Regionals Update: ERA chief blasts EC for lack of 'business like' practices
Mike Ambrose, director general of the European Regions Airline Association (ERA), slammed the European Commission last month for a failure to apply basic b

Mike Ambrose, director general of the European Regions Airline Association (ERA), slammed the European Commission last month for a failure to apply basic business-like practices when drafting legislative proposals, resulting in an environment that costs the European airline industry billions of euros, according to the ERA.

Speaking to the Directors General Civil Aviation of ECAC (European Civil Aviation Conference) at their triennial meeting on July 8, Ambrose called for cost reductions by the bodies that provide Europe’s air navigation services and for a moratorium on all regulatory proposals that add cost burdens to airlines.