European Communities - Thirty-Second Report

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Here you can browse the report which was ordered by the House of Lords to be printed 17 November 1998.

CONTENTS

REPORT

PART 1 SUMMARY OF THE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATIONS
Competition in the airline industry

Winners and losers

The needs of the consumer

Barriers to competition

Slots

Bilateral air services agreements

Should airlines be treated differently?







PART 2 INTRODUCTION







PART 3 SCOPE OF THE ENQUIRY







PART 4 GLOSSARY OF KEY TERMS IN THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY

Alliances

Traffic Rights

Air services agreements

Open skies agreements

Code sharing

Provision of airline services

Slots

Slots—Grandfather rights

Computer Reservation System (CRS) Displays







PART 5 VIEWS OF WITNESSES

(i) Attitudes to the proposed Regulations
Existing and proposed procedures

Winners and losers

Harmonisation of competition rules

(ii) Barriers to competition

Code sharing Alliances (see paragraphs 43 and 47)

Slots

Ownership and control

(iii) Bilateral Air Services Agreements

A Phased Approach?

(iv) Should airlines be treated differently?







PART 6 OPINION OF THE COMMITTEE

Attitudes to the proposed Regulations

Problems with the current application

Commission experience in airline competition

Winners and losers

Barriers to competition

Code-sharing alliances

Slots

Bilateral air services agreements

A phased approach

Should airlines be treated differently?







Appendix 1—Membership of Sub-Committee B

Appendix 2—List of Witnesses

Appendix 3—

(i) Membership of the four largest global alliances

(ii) Airlines operating services on behalf of Lufthansa

MINUTES OF EVIDENCE


  Thursday 4 June 1998

  Thursday 11 June 1998

  Thursday 18 June 1998

  Thursday 2 July 1998

  Wednesday 8 July 1998

  Thursday 9 July 1998

  Thursday 23 July 1998

WRITTEN EVIDENCE

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