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Aviation Intelligence Reporter April 2024
- AI: The New Flavour of the Month
- The Level Playing Field: The Traditional Flavour of the Month
- Airport Regulations: Fit for 2019
- Revenge Lifestyle: The New Black
- SES 2+ Reform: A Once in a Generation Stop-Gap
- Climate Change Mitigation Policy (Part 2): ICAO and the UNFCCC
Friends,
Once upon a time, June was aviation association meeting month, but now, as with everything else, things are different. March saw both Airspace World and the A4E CEO summit. On the same week. There were also events in Cluj and Granada. People were opining at will. It can be hard to keep track. The best thing about Airspace World was that there now seems to be a healthy fringe culture developing too. That is to be welcomed. The only fringe event around the A4E is an exclusive ‘walking dinner’ the night before. You will appreciate that the ‘exclusive’ is doing a lot of work there. Still, it is good to know, after these two events that notwithstanding developments and progress, we have things to complain about.
Elsewhere, in Cluj, and in Granada, the low cost carriers were leaving the rest of the industry in their wake. They just get on and do it. The rest must catch up, or be left behind. Sometimes it is hard to see which option is the more tempting. We talked AI and we talked our old friend the level playing field. How level playing field did not become LPF is one of life’s mysteries. LPF, WTF?
There is also a fitness check now underway on airport regulations. Has there ever been anything more otiose? We had rules on CRS too, once, but when it became obvious they were no longer necessary, we got rid of them. Why not the same for things like airport charges? We also pass the tape over what was finally agreed concerning the SES 2+. Maybe less is more is the moral there.
Finally, part two of what might be Chris Lyle’s magnus opus (or one of them; can one have a number of magus opea?) on the relationship between ICAO and reality when it comes to sustainability. I hope you agree with me that it is well worth the reading.
Wishing you and your families a great Easter,
Regards
Andrew
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