The same will happen at Peterborough Conington.
We fall well within the limits for less than 20 flight plans per month - sometimes we have none- but because we have a flying school and maintain our own aircraft, we are considered to be "commercial" and therefore making huge amounts of money. Haha
One suggestion from NATS staff on the phone last year was to put our landing fees up to flight planned aircraft to recover the £2,000.
It would solve the problem I suppose as at fewer than 20 flight plans per month we would not need AFPEx because nobody would pay the extortionate landing fees to fly in!
This is what we have been told -
If you no longer wish to use AFPEx please let us know by contacting the NATS Data Solutions team by email at .......
It is not a question of whether we wish to use it.
Of course we do.
Any organisation would wish to retain a service that potentially enhances safety.
It is a question of being unable to pay money that we do not have (and have no prospect of getting) over and above all of the other regulatory costs that are required these days.