Special Reports
List of airlines that are banned from the European Union
28. april. 2011 22:50 | RegulationsThe European Union has released their 17th update of the list of airlines banned in the EU. Most of the airlines are not widely recognized in the western world, with few exceptions. Notable airlines such as TAAG Angolan and Air Koryo are allowed to operate into the EU under strict restrictions.
EASA Member Countries
22. february. 2011 22:19 | RegulationsThe European Aviation Safety Agency, as the name states, is the aviation safety organization in Europe that has been given regulatory and executive tasks in the field of civilian aviation safety. The agency was formed in 2002 but didn’t reach full control in Europe until 2008.
The European Union Emission Trading Scheme for Aviation
16. july. 2010 19:43 | Regulations
In 2006, the European Union issued a draft to include aviation in their emission trading scheme. The European Union Greenhouse Gas Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS) for aviation was constructed in 2003 as a way to fight against climate change and is likely to come into force in 2008.
Future of organized labour in aviation
16. july. 2010 19:17 | RegulationsOrganized labor dates back hundreds of years, but organized labor as we know it did not start until in the Industrial Revolution in the late 1800s. The aviation industry is so young that organized labor did not start until the 1920’s. In the early days of the aviation industry, workers consider themselves lucky to be working in aviation and the management was considered as “good guys”.
The history of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)
15. july. 2010 23:23 | RegulationsThe EASA is an agency within the European Union which has regulatory and executive tasks in aviation safety in Europe. The EASA was formed in an attempt to standardize aviation safety in Europe. The EASA became operational on September 28, 2003 and had temporary headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. In November 2004, the agency moved its headquarters to a permanent location in Cologne, Germany.
EU-US Open Skies – second stage negotiations
15. july. 2010 22:50 | RegulationsThe EU-US Open Skies agreement is an air transportation agreement between the European Union and the United States to allow for more open air travel between the two. In the past, airlines have been restricted in flying to and from the European Union and the United States. But, under the EU-US Open Skies airlines from the European Union and the United States are allowed to fly between any points in the EU and the US. European airlines believe they got the short end of the stick as US airlines are allowed to “cabotage” in the EU, while airlines in the EU are not allowed to do that in the US.