Activities of Hubert PIRKER related to 2011/2196(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Regional airports and air services (short presentation)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the future of regional airports and air services in the EU PDF (209 KB) DOC (120 KB)
Amendments (10)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas it will be essential in the ongoing debate on regional airports to determine their various roles and in particular to distinguish between island airports, airports in cities, seasonal airports and airports serving inaccessible or economically weak regions;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas 90% of Europe’s citizensregional aviation, livke in the regions and regional aviationother modes of transport, is a key enabler in providing them withcitizens’ mobility; whereas it also enables business to move into the regiomproved connectivity of regional aviation to other modes of transport and the resulting efficient mobility chains cand to spread economic prosperity; contribute considerably to business moving into the regions
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the connectivity offered by aviation to EU regions, citizens and businesses is unique and cannot be replaced; winaccessible regions and islands is often difficult to replace with other means Europe’s airports provide a network of 150 000 city pairs, while Europe’s high-speed trains provide a network of about 100 city pairof transport and helps ensure the economic viability of such areas;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Believes that it is desirable to avoid a proliferation of regional airports, and notes that the development of regional airports should be targeted to a specific and well-defined scope, in order to avoid the creation of unused or not efficiently used airport infrastructures which would result in an economic burden for the responsible authorities and could alter competition with the main hubs;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Understands that commercial activities are a major source of income for regional airports and is concerned by ‘one-bag’ and other restrictions to the cabin baggage allowance imposed by certain airlines; deplores the fact that it threatens the viability of retail sales as a source of airport revenue for regional airports that have negotiated competitive landing charges to attract airlines; believes that these restrictions may constitute an abuse of a carrier’s position;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that the Commission study on the allocation of slots states that the ‘European regions are losing direct links to some of the most congested airports’3, and is disappointed that this study deals only with major airports; calls on the Member States and the Commission to improve, as far as possible, the connectivity of regional airports to the hub airports, thereby helping to boost the economy in the areas around regional airports;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Regrets that regional airports situated away from urban centres are often not adequately connected to the transport network on the ground; believes that improved interlinking of regional airports with other parts of the transport network will lead to greater use of regional airports when hub airports are suffering capacity bottlenecks, as efficient comodality will ensure prompt onward travel;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes the need for better integration between modes of transport, as well as the fact that traffic share must be determined by the market; urges the Commission to come forward with a communication encouraging industry to develop multi- modal through ticketing between the rail and air sector; points to the fact that schemes of this kind are already in operation, such as the ‘rail and fly’ tickets being offered by certain carriers in Germany in certain Member States and hence urges all parties to exchange best practice in this field;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Urges the Council to adopt a position on aviation security charges and believes that more stringent security measures should be paid for out of general taxationby the Member State concerned, as aviation security is a matter of national security;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Strongly believes that major regional airports with consistent year-round traffic should be included in the planning deliberations for the TEN-T Core Network, especially those with high- volume connectivity with third countries and intra-European traffic and those regional airports which can serve to relieve bottlenecks;