Aviation Intelligence Reporter – July 2008-August 2008
Emission Trading – passed by Parliament, but not welcomed by airlines
The European Court of Justice: denied boarding, and perhaps denied ETS
Regulatory Reform – all roads lead to Istanbul
Competition at the base of the Tower
Composites and MROs: Competitive Forces?
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click hereEmission Trading – passed by Parliament, but not welcomed by airlines
It is almost like a Delphic quiz: what was the end of the world as we know it, a brave and
bold step forward, and an opportunity missed all, at the same time? Emission trading for
airlines, obviously. Depending on whom you talked to, the airlines, the parliament and
the environment activists were actually talking about the same twenty pages of densely
written text, almost fiendishly designed to be impenetrable to the uninitiated. Where you
stand depends on where you sit, apparently.
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The European Court of Justice: denied boarding, and perhaps denied ETS
It may be that all the threatening of international litigation need come to nothing. The
European Court of Justice may do the work for those opposed to the ETS. On 7 July,
with no fanfare and no notice, the European Court of Justice handed down a very
interesting decision.
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Regulatory Reform – all roads lead to Istanbul
As we reported in our June Intelligence Reporter, the recent IATA AGM in Istanbul heard
of the launch of an IATA push to reform air transport regulation. The call for a meeting,
in Istanbul before the end of the year, of ‘like minded States’ to consider ways to reform
aviation without starting again on the Chicago Convention got drowned by the concerns
of the airlines over the price of oil. That is a pity, as it is a call worth considering for a
minute or two.
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Competition at the base of the Tower
Competition is a vexing concept for air navigation service providers (ANSPs) and for air
traffic management services. The traditional response to calls for competition in ANSP
services is to laugh. The louder the better.
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Composites and MROs: Competitive Forces?
Airlines increasingly outsource maintenance and other work to Maintenance and Repair
Organisations (MROs). Around the world more and more MROs have been established
and they are a vital part of the smooth running of the industry. Largely, airlines and
others put all things to do with maintenance (including MROs) in the same category as
children – better seen than heard. Nevertheless, there has been relentless, obsessive
focus on cost reduction in this area as airlines focus on their cost base.
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