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EC pushes ahead with air passenger rights proposals
Brussels has ignored industry pleas for a delay and put forward its proposals on air passenger rights, promising a five-fold increase in compensation for involuntary denied boarding on long-haul flights. Carriers fear this will bring costly penalties for overbooked flights.
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Dim light at end of tunnel
Investor confidence has begun coming back to the airlines, as have passengers. All that is needed now is profits as carriers start to post dismal fourth quarter losses.
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Step change
As the airline industry struggles to recover from the traffic collapse which followed 11 September, could it be on course for a fundamental change in the relationship between supply and demand?
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Congestion concerns back on the agenda
Worries are beginning to emerge that the congestion woes suffered by the USA and Europe in the late 1990s could return if investment in airport and air traffic control (ATC) capacity is curtailed as a result of the current traffic downturn.
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Competition time
Until now, regulators around the world have tended to rule on what the airline industry may not do by way of competition and consolidation. Now it is time for a positive vision of what is allowable in the brave new world post-11 September.