Tsunami Disaster- Route Charges For Relief Flights?
Hi all. After being moved to tears by the images on the television I just made an online donation to the disaster appeal.
It got me thinking though. Does NATS (or any other ATC provider for that matter) charge for providing ATC services to the flights taking emergency aid from/over the UK? I assume they would go as STATUS: HUM flights? Does it ever charge route charges for these flights? And what about the airports? Do they charge landing fees?
If they do charge, I'm sure I can't be alone in thinking that they ought to waive the fees for such flights. It may only be a small amount in some cases but every little helps.
Christmas seems strangely irrelevant now.