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European Aviation Regulatory Agenda

by P.J. Blount with the blog faculty

From Aviation Week:

Regulatory Agenda Worries European Airlines

Apr 16, 2010

By Robert Wall
Edinburgh, Scotland

A raft of regulatory and legislative initiatives pending in Brussels is raising anxiety among airlines that their ability to effectively compete will suffer long-term damage.

The airline industry’s relationship with European Union representatives has often been tense, but there is growing concern that as a new European Parliament and Commission look to make their mark in the coming months, airlines may be a target, or at least a victim, of the process.

There is “a high risk we will be seeing new regulation that is neither urgent nor important,” warns Simon McNamara, director of industry affairs for the European Regional Airlines Association (ERA). Possible affected areas could include slot allocations along with lost baggage and bankruptcy protection policies. . . . [Full Story]