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Article: Airport charges.(AIR TRANSPORT BRIEFING)(The International Air Transport Association (IATA))(Brief article)
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- Interavia Business & Technology
- Article date:
- March 22, 2006
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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) says it is outraged at the ridiculously high increase in airport charges--5% per annum over the next five years--for soon-to-be-privatised Aeroports de Paris (ADP). "ADP clearly does not understand the need for efficiency. And the French government's dismissive approach to regulation does nothing to encourage commercial discipline," fumed IATA CEO Giovanni Bisignani. "Charles de Gaulle Airport is already the second most expensive airport in Europe. It should be focusing on cost decreases not increases. This short-sighted decision will have long-term effects on ...