In March 2024, the Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA) launched a stakeholder involvement process to introduce a roll-over mechanism at Zurich Airport. As part of the public administration's ordinance process, the revised Ordinance on Airport Charges was adopted today by the Federal Council. Accordingly, the Federal Council decided to supplement the OAC with a roll-over mechanism.

If there are any excess returns or shortfalls in a current period, it will be carried forward to the subsequent charge period via roll-over mechanism. This increases the prospects of a mutual negotiation result.
 

Next steps

The adjusted provisions will come into force on January 1, 2025. However, for the current charge period, which began in 2016, the roll-over mechanism according to the OAC revision does not yet apply in the event of any excess returns or shortfalls.

As already communicated in the past, the next procedure for adjusting the flight operations charges will start in April 2025. The actual charge negotiations will then begin in the fourth quarter of 2025. It is currently planned to inform the capital market accordingly at the latest when the charge negotiations are concluded.