Ivan Yates
Question:149 Mr. Yates asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications if he will outline current EC policy on the liberalisation of international scheduled aviation services.
Vol. 405 No. 4
149 Mr. Yates asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications if he will outline current EC policy on the liberalisation of international scheduled aviation services.
Current policy on the liberalisation of air services within the EC is being pursued in the context of creating a Single Market in air transport. The aim of the policy is to gradually replace existing bilateral arrangements by a Community wide framework which will give consumers a wide choice of services at as low a cost as possible, consistent with maintaining satisfactory safety standards, and will allow air carriers to operate in a sound financial environment by a reduction in operating costs and an increase in productivity.