Airport/Airline Agreements—Practices and Characteristics (2010)

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I. Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II. Effective Date and Transition Provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1 Effective Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2 Cancellation of Prior Agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . III. Term . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IV. Premises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.1 Airline Premises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.2 Terminal Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.3 Employee Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.4 Federal Inspection Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.5 Transfer of Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . V. Use of the Airport and Related Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.1 Airline Rights and Privileges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.2 Exclusions and Reservations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VI. Operation and Maintenance of the Airport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.1 Designation of Operation and Maintenance Responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.2 Airport Operator Obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.3 Airline Obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VII. Rentals, Fees, and Charges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.1 Landing Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2 Terminal Rentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.3 Extraordinary Service Charges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.4 Aircraft Parking Charges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.5 Other Fees and Charges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.6 Information to be Supplied by Airline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.7 Payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.8 Security for Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.9 No Further Charges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VIII. Changes in Rates for Rentals, Fees, and Charges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.1 Annual Rate Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.2 Other Rate Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.3 Incorporation of Exhibit F . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.4 Settlement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.5 Use of Airport Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 A P P E N D I X B Sample of Table of Contents for Typical Agreement

Appendices A, C, and F are available on the TRB website at www.TRB.org by searching for “ACRP Report 36.” Titles of the appendices are as follows: Appendix A: Annotated Bibliography Appendix C: CIP Primer Appendix F: Airport Online Survey 93 A P P E N D I C E S A , C , and F

the FAA Revenue Use Policy. Direct subsidy payments to airlines are forbidden; however, lim- ited waivers of airport fees may be allowed if they are as follows: • Temporary • Available to all qualifying airlines on a non-discriminatory basis • For “new airline service” • Not paid for (through offsetting increases in other fees) by the other airlines serving the mar- ket and not participating in the air service incentive program Given that air service incentive programs must be temporary and generally do not represent a “sustainable” business arrangement, they are often established as temporary policies by airport operators rather than formalized in Agreements. 92 Airport/Airline Agreements—Practices and Characteristics