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TOURISM PLAN
BY DEIRDRE MASON
A GROUNDBREAKING and comprehensive resolution on tourism passed by the EU Council of Ministers last week, which contained a wide range of policy goals and plans for action, has been given a lukewarm welcome by the European travel industry.…
FRANCE SUBSIDIES
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPAN Commission is threatening possible legal action against France, to block its decision to extend aid granted to its aviation sector following the grounding of flights in the four days after the September 11th attack on the World Trade Centre.…
AVIATION RECOVERY
BY ALAN OSBORN
IN a further sign of recovery from the fraught conditions of 2001, the Association of European Airlines has reported that air traffic in the European market rose by 2.8 per cent in the week to May 12th. This marked only the third weekly gain since the sharp fall in civil aviation which followed the political and military turbulence of last year.…
MALAYSIA
BY MARK ROWE
THE MALAYSIAN government has been forced to conduct an embarrassing U-turn in its policy towards major international airlines in attempt to prevent its landmark new airport from becoming a white elephant.
Kuala Lumpur International Airport, 40 miles outside the city, was opened in 1998 an attempt to transform the city into a regional hub to rival Singapore’s Changi, which is regularly voted the world’s best airport.…
CAMBODIA
BY MARK ROWE
CAMBODIA’S increasingly stable political environment has led to an unexpected boom for the air industry in south-east Asia, with carriers moving quickly to increase the frequency of their routes to the country.
The main interest focuses on the ancient ruins of Angkor Wat, one of the great sights of Asia, with the Cambodian tourism authorities announcing a US$73million plan to redevelop Siem Reap airport near the temple ruins.…
GALILEO
BY ALAN OSBORN
WITH the European Union’s Pounds 2.2 billion Galileo satellite navigation system being given the final go-ahead by government leaders after long arguments over its cost, the European Commission is taking pains to promote its future usefulness to the airline industry.…
AIR INSURANCE
BY MARK ROWE
THE EUROPEAN Union has given itself until the end of this month (May) to make a crunch decision over whether to further subsidise the future insurance of the continent’s airlines in the wake of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre, in New York last September.…
OPEN SKIES LATEST
BY MARK ROWE
THE EUROPEAN Commission is to enter into swift negotiations over the so-called ‘open skies’ agreements with the United States and individual Member States, if, as expected, these bilateral air transport deals are soon ruled illegal.
Earlier this year, the European Court of Justice was advised by its advocate general Antonio Tizzano to strike down US deals made with eight European countries, in effect ordering them to be redrawn.…
UKRAINE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
MOVES are underway to restructure the Ukraine’s airline industry, with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development planning to fund consultants who would advise the country’s two main commercial players on how they could successfully merge their services.…
VIRGIN BLUE
BY MATTHEW BRACE, in Sydney
AUSTRALIA’S low fare carrier, Virgin Blue, (owned by Sir Richard Branson), has signed a contract reflecting the high standard of skills commanded by civilian airlines worldwide: to train pilots who crew VIP aircraft for the Royal Australian Air Force.…