Activities of Giommaria UGGIAS related to 2011/2196(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the future of regional airports and air services in the EU PDF (209 KB) DOC (120 KB)
Amendments (11)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas there is currently no adequauniversally accepted definition for the term ‘regional airport’; whereas, therefore, for the purposes of this report, only ‘minor regional airports sha’ will be defined as ‘non-hub’ airports, regardlestaken into account, i.e. ‘non-hub’ airports, and these will be subdivided into major and minor airports, on the basis of passenger throughput, and; whereas, however, ‘regional air service’ shallould be defined as a flight departing from and/or landing at a regional airport;
Amendment 3 #
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 andor island regions, that face geographical handicap or central areas not lying on the main transport routes, that face geographical handicaps; favours the option of concluding partnership agreements backed by national and regional authorities and airlines; notes the importance of airports, especially of regional airports, which are sometimes the only effective link between a region and the rest of Europe;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas regional airports play a vital role of furthering EU cohesion policy, as an important means of ensuring the accessibility and territorial integration of geographically disadvantaged areas, such as outlying and island regions;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers that irrational proliferation of further regional airports would run counter to efficiency and sustainability criteria; maintains on the contrary that existing links should be strengthened, especially in areas (islands, for example) suffering from geographical handicaps; accordingly welcomes any initiative aimed at developing the role of public transport, including transport by road, in promoting links;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises the economic importance of regional airports for job creation, particularly in less developed or disadvantaged regions; stresses, in that connection, the need to exploit the potential for green jobs more effectively; maintains, however, that the working conditions of airport staff must be respected, providing for minimum standards of protection, which frequently do not exist where the bulk of the traffic is accounted for by low-cost airlines;
Amendment 24 #
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 and rational criteria when deciding where to locate airports;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Understands the need for a public service obligation for air services of economic interest, especially those connecting remote regions and islandStresses that existing public service obligations should be maintained in order to guarantee the accessibility of regions, such as outlying and island regions, that face geographical handicaps; believes that such services would not be economically viable without public money;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that adequate development of regional airports contributes to parallel development of the tourist system, which is a vitally important area for many European regions; calls for airport staff to benefit from decent contractual terms, with particular reference to airports in which most of the traffic is accounted for by low-cost airlines;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls on the companies responsible for the management of regional airports to make the necessary structural alterations to accommodate disabled people so as to enable them to access the various airport areas without assistance and to use all services without difficulty;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Member States and local and regional authorities to use and modernise existing facilities before building new ones; calls for due account to be taken of the environmental, meteorological, territorial and geological features of the area concerned in any decision to construct or extend airport facilities;
Amendment 89 #
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; calls for the development of rail links between airports in order to lessen the capacity problems of airports and ease user mobility;