Aviation Intelligence Reporter – July 2009
You be the judge – make your own ETS scheme for aviation
All hail to the Party
The CANSO AGM – Once more unto the beach, dear friends
European Airports: in Manchester, united
The Paris Air Show – Quiet inside the halls, anyway
Meanwhile in Brussels, EU-US Open Skies, phase II
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click hereYou be the judge – make your own ETS scheme for aviation
Imagine, if you will, that you have been asked to design an emission trading scheme for
European air transport. Take as a given that the political will is such that there is no
question that the scheme be in place, that airlines be included along with other industry
sectors. No, you are not allowed to bottle it by muttering something about needing a
global system.
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All hail to the Party
June is annual general meeting month for air transport – and IATA set the ball rolling in
Kuala Lumpur with a scream of pain that must have been heard in Singapore. The
situation is so dire that even Giovanni Bisignani’s speech writers seem to be running out
of purple prose.
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The CANSO AGM – Once more unto the beach, dear friends
Only a week or so later, the great and the good of the ANSPs gathered in San Diego for
CANSO’s AGM. Social events included a beach party at an artificial beach area,
complete with a huge pool with a wave machine. The wave machine was pumping, the
analogy machine nearly went into melt down: riding the waves of change; wipe-out; you
can imagine the rest.
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European Airports: in Manchester, united
Europe’s airports also got in on the act, with their annual meeting in Manchester at the
same time as the ANSPs were riding the waves of change. What with having a
reception at the Man U football team ground, the dominant analogy was ‘playing as a
team’.
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The Paris Air Show – Quiet inside the halls, anyway
In the meantime, the centenary Paris Air Show was also underway at le Bourget. Not
one stand failed to mention the environment, or use the word green. Did we tell you just
how very committed we all are to doing something about it too, by the way?
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Meanwhile in Brussels, EU-US Open Skies, phase II
And to finish up what was a very busy month, the US negotiators came to Brussels for a
further round of talks about phase II of the EU-US Open Skies agreement.
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