taxes are as
follows:

— Pantelleria–Trapani and vice versa: EUR 15,49,

— Lampedusa–Trapani and vice versa: EUR 18,08,

— Pantelleria–Palermo and vice versa: EUR 18,08,

— Lampedusa–Palermo and vice versa: EUR 20,66,

— Lampedusa–Catania and vice versa: EUR 18,08,

— Trapani–Milan
EUR 56,81,

— Trapani–Venice
EUR 56,81,

and

vice

versa

(via Rome):

and

vice

versa

(via

Bari):

the
the average recorded in each half-year of
If
EUR/USD exchange rate and/or the cost of aviation
changes by more than 5 %, fares must be adjusted in
proportion to the change recorded.

Six-monthly fare adjustments are made by the Minister
for Infrastructure and Transport, in agreement with the
President of the Sicilian Region, on the basis of a
report by a joint technical committee, composed of
one representative appointed by the ENAC and one
representative
Sicilian Region,
which must consult the carriers operating the routes
concerned.

appointed by

the

Any adjustment will enter into force as of the next
half-year.

services

Adjustments must be notified to all carriers operating
and to the European
the
Commission for publication in the Official Journal of
the European Communities.

in question,

— Trapani–Rome and vice versa: EUR 38,73,

2.5. Continuity of service

— Trapani–Bari and vice versa: EUR 36,15,

— Trapani–Catania and vice versa: EUR 18,08.

Except in cases of force majeure, the number of flights
cancelled for reasons directly attributable to the carrier
must not exceed 1 % of
flights
scheduled in any IATA scheduling season.

the number of

No fare restrictions apply to the routes between
Rome–Milan and vice versa or Bari–Venice and vice
versa.

The carrier must provide these services for at least 12
consecutive months and give at least six months' notice
before discontinuing them.

Every year the competent authorities will adjust the
maximum fares
rate of
inflation of the previous year and the ISTAT general
index of consumer prices.

in accordance with the

3. Any carrier operating the routes in question who fails to
comply with the public service obligations described above
will be liable to penalties imposed by the administrative
authorities and/or courts.