Fees and airline contracts
An airport lives on fees. Every landing, every hour on a stand and every departing passenger adds to the till – and airline contracts turn occasional visitors into a reliable schedule.
Fees
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Landing fee | 22 € per tonne of max take-off weight, at least 200 € |
| Parking | 17 € per started hour |
| Overnight stay | 38 € flat instead of hourly parking |
| Passenger fee | 30 € per departing passenger |
| Ground handling | 12 € per seat and turnaround on airline flights |
On top come fuel sales, hangar rent, shop rent and revenue share, the glider club, visitors and car parking. Hangar tenants pay half the landing fee. A low pass pays nothing but still counts as a tower movement.
Airline contracts
The research Scheduled service (after Terminal and Security) brings the first airline offers with feeder aircraft of category B. Later research adds regional aircraft (C), narrowbodies (D) and widebodies (E).
- Each airline has a daily chance to make you an offer; your reputation raises that chance.
- A contract runs for 28 days and adds its flights to your flight schedule.
- Airlines track their satisfaction: cancelled flights, delays, flights that left without fuel and unhappy passengers all lower it.
Mail and freight
From phase 2 on, mail and cargo contracts are a second pillar. They also run for 28 days, punish late departures with a deduction from the revenue and are only renewed if most flights were on time.
Reputation
Reputation grows with goal rewards and good service, up to 100. More reputation means more general aviation requests per day and better odds of airline offers.
Sales manager
A Sales manager with the strength Good negotiator raises landing and passenger fees – see airport management.