Activities of Bogdan Kazimierz MARCINKIEWICZ related to 2011/2196(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Regional airports and air services (short presentation)
Amendments (14)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas certain terms, notably ‘extraordinary circumstances’ and ‘delay’, should have a standard interpretation, and whereas the Commission should carry out an immediate review of Regulation No 261/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing common rules on compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights, and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 295/91;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the unequal material status of citizens and the different levels of infrastructure development result in disparities in the opportunity to use regional flight connections in the Member States;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. notes that the financial and sovereign debt crisis has substantially changed the conditions for airport financing in the EU, especially at non-hub airports, and stresses therefore the need for a rational approach to the introduction of new legal solutions safeguarding regional airports against economically irrational burdens;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Understands the need for a public service obligation for air services of economic and public interest, especially those connecting remote regions and islands; believes that such services would not be economically viable without public money;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to take a balanced approach in future revisions of aviation guidelines in order to provide for a socially and economically viable development of regional air services and ensure equal access to those services for EU citizens;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Urges the Commission and Member States to speed up the development of the SESAR and the SES (Single European Sky) programmes as a matter of urgency; notes that, with the work of SESAR and the important role of EGNOS, regional airports will profit from projects such as remote towers, enhanced capacity and improvedoperational implementation of the SBAS - EGNOS system, and ultimately GBAS, and the application of the MLAT, ADS-B and ADS-X systems, regional airports will be able to raise their landing category (from I up to as high as IIIC), thereby enabling air operations to be carried out in adverse weather conditions and remote towers to be implemented, which will increase airport capacity, flexibility and airspace capacity at the same time as reducing emissions by assigning an appropriate flight level/altitude for each specific aircraft type while maintaining flight operation safety, thus also improving operational procedures;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Acknowledges that airport capacity, flexibility and airspace capacity management is not the same at ‘slot coordinated’ airports as at ‘slot non- coordinated’ airports; is of the opinion that there is plenty of spare airport capacity, flexibility and airspace capacity to be utilised at many regional airports and that, by using that spare capacity, congestion ande aforementioned systems, solutions and operating procedures can ensure flexibility and reduce vertical and horizontal separation (RVSM programme), thereby increasing airspace capacity, reducing stacking at major airports can be reduced andd minimising the environmental impact minimised;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission to take a rational approach to the administrative and legal regulation of slot management at regional airports, the lack of which could restrict the network;
Amendment 90 #
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, particularly to rail transport;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Points out that the lack of decisive action to increase the accessibility of regional airports by means of appropriate communication with urban centres, including through transport infrastructure investments, is restricting the economic and social development of the regions;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Believes that the network development plans of the rail and road sector should take into account the location of airports, with the aim of including airports in the ground transport networks being built;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Notes the need to develop regional airport networks based on integrated connections with the major airports in order to improve the mobility of people and streamline goods transport;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes that the cost of implementing security measures at smaller regional airports is proportionally higher than at major airports, which benefit from economies of scale; believes, in this connection, that costs should be more evenly shared between passengers, airports and general taxation, and that this should be one of the criteria for determining the level of airport charges;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Points out that a well-developed network of regional airports will also improve passenger safety, by ensuring, among other things, that a network of emergency or alternative airports is available in the event of a deterioration in the weather or other circumstances;