Aviation Intelligence Reporter – April 2014
The Hand of Dead Regulation
The Overarching Cornerstone of Sovereignty
A Structure for Infrastructure
The Illegal Flights Conundrum
Which Bit is in Contact with Whom?
Survival of the Fittest: Darwin Airlines, Ownership and Control
Haiku Corner – The Essential Guide to Aviation Speeches
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The most illuminating session at the World ATM Congress conference in Madrid in early March was a conversation about the role of regulators – and indeed regulation – in the ATM area. Representing the gamekeepers, Matthew Baldwin of the European Commission tried to find middle ‘can’t-live-with-‘em-can’t-live-without-‘em’ ground. Klaus-Dieter Scherlue of Germany’s DFS, himself a gamekeeper now turned poacher, had some very clear views. Teri Bristol from the FAA looked on amazed.
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The Overarching Cornerstone of Sovereignty
Patiently and painstakingly, the European Commission has been building a dome above us. It will be a magnificent structure, a single European sky that will arch perfect, complete, and in the tradition of the great domes of Europe, it will even have little stars on it. Except, better than Brunelleschi or Michelangelo, these stars will be real.
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A Structure for Infrastructure
The Florence-based European School of Regulation – its real name, not a parody – spent a day doing some of that thinking in late March. Specifically it looked at what the long-term role of Eurocontrol might be in an increasingly liberalised ATM market. That makes at least one heroic assumption, but everyone took the leap of faith for fun.
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The Illegal Flights Conundrum
The European business aviation sector has been on its sickbed for nigh on six years. The insipid economic recovery, it seems, is finally breathing some life back into private flying. Activity these last few months has nudged up a percent or two. Struggling to find its feet, the industry needs all the assistance it can get. Its association, the European Business Aviation Association hopes that its just-completed study on illegal flights will help root out at least one impediment to recuperation.
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Which Bit is in Contact with Whom?
The tragic MH370 saga has again brought to the fore the issue of air-ground communications. Before the accident, there were various announcements of initiatives improving passenger communications. There was deafening silence around maintaining contact with the aircraft. Boy, has that changed. Everyone now thinks it is a Good Thing. Perhaps unsurprisingly, those calls are yet to focus on questions like why it has taken this long and who is responsible for doing nothing in the first place. Being polite, the Economist called the process ‘plodding’. This is part of the ‘safety of life’ spectrum band, and progress is plodding indeed.
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Survival of the Fittest: Darwin Airlines, Ownership and Control
In the last few months a number of airline transactions have been taking place. Air Korea, which bought 49% of Czech Airlines last year, increased its stake to nearly 70%. Etihad bought 100% of Darwin, a small regional airline based in Lugano. Etihad is also looking at taking a stake in Alitalia, and increasing its stake in airberlin.
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Haiku Corner – The Essential Guide to Aviation Speeches
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