The Brussels Airport Company
Route and marketing incentive scheme 2009

The Brussels Airport Company offers a series of incentives to encourage airlines to develop their services at the airport. The incentive scheme is calculated as a percentage of the landing and take-off charges, plus the individual passenger service charges.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

1.0. Principles

1.1. A set percentage will be applied to the actual aeronautical revenue paid to The Brussels Airport Company and generated by the new initiative of the airline. For this purpose Aeronautical Revenue is defined as: landing and take-off charges, passenger charges and aircraft parking charges (if applicable). All security charges are excluded.

1.2. An incentive shall only be granted if the new initiative results in an increase in total seat capacity offered at Brussels Airport by the carrier (versus the previous corresponding IATA season).

1.3. The incentive is only granted to the operating carrier. Codesharing partners or wet lease operators shall not receive an incentive. New destinations or frequency increases resulting from mergers, acquisitions, codeshares or route transfers are not entitled to receive an incentive.

1.4. A new destination is a destination that has not been served from Brussels Airport for the last twelve months as a regular scheduled operation.

1.5. If a new destination is opened, the incentive scheme remains open to other carriers wishing to commence new services to the same destination within the IATA season during which the new services from the first carriers have started.

1.6. In multi-airport systems, each airport of the system is considered as a separate destination.

1.7. Charter operations are not subject to incentives. Scheduled charter operations are eligible for the incentive scheme if they have a published schedule at start of the IATA season and if ?flight only? tickets can be directly purchased by the passenger for the new initiative via distribution channels other than the Tour Operator alone.

1.8. For regular scheduled cargo flights, a specific incentive policy is defined: a minimum requirement regarding noise performance is conditional to the granting of an incentive; ad hoc or charter cargo flights are not granted incentives.

1.9. IATA regions Europe (Western Europe, Eastern/Central Europe), and North Africa, are considered short/medium haul destinations. All other IATA regions are considered long haul destinations.

1.10 The distinction short haul or long haul does not apply to cargo.

1.11. This incentive system will apply to initiatives for which the operations commence on, or after 29th March 2009 and before 28th March 2010.

2.0. Application

2.1. Airlines must officially apply to The Brussels Airport Company at the latest 30 (thirty) days after the first operation of the initiative; failure to do so will forfeit the right to an incentive.

2.2. Airlines which are eligible to apply shall inform The Brussels Airport Company of the initiative and request to receive an offer letter. Application for the incentive shall be in the form of a counter signed copy of the offer letter and an initialled copy of these Terms and Conditions sent to The Brussels Airport Company.

2.3. The incentive scheme shall begin on the first day of the month following the commencement of the initiative.

2.4. The incentive shall be credited after the end of each IATA season. The Brussels Airport Company will inform the airlines in April and in November each year whether the airline has met the conditions of the agreement and inform them of the amount that will be credited to the airline at that time.

2.5. Incentives will be credited by The Brussels Airport Company, according to the percentage in the agreement letter and applied to the relevant revenue values.

2.6. If, during the course of the incentive period, the operating airline changes the characteristics of or stops the initiative, The Brussels Airport Company maintains the right to stop or revise the incentives according to the new situation .

2.7. The incentive agreement is only in force when payment terms of standard invoices are respected and thus when no overdue exists.  If the airline has arrears of payment, The Brussels Airport Company will defer the issuance of the credit note until the outstanding debt is liquidated.

The Brussels Airport Company, March 2009