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MAY 12, 2005 (newstodate): The liberalisation of all-cargo flights can and should be a catalyst to reopen negotiations between the European Union and United States on the TransAtlantic Open Aviation Area Agreement, says TIACA in letters to Norman Y. Mineta, the US Secretary of Transportation, and Jacques Barrot, Vice President of the European Commission with responsibility for transport.
TIACA says air cargo is the natural "first step" in the process towards full realisation of a single open market for aviation between and within both the EU and the US.
-40 percent of world trade by value moves by air cargo, and the industry is projected to grow at 6.5 percent annually over the next 20 years, 2 percent faster than passenger traffic. Air cargo liberalisation should be independent of proposals to liberalise passenger movements and is ready to be fast tracked. TIACA believes that the case we have proposed for the liberalisation of all-cargo flights provides a template for the future liberalisation of combination traffic rights, says Daniel Fernandez, TIACA Secretary-General in the letter.
-There is a fundamental difference between the two parts of the airline industry. Passengers usually return to their starting point, providing two-way business for airlines. However, for freight, there is no guarantee of any back load and many carriers find themselves flying to a third destination to find a load to avoid empty legs. With the current bilateral system, this is very difficult for all-cargo operators and this is why TIACA is calling for the separation of traffic rights.
TIACA says air cargo is the natural "first step" in the process towards full realisation of a single open market for aviation between and within both the EU and the US.
-40 percent of world trade by value moves by air cargo, and the industry is projected to grow at 6.5 percent annually over the next 20 years, 2 percent faster than passenger traffic. Air cargo liberalisation should be independent of proposals to liberalise passenger movements and is ready to be fast tracked. TIACA believes that the case we have proposed for the liberalisation of all-cargo flights provides a template for the future liberalisation of combination traffic rights, says Daniel Fernandez, TIACA Secretary-General in the letter.
-There is a fundamental difference between the two parts of the airline industry. Passengers usually return to their starting point, providing two-way business for airlines. However, for freight, there is no guarantee of any back load and many carriers find themselves flying to a third destination to find a load to avoid empty legs. With the current bilateral system, this is very difficult for all-cargo operators and this is why TIACA is calling for the separation of traffic rights.