MEPS BACK EU GROUNDHANDLING REFORMS
April 1st, 2013
THE EUROPEAN Parliament has voted for a regulation insisting at least three groundhandling operators should offer services at European Union (EU) airports processing more than 15 million passengers and/or 200,000 tonnes of freight annually. The current legislation insists on only two competitors. However, MEPs added minimum quality standards and safeguards for staff transferred from groundhandling jobs, for European airports serving over five million passengers annually: “This will include the maximum waiting time for baggage check-in, maximum time for delivery ...
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