Air Transport News.Mar 19, 2007 U.K. seeks delay in opening Heathrow to competition The U.K. wants new trans-Atlantic competition at London's Heathrow Airport to be delayed by one year under a new open skies agreement The Open Skies Agreement is a recently negotiated treaty between the United States and the European Union. The agreement will allow any European or U.S. airline to fly any route between any city in the EU and any city in the United States. . EU transport ministers are scheduled to decide on the agreement on March 22. U.K. officials say they are negotiating with other EU members and with the U.S. However, a U.S. official said the agreement was negotiated as one package and talks are now at an end. Mar 15, 2007 Open skies  This article is written like a personal reflection or and may require .Please [ improve this article] by rewriting this article in an . facing challenge in Congress: Plans to forge a new trans-Atlantic aviation pact suffered problems Wednesday with bipartisan opposition in Congress. Rep. James Oberstar, D-Minn., head of the House transportation committee, questioned what U.S. negotiators had offered to their EU counterparts. Mar 15, 2007 FAA urges Congress to reform funding The FAA is asking lawmakers to reform the way the agency is funded and allow it to borrow money. FAA officials say the agency will need up to $22 billion through 2025 to transition to a satellite-based air traffic control system. "It's my firm belief that our status quo [Latin, The existing state of things at any given date.] Status quo ante bellum means the state of things before the war. The status quo to be preserved by a preliminary injunction is the last actual, peaceable, uncontested status which preceded the pending controversy. financing structure cannot deliver the NextGen system we need, when and where we need it," FAA Administrator Marion Blakey Marion Clifton Blakey (born March 26, 1948) was the 15th Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration. She was the second woman to hold the position, serving as a successor to Jane Garvey, the first woman to hold the Administrator title. told Congress on Wednesday. Mar 15, 2007 European Commission European Commission, branch of the governing body of the European Union (EU) invested with executive and some legislative powers. Located in Brussels, Belgium, it was founded in 1967 when the three treaty organizations comprising what was then the European Community VP-Transport Jacques Barrot Jacques Barrot (born 3 February 1937 in Yssingeaux, Haute-Loire) is a French politician, currently serving as European Commissioner for Transport. He is also one of five vice-presidents of the 27-member Barroso Commission. told the European Parliament European Parliament, a branch of the governing body of the European Union (EU). It convenes on a monthly basis in Strasbourg, France; most meetings of the separate parliamentary committees are held in Brussels, Belgium, and its Secretariat is located in Luxembourg. in Strasbourg yesterday that the draft open skies agreement is "more balanced in favor of Europe" than the former deal that was rejected by the EU transport ministers in November 2005 and that it contains terms forcing the US to return to the negotiating table for a second stage of talks. Barrot said "detractors" who "say there will never be a second phase because the US has won out on the first stage" are incorrect. The EU obtained, he told MEPs, a mechanism that inevitably will lead to a second stage. "We're going to start negotiations on phase two in January 2008 at the latest. If there's no second-stage agreement between now and mid-2010, we can suspend elements of the accord." Mar 14, 2007 U.K. likely to approve open skies, EU to seek better next-phase deal Europe and the U.S. will start negotiating the second stage of the open skies agreement next year, EU Transport Commissioner Jacques Barrot said Tuesday. He said if no second-stage agreement is reached by mid-2010, Europe can suspend its side of the agreement. Meanwhile, Britain's transport secretary said Britain is now likely to approve the open skies pact, despite concerns that it will disadvantage U.K. airlines. The U.K. wanted guarantees that the U.S. would fully open its domestic market to EU airlines in return for U.S. carriers being given access to Heathrow and the internal EU market. Mar 14, 2007 Carriers turn to fuel efficiency to fight global warming global warming, the gradual increase of the temperature of the earth's lower atmosphere as a result of the increase in greenhouse gases since the Industrial Revolution. Aviation groups note that airlines have decreased fuel consumption per passenger mile by 70% over the past 40 years. The industry hopes to boost fuel efficiency by an additional 50% by 2020. Airlines also say that improving the air traffic control system will also improve efficiency and save fuel. Mar 14, 2007 EU Says Has Lever Over US On Opening Air Market The European Union European Union (EU), name given since the ratification (Nov., 1993) of the Treaty of European Union, or Maastricht Treaty, to the European Community has a lever to force the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. to open its domestic aviation market, the EU's transport chief said on Tuesday in a bid to convince doubters to back a trans-atlantic air travel pact. Mar 13, 2007 US and Canada signed an aviation agreement yesterday in Washington that will build upon the countries' 1995 arrangement by affording seventh freedom rights to passenger and cargo carriers, allowing them to fly to third-country markets from cities across the border. It also provides for "market-based pricing, open routes for cargo flights and a liberal charter regime," the US Dept of Transportation said. Mar 13, 2007 Airlines, nations take sides ahead of European open Sporting events called the European Open include:
Speculation is rife as open-skies vote approaches Transport ministers of the 27 EU member states meet next week to vote on the proposed open-skies agreement. The agreement has drawn opposition from the U.K., and some observers speculate London may London May (born 20 July 1967), joined Samhain in the summer of 1985. Previously, he had been the drummer for Reptile House. He remained with the band until February 1987, when Chuck Biscuits joined the band and London was asked to leave. veto the agreement. Mar 13, 2007 Two major traveler groups support new FAA funding plan The National Business Travel Association and the Air Travelers Association support changes to how the FAA is funded. Mar 13, 2007 Aviation taxes slated Conservative Party proposals to impose taxes on aviation as a tool to curb emissions, have met with a chorus of opposition from the industry - and government. Mar 12, 2007 British Airways British Airways in full British Airways PLC International passenger airline based in London. In 1936 British Airways Ltd. was founded through the merger of three smaller airlines. , American airlines Two European airlines at odds over open skies: The tentative U.S. EU open-skies agreement does not come close to the market liberalization lib·er·al·ize v. lib·er·al·ized, lib·er·al·iz·ing, lib·er·al·iz·es v.tr. To make liberal or more liberal: "Our standards of private conduct have been greatly liberalized . . . necessary, writes British Airways CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Willie Walsh in the Wall Street Journal. Walsh says the agreement will not allow European carriers to fly between U.S. cities but will allow American airlines access to all European airports and the right to fly travelers to other European cities. Meanwhile, Air France-KLM Group Chairman Jean-Cyril Spinetta supports the agreement and writes that the agreement will bring "considerable new opportunities for the traveling public, airlines and labor on both sides of the Atlantic. Mar 15, 2007 Z Editor: Aram Gesar, eMail: edit@AirGuideOnline.com For Air Transport & Travel Business Experts contact eMail: bizintel@AirGuideOnline.com For more global news, reviews, features and analysis, please subscribe to our Newsletters: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm#news To Advertise: advert@AirGuideOnline.com AirGuideFlightTracker is a new, free service that aims to keep travelers informed flight and airport status via the Web. For more go to http://www.airguideonline.com/airline_tracker.htm Copyright [c] 2007 Air Travel Media / Pyramid Media Group. All rights reserved. Mar 12, 2007 |
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