Regulations and Government
Signs of recovery tainted as EC wages regulatory assault
Two years on from the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Europe’s regional airlines are still struggling to recover from some of the toughest business conditions they

Two years on from the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Europe’s regional airlines are still struggling to recover from some of the toughest business conditions they’ve ever seen. But the European Commission (EC) keeps kicking them while they’re down, according to Mike Ambrose, director general of the European Regions Airline Association (ERA).

“The level of economic turbulence we are going through is not going to be solved in the short term by some sort of bounce-back,” he told AIN. “This is a mature industry and we need to be sure that we avoid regulatory cost burdens that are not justified.”

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