Aviation Intelligence Reporter – November 2009
TC (Air Traffic command and Control) or ATM (Air Traffic free Markets)
High Level Meeting on Environment, but thankfully, not a Summit
Europe: an alliance of states that does not like the state of alliances
The not-so-brave new world of Open Skies
Who is regulating the regulators? Not Errol Flynn
State Aid back on the agenda – if you know where to look
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There is insufficient discussion of philosophy in air traffic management. That is a pity.
Whilst it is true that an industry that praises its philosophers but not its plumbers gets
both bad plumbing and bad philosophy, it is also true that an industry that praises its
plumbers but not its philosophers gets theories that do not hold water.
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High Level Meeting on Environment, but thankfully, not a Summit
Your heart had to bleed for the communications team at IATA after reading their press
release issued at the conclusion of the ICAO convened ‘High Level Meeting’ on the
environment. Smiling grimly through the tears does not start to describe the attempt to
put a brave face on the outcome. If you could sell brave-face-in-a-jar IATA would corner
the market.
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Europe: an alliance of states that does not like the state of alliances
The worst kept secret in Brussels was that British Airways was to receive a list of
concerns regarding its application for antitrust immunity with American Airlines. Dipping
into IATA’s supply of brave-face-in-a-jar, BA said that this was part of the process and
that it would respond in due course.
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The not-so-brave new world of Open Skies
Remember when the EU and the US signed the first phase of the EU-US Open Skies
bilateral agreement? There were speeches made about how this was the first step in a
strictly two step process that would force further liberalisation. The British carriers went
so far as to note that if they did not get the opening up they wanted in the US, they
would have no hesitation in, yes, Pulling Out.
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Who is regulating the regulators? Not Errol Flynn
All the European airlines invested considerable capital, political and cash, in the Single
European Sky initiative. Now, they want to see the benefits of that investment made
real.
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State Aid back on the agenda – if you know where to look
Few issues have divided the airline community like State Aid. When it is propping up
legacy carriers such as Olympic and Alitalia it is bad, because it distorts competition.
When it is used to open an airport to low cost carriers to promote competition, for
example, it is bad, or good, depending on which side of the LCC line you stand.
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