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There are three critical factors affecting modern day airport law and regulation. They are foresight; the synergy between airports and airlines; and governance. With regard to foresight, the weather crisis at European airports in the winter of 2010 brought to bear the fundamental reality that airport planners have to be sensitive towards the three broad areas of ecology, safety and infrastructural planning when planning and running an airport. Mr. Siim Kallas, Vice President of the European Commission urged the aviation industry to introduce a set of quality standards to obviate any future disruption to air travel similar to the crippling experience of the last few weeks of December 2010 which caused airlines to cancel 35,000 flights during the crisis.
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EU Transport Chief Kallas Wants Common Quality Standards, Aviation Daily, January 21, 2011 at 2.
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Icy conditions also curtailed Europe’s train services, left cars skidding through slushy streets and saw major events postponed, including music shows and sporting events. See http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/93795/20101220/travelers-air-passengers-stranded-as-europe-freezes-due-to-heavy-snowfall.htm.
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BAA’s non-executive Director, Sir David Begg is reported to have launched an inquiry just prior to Christmas to inquire into what went wrong.
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Virgin Atlantic Withholds BAA Fees Over Snow Row, Air Letter, Monday 10 January 2011, No. 17,147 at 2.
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The functions and responsibilities of an airport will vary according to its size, type of traffic and areas of responsibility. For example, some airports are responsible for air traffic control as well as for meteorological services, while at most other airports such services are provided by separate government entities. Many airports are involved in security functions in varying degrees and in providing facilities for customs, immigration and health authorities. Ground-handling services for the airlines, including terminal handling or ramp handling, or both, are provided by some airports, while at others they are provided by the airlines or by specialized agents or companies. Certain airports also perform functions that exceed the scope of conventional airport activities, such as consultancy services, public works, construction, and real estate development. See Abeyratne (2009) at 13.
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Supra, Chap. 1, note 6.
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Windmuller (2013) at 24.
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In January 2002, the United States Justice Department confirmed that it had begun a criminal investigation of Enron, following the events of the company in October 2001 when Enron reported a $638 million third-quarter loss and disclosed a $1.2 billion reduction in shareholder equity, partly related to partnerships run by its Finance Chief that hid huge amounts of debt as well as write downs in money-losing broadband and water trading ventures. Enron went bankrupt on 2 December 2001, putting all its employees out of employment.
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Abeyratne, R. (2014). Conclusion. In: Law and Regulation of Aerodromes. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04780-5_8
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