Fördelning av ankomst- och avgångstider på flygplatser i Europeiska Unionen
Reglering av andrahandshandel - nu och i framtiden
In order to make take-off and landing procedures possible at an airport, an organized allo- cation of slots is necessary. How these slots shall be distributed among airlines is, at pre- sent, governed by the European Parliament and Council Regulation (EEC) No 95/93 of 18 Janu- ary 1993 on common rules for the allocation of slots at Community airports. It is important for the air- lines to be allocated a beneficial slot. Hence it is of great interest for the airlines to ex- change and transfer the allocated times among themselves, a form of secondary market. Whether such practices are allowed or not is not regulated by specific detail in the regula- tion, which leads to legal uncertainty. As a step in clarifying the Union's approach to the secondary market the commission presented an amendment suggestion, the so-called air- port package. The Airport package proposes an admissable secondary market.This essay is analyzing the impact of the current wording of the regulation, but also the im- pact made if accepting the airport package. The question that arises is which amendment contains the least disadvantages compared to most advantages. The conclusion of this es- say is that the current wording of the Regulation is unclear, as it opens up the possibility for abuse. The airport package leads to a great amount of freedom; that also opens up the pos- sibility for abuse. The proposal originally made by the commission, before the present wording of the Regulation, should be seen as the most suitable solution.