Originally Posted by
Hussar 54
Did we not have a discussion on here a couple of years ago about the Irish VLCC ' gaining advantage ' by registering some / all its fleet with lower gross weights in order to benefit from lower En Route Charges from Eurocontrol ?
This works primarily in Europe, where landing fees and Eurocontrol charges are all driven by a MTOW based formula. In the US these charges are per movement or category based, so playing with the weight figures for a given aircraft model has no effect on operating costs.