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522300 Service activities incidental to air transportation

Information: This code has a codification rule

This type includes:

  • activities related to the air transport of passengers, animals or freight:
  • operation of terminal facilities (e.g. airway terminals)
  • airport and air traffic control activities
  • ground service activities on airfields, etc.
  • ensuring safety at airfield infrastructure maintenance work
  • storage of aircraft

This type also includes:

  • firefighting and fire-prevention services at airports

This type excludes:

  • cargo handling, see 522400
  • luggage and passenger inspection at airports, not by public authorities, see 800100
  • luggage and passenger inspection at airports, by public authorities, see 842400
  • operation of flying schools for professional pilots, see 853200
  • operation of flying schools not issuing certificates and permits for professionals, see 855300

Services such as warehousing, storage, and other support activities, when provided solely to assist transportation activities within the same unit, are considered ancillary. These services should be classified under transport, with the unit assigned to the relevant code in Section H.