Review of CAA fees, levies, and charges 2024

A review of CAA fees, levies, and charges is under way. Aviation participants, the travelling public, and other interested parties were invited to make a submission from 27 August to 8 October 2024.

This review will consider the pricing level of the fees, charges, and levies, not the funding frameworks that were reviewed in 2017 and 2019. Any changes are expected to take effect 01 July 2025 and remain until 2027.

Read the full consultation document [PDF 897 KB]

Updated Appendix 5: Other fees, levies and charges under preferred option [PDF 436 KB]

Consultation document quick guide [PDF 269 KB]

Read the 2024 KPMG Review of AvSec Levies Assumptions [PDF 6.4 MB]

Read 2024 Pricing review Cost Recovery Impact Statement [PDF 3.1 MB]

Questions and answers

What happens after the consultation?

We've engaged with the Minister of Transport who is considering the results and options we provided. A proposal will be taken by the Minister to Cabinet to seek final decision. Once approved, the Pricing Review decision and Summary of Submissions will be published.

Required regulatory amendments will be in place by 31 May 2025 and come into effect on 1 July 2025 and remain until 30 June 2027.

This review will consider the pricing level of the fees, charges, and levies, not the funding frameworks that were reviewed in 2017 and 2019. Any changes are expected to take effect 01 July 2025 and remain until 2027.

Purpose of the review

The Government will no longer provide financial support to the Authority beyond 30 June 2025. The review is intended to re-establish a sustainable funding model.

What is included in the review

• An examination of current pricing levels of CAA fees, levies, and charges
• An explanation of the Authority’s income and funding pressures
• Analysis of consequences if fees, levies and charges aren’t increased
• Cost recovery options that each recover the same level of revenue, with the allocation split differently, which incorporate the rebuilding of the Authority’s cash reserves in accordance with the Authority’s Reserves and Funding Policy, and which assume that baseline Crown funding (current funding for things like ministerial servicing and international engagement) remains unchanged.

What is not included in the review

• This review does not propose changes to the current cost-recovery model, and no new funding mechanisms are being developed.
• The review does not consider the level of Crown funding that the Authority receives.
• This consultation also does not include changes to pricing levels for some items that were included in our suspended 2020 Pricing Review consultation, including specific cost recovery settings for the unmanned aircraft and emerging technology sector, Airport Identification Cards, Regulated Aviation Cargo Agents or the current basis of the Agriculture Levy. These will be considered in the broader review of the funding model.

Consultation

The CAA will consult until 5pm 8 October 2024 on the changes proposed by the 2024 pricing review. We are seeking advice and views on the proposals and their possible impact.

Additional documents relating to the review, and answers to questions we receive, can be found here:

Questions and answers

How to make a submission

The consultation period has now closed.

If you have any questions, please contact us: pricingconsultation@caa.govt.nz.

Online information sessions

The CAA held six online meetings to provide the public and aviation participants with an opportunity to hear about the proposed changes. For those who missed it, a recording is below.