Activities of Salvatore CARONNA related to 2011/2196(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the future of regional airports and air services in the EU
Amendments (6)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the importance of regional airports in the context of air transport and their role in ensuring territorial, economic and social cohesion in the Union by connecting regions; points out that existing public service obligations should be maintained in order to guarantee the accessibility of regions, such as peripheral and island regions, that face geographical handicaps; notes the importance of airports, especially of regional airports, which are sometimes the only effective link between a region and the rest of Europes;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission, Member States and regional authorities to take greater account of the fact that good air transport connections are often decisiveimportant for the development of tourism and fundamental tor the rapid transportation of passengers and goods;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. EmphasisNotes the economic importance ofwhich regional airports forhave assumed in recent years as regards job creation, particularly in less developed or disadvantaged regions, but also maintains that staff working at the airports proper or for companies providing services there or for airlines operating there have to enjoy the necessary decent contractual terms and pay rates; stresses, in that connection, the need to exploit the potential for green jobs more effectively;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Member States and regional and local authorities to take account of environmental and meteorological factors when deciding where to locate airportsever regional airport facilities need to be renovated or expanded;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers it particularly important to employ intermodal solutions where possible; takes the view that rail links between airports should be developed, as they offer an ideal way of easing the capacity problems of the airports concerned; believes that better connections between regional airports and local rail or tram services could be environmentally beneficial and help to rationalise regional transport as a whole;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Takes the view that the building and expansion of regional airports and related infrastructure with a low environmental impact should be properly supported by national and regional authorities and receive appropriate financing under the TEN-T Networks, the Cohesion Fund and the ERDFalso considered eligible for the purposes of applications for financing under EU funds;