Since the guidelines on state aid for the aviation sector published in February have enhanced controls - due to competition between European airports - the Commission should now soften Community legislation on charges, says a study by Airports Council International (ACI) on ‘Competition in the European aviation sector,’ presented at ACI’s annual meeting in London, on 22 April.
The directive currently in force (2009/12 of the European Parliament and Council) is based on assumptions from twenty years ago, when the…