Aviation Intelligence Reporter – November 2008
Setting free the Agenda for Freedom
The Environment and Aviation – a tale of competing realities
Single European Sky – did anyone think to tell the European States?
Airports take more bold steps on the road to normality
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click hereSetting free the Agenda for Freedom
Fifteen of the world’s more liberal thinking governments met in Istanbul in late October,
at the invitation of IATA, to discuss the liberalisation of air transport. In particular they
addressed the ownership and control rules that limit and restrain such much of air
transport. It had an unhelpful name, but a good intention. And judging from the
comments made by the participants as they left Istanbul, the meeting had as good an
outcome as might be expected.
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The Environment and Aviation – a tale of competing realities
On Friday of last week, the Council of Ministers in Europe decided to accept, in its
entirety, the proposal supported by 95% of the European Parliamentarians to include
aviation in the next round of the European Emission Trading Scheme (ETS). A two year
campaign has reached a significant milestone. To paraphrase George Bernard Shaw,
having established the facts, we must now negotiate a price. And that is likely to prove
very difficult.
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Single European Sky – did anyone think to tell the European States?
The initial European response to the economic crisis has been completely State driven.
Each national capital has been out there, announcing measures to save their banks and
national jobs. Post facto, the Member States are only now starting to acknowledge that
they might try to think of finding a job for The European Commission. Consequently, the
Commission has been reduced to walking around looking like an illegitimate child on
Father’s Day, helping with the washing up, sweeping, generally staying out of the way.
For airlines that is bad news, very bad news.
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Airports take more bold steps on the road to normality
Airports continued to make clear that they intend being considered an important part of
the air transport community this month with two very interesting, and possibly significant,
announcements. First, Aeroport de Paris (owners of CDG and Orly) and Schipol Group
(owners of the main Dutch airports, as well as management contracts in a number of
others) announced a cross-shareholding deal. Secondly, Shanghai airport and Dallas
Fort Worth announced a strategic alliance arrangement.
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