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Dec 16, 2014 (newstodate): Norway's innovative carrier Norwegian has submitted a formal complaint regarding unlawful differential treatment in favour of SAS to the European Commission and ESA, EFTA's Surveillance Authority.
-Discriminatory conditions and licencing practises prevent Norwegian from obtaining access to traffic rights on the same terms as SAS. In addition the differential treatment generates significant additional costs for SAS' competitors in Scandinavia, the carrier says in a release.
-The authorities argue that the differential treatment is justified by "grandfathered rights" due to historic explanations mainly because of the fact that its majority owners are the governments of Norway, Sweden and Denmark.
Due to this exclusive ownership SAS enjoys operating on the basis of a joint AOC that Norwegian is denied access to on equal terms.
The European Aviation Safety Agency, EASA has criticized the special treatment and concluded that the preferential treatment is in breach of European law - but to no avail.
For Norwegian, the results from this competitive disadvantage are limited access to traffic rights, higher aircraft and crew costs as well as administrative burdens and costs.
All this has now been brought forward to the EU Commission and ESA.
-Discriminatory conditions and licencing practises prevent Norwegian from obtaining access to traffic rights on the same terms as SAS. In addition the differential treatment generates significant additional costs for SAS' competitors in Scandinavia, the carrier says in a release.
-The authorities argue that the differential treatment is justified by "grandfathered rights" due to historic explanations mainly because of the fact that its majority owners are the governments of Norway, Sweden and Denmark.
Due to this exclusive ownership SAS enjoys operating on the basis of a joint AOC that Norwegian is denied access to on equal terms.
The European Aviation Safety Agency, EASA has criticized the special treatment and concluded that the preferential treatment is in breach of European law - but to no avail.
For Norwegian, the results from this competitive disadvantage are limited access to traffic rights, higher aircraft and crew costs as well as administrative burdens and costs.
All this has now been brought forward to the EU Commission and ESA.