Transportation Industry
IATA calls for regulation of airport monopolies.(International Air Transport Association)(Brief article)
Airports International, May, 2006
In an effort to put the brakes on what it sees as ever-spiralling costs accrued by airlines at airports, IATA has appealed to EU Transport Commissioner Jacques Barrot to help bring new regulation to what was described as Europe's 'monopolist' airport industry.
IATA Director General Giovanni Bisignani stated that only robust national economic regulation of EU airports would help achieve a level playing field in which a truly efficient air transport sector could flourish in the future.
He said that while the European Commission is already processing a new directive on airport charges, it must now work towards obtaining effective independent national regulation of airports. This applied to those airports serving over 5 million passengers per year, or as...
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