Commission notice pursuant to Article 4(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2408/92 — Modified public service obligations in respect of certain scheduled air services within Portugal (Text with EEA relevance )
Date: 2007-05-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Portugal, air transport, airline, inland transport, provision of services, public service, transportation tariff

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Official Journal of the European Union

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

Modified public service obligations in respect of certain scheduled air services within Portugal

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 108/04)

1.

Pursuant to Commission notice of 1 December 2005 (1), the Portuguese Government has revised the
fares pertaining to the modified public service obligations in respect of scheduled air services operating
on the following routes:

— Lisbon/Ponta Delgada/Lisbon

— Lisbon/Terceira/Lisbon

— Lisbon/Horta/Lisbon

— Funchal/Ponta Delgada/Funchal

— Oporto/Ponta Delgada/Oporto

— Lisbon/Santa Maria/Lisbon

— Lisbon/Pico/Lisbon

2.

Fares

2.1. The fare structure must include:

(a) a fully flexible economy fare, a range of fares with levels and conditions tailored to the various

demand segments (tourism, business, general cargo and specific products, etc.);

(b) a return PEX fare of EUR 233 on flights between the Azores and mainland Portugal, and a return

PEX fare of EUR 172 on flights between the Azores and Funchal;

(c) a 33 % reduction on the fully flexible economy class public fare for persons who have been resi-
dent for six months or more in the Autonomous Region of the Azores on islands with a direct
service to mainland Portugal or to Funchal, or who are resident in the Autonomous Region of
Madeira;

(d) a 40 % reduction on the fully flexible economy class public fare for students aged 26 or under
whose home or educational establishment is situated in the Autonomous Region of the Azores and
who, respectively, attend an educational establishment or live elsewhere in Portugal;

(e) the right for students aged 26 or under to travel via Lisbon on flights to and from the Autonomous
Region of the Azores on days when there is no direct service between Funchal/Ponta Delgada/
Funchal, provided they use the same air carrier on all sections of the journey. The flight schedule
chosen must not allow a stopover in Lisbon.

Each carrier must have the same fare structure for all the routes specified at 1, whether the place of
departure or destination is Lisbon or Oporto, and apply it without discrimination; however, promo-
tions may be offered from time to time for point-to-point flights.

The fares must be displayed to the public, both at the points of sale and at check-in counters.

2.2. The following fares shall be payable by residents and students after deducting the discount referred to

in (c) and (d) of 1 above:

(a) EUR 194 for return trips to mainland Portugal in the case of residents of the Autonomous Region

of the Azores;

(1) OJ C 304, 1.12.2005, p. 15.

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(b) EUR 170 for return trips between the Azores and Funchal in the case of residents of the Azores

and the Autonomous Region of Madeira;

(c) EUR 151 for return trips between the Azores and mainland Portugal in the case of students, and

(d) EUR 107 for return trips between the Azores and Funchal in the case of students.

3.

4.

The State will, under terms to be established by law, subsidise the journeys of residents and students on
condition that the rules and fares applicable under 1 and 2 above are complied with. The subsidy paid
shall be EUR 87 per return trip.

Cargo tariffs on routes between mainland Portugal and the Autonomous Region of the Azores and
between Funchal and the Autonomous Region of the Azores:

LIS or OPO/Azores

FNC/Azores

Minimum

Normal (kg)

Quantity (kg)

Perishables (kg)

Special products (kg)

Special products/quantity (kg)

EUR 8,90

EUR 1,07

EUR 0,94

EUR 0,67

EUR 0,84

EUR 0,77

EUR 8,90

EUR 0,86

EUR 0,66

EUR 0,55

EUR 0,62

The remaining requirements laid down in respect of fares in Commission notice of 1 December 2005
shall continue to apply.

5.

This notice shall enter into force on 1 April 2007.