COVID-19 Airport Charges Support Scheme Guidance for airlines 05 October 2020 3 COVID-19 Airport Charges Content Support Scheme Content COVID-19 Airport Charges Support Scheme 5 The support scheme 5 Flights eligible for aid 5 Calculating the aid for an airline 6 Apply for aid 6 Payment of aid to applicant 8 COVID-19 Airport Charges Support Scheme On 25 June 2020 the Danish Government concluded a political agreement with several of the Danish political parties (the Liberal Party, the Social Liberal Party and the Conservative People Party) regarding an air transport package. Two supplementary agreements were made on 24 July 2020 and 22 September 2020. One of the initiatives under the air transport package is the COVID-19 Airport Charges Support Scheme. As part of this scheme airlines can apply to the Danish State for aid corresponding to a 50 pct. reduction in airport charges paid to Danish airports in the period 01 august 2020 to 31 December 2020. The support scheme The total amount of aid under the scheme available for airlines is DKK 130 million (administration costs of 1 pct. deducted). The granting authority is the Danish CAA; The Danish Transport, Construction and Housing Authority (hereafter TBST). The scheme will remain in effect until the cap of DKK 130 million (administration deducted) has been paid out, but no later than 31 December 2020. If there are not enough funds in a given month to support all applicants, the remaining funds will be distributed among the applicants according to the size of their claims. The remaining amount under the scheme will be published monthly on the TBST website. The scheme is part of the COVID-19 Airport Charges Support Scheme to airlines and airports containing DKK 160 million. If there are not enough applications for one of the two schemes (For airlines and airports respectively) funds can be transferred from one scheme to another. If so, this will be published on the TBST website. The scheme is based on the following Danish Regulations: ”Bekendtgørelse om støtteordning til luftfartsselskaber i anledning af COVID-19-udbruddet” of 02 October 2020. TBST will not provide an English translation of the regulations. Flights eligible for aid Flights eligible for aid are scheduled and non-scheduled flights carrying passengers to and from the following Danish airports: - Copenhagen Airports, Kastrup (EKCH) - Copenhagen Airports, Roskilde (EKRK) - Billund Airport (EKBI) - Aalborg Airport (EKYT) - Aarhus Airport (EKAH) - Bornholms Airport (EKRN) - Midtjyllands Airport (EKKA) - Esbjerg Airport (EKEB) - Sønderborg Airport (EKSB) - Læsø flyveplads (EKLS) - Anholt flyveplads (EKAT) - Vandflyvepladsen i København (EKCC) - Vandflyvepladsen i Aarhus (EKAC) The following flights are not eligible for aid: cargo, general aviation (GA), ambulance and empty flight. Calculating the aid for an airline The aid for an airline amounts to 50 pct. of airport charges (passenger charges and take-off charges only) as paid for the flights eligible for aid cf. section 2 in this document. Aid will be granted for 50 pct. of the following airport charges: 1. Take‐off charge that are either a. calculated on the basis of the aircraft’s MTOW or b. being charged as a daily rate. 2. Passenger related charges for departing passengers (both locally departing passengers and transfer/transit passengers) including for example security charges, handling charges, CUTE charges and PRM charges. Aid will not be granted for parking charges, ground handling charges or the safety contribution to the Danish CAA (Danish: “safetyafgift”). The aid under this scheme is granted under the EU-commissions “Temporary Framework for State aid measures to support the economy in the current COVID-19 outbreak” as subsequently amended1, and therefore aid received by an undertaking must not exceed EUR 800,000 per undertaking in the form of direct grants, repayable advances, tax or payments advantages (all figures must be gross). An undertaking may therefore receive a maximum of EUR 800.000 under this scheme after deduction of any other aid received under the Temporary Framework for State aid measures to support the economy in the current COVID-19 outbreak. Apply for aid An airline can only make a claim for the grant if they are eligible cf. section 2-3. Application forms are to be found in appendix 1-3. Separate applications must be send for each month as well as for each airport. Applications must be send by email to TBST. Please use the following address: [email protected], cc. [email protected] and [email protected], and write the following in the subject field: “[company name] - Application for aid under the Air Transport Package’s scheme for airlines” Aid for the months of August, September and October The deadlines for applying for aid for the months of August, September and October are 16 September 2020 (application regarding August), 31 October 2020 (application regarding September) and 30 November 2020 (application regarding October). 1 https://ec.europa.eu/competition/state_aid/what_is_new/covid_19.html Applications regarding the months of August, September and October must contain: a. An inventory of the number of operations and passengers broken down by the eligible types of airport charges (Appendix 1). b. Copy of invoices from the airport for the airport fares for which a claim is made. c. Calculation of the eligible costs for the month, as well as the total amount aid claimed (Appendix 1). d. A signed Solemn Declaration that the information provided in the application is correct (Appendix 1). e. A signed Solemn Declaration that the application is in compliance with the EU state aid rules (Appendix 2). Aid for the months of November and December The deadline for receiving applications for the months of November and December is 07 December 2020. Applications regarding the months of November and December must contain: a. An estimation of the number of operations and passengers broken down by the eligible types of airport charges AND the underlying assumptions used in the estimation (Appendix 3). b. Estimation of the eligible costs for the month, as well as the estimated amount of aid claimed that month (Appendix 3). c. A signed Solemn Declaration that the application is in compliance with the EU state aid rules (Appendix 2). Furthermore, the applicant must send the following additional material regarding aid for the months of November and December. The deadline for submitting the additional material is 31 January 2021: a. An inventory of the actual number of operations and passengers broken down by the eligible types of airport charges (Appendix 1). b. Copy of invoices from the airport for the airport fares for which a claim is made. c. Calculation of the actual eligible costs for the month, as well as the actual amount of aid claimed (Appendix 1). d. A signed Solemn Declaration that the information provided in the application is correct (Appendix 1). e. A signed Solemn Declaration that the application is in compliance with the EU state aid rules (Appendix 2). TBST will process the applications for November and December after the deadline 07 December 2020, and report back to the applicant no later than 31 December 2020 whether aid can be granted. If so, the TBST will furthermore set a cap for the amount of aid granted on the basis of the application. Granted aid will be paid out after the 31 January 2021 when the applicant has forwarded the documentation for the actual traffic numbers cf. d-h above. The aid that will be paid out are calculated on the basis of the actual traffic numbers. Further information TBST can request further documentation regarding the application from the applicant, including a declaration from an independent certified auditor regarding information on the eligible traffic as well as the calculation of the eligible costs and the amount of claimed aid. Payment of aid to applicant Payments to the applicant will be made within 15 working days after the application deadline. For applications regarding November and December, granted aid will be paid out 15 working days after the deadline for forwarding documentation of actual traffic numbers. Granted aid is paid to the account registered under the applicant's CVR-number. If the applicant is a foreign carrier, the aid will be paid onto the account supplied by the applicant in the application form in the appendix. Trafik-, Bygge- og Boligstyrelsen Carsten Niebuhrs Gade 43 1577 København V [email protected] www.tbst.dk COVID-19 Airport Charges Support Scheme .