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MAR 18, 2003 (newstodate) During the campaign for humanitarian help for victims of a war in Iraq, relief organizations may well prepare to pay a high price for EU's ban on Chapter II aircraft, notably the IL-76.
Under the current regulation, IL-76 operators are allowed by exemption to fly into EU airports to load relief shipments, but they are not allowed to fly in commercial loads. During earlier campaigns, commercial loads eased the pressure on the budgets of relief organisations that only had to pay for one leg of the entire rotation.
As aircraft types like the versatile and virtually self-sustaining IL-76 are required to perform at most off-lying airports lacking in ground handling and other infrastructure, humanitarian organisations are most likely forced to lease them for one leg at the cost of a full rotation.
-This is just another shining manifestation of the foolishness of the EU regulations that we have faught vehemently, although in vain, says Larry Coyne, CEO of Coyne Airways and formerly President of TIACA.
-Our argument for allowing operations with the IL-76 has consistently been that only this aircraft type can perform where others cannot. It can fly to unprepared strips and get close to the action - just what humanitarian agencies want. By denying it two way loads is not going to reduce the noise generated and will simply make humanitarian aid budgets go less further. I wonder what the intended recipients of humanitarian aid would think of this bit of bureaucratic logic, says Coyne.
Under the current regulation, IL-76 operators are allowed by exemption to fly into EU airports to load relief shipments, but they are not allowed to fly in commercial loads. During earlier campaigns, commercial loads eased the pressure on the budgets of relief organisations that only had to pay for one leg of the entire rotation.
As aircraft types like the versatile and virtually self-sustaining IL-76 are required to perform at most off-lying airports lacking in ground handling and other infrastructure, humanitarian organisations are most likely forced to lease them for one leg at the cost of a full rotation.
-This is just another shining manifestation of the foolishness of the EU regulations that we have faught vehemently, although in vain, says Larry Coyne, CEO of Coyne Airways and formerly President of TIACA.
-Our argument for allowing operations with the IL-76 has consistently been that only this aircraft type can perform where others cannot. It can fly to unprepared strips and get close to the action - just what humanitarian agencies want. By denying it two way loads is not going to reduce the noise generated and will simply make humanitarian aid budgets go less further. I wonder what the intended recipients of humanitarian aid would think of this bit of bureaucratic logic, says Coyne.