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JUN 03,2004 (newstodate): Eastern European economies must turn to airlines if they are to gain maximum benefit from improved transport links.
These were the words of ERA Vice
President, Antonis Simigdalas, speaking at the South East European Regional Air Transport
Conference in Zagreb this week.
-Road and rail links require far greater
investment and have much longer lead times than air, and are therefore less flexible in meeting regional development needs, he said.
-The EC's objective for an effective high-speed passenger network in the enlarged European Union can only be met by air transport. For this to be achieved, the industry requires its rightful
share of funding and a level playing field in the areas of tax, subsidies, environmental constraints and consumer legislation, added Andrew Clarke, ERA Director Air Transport Policy.
In the new TENs programme announced earlier this year and including the 10 new European states, only one out of 100 individual projects has been allocated to air transport.
These were the words of ERA Vice
President, Antonis Simigdalas, speaking at the South East European Regional Air Transport
Conference in Zagreb this week.
-Road and rail links require far greater
investment and have much longer lead times than air, and are therefore less flexible in meeting regional development needs, he said.
-The EC's objective for an effective high-speed passenger network in the enlarged European Union can only be met by air transport. For this to be achieved, the industry requires its rightful
share of funding and a level playing field in the areas of tax, subsidies, environmental constraints and consumer legislation, added Andrew Clarke, ERA Director Air Transport Policy.
In the new TENs programme announced earlier this year and including the 10 new European states, only one out of 100 individual projects has been allocated to air transport.