Issue 5/2018

Dear Readers of the Lufthansa Policy Brief,

No other mode of transport is as global as aviation. Around 160 airlines from every continent currently fly to Germany. In order to make market access and competition fair, states all over the world have concluded numerous aviation agreements. This approach has proven itself for decades. In addition to competition issues and questions of reciprocity, social standards should also be given greater consideration in future. This is also an issue for the EU agenda.

Global agreements are the best way to ensure effective action, free from the distortions of competition – and the same is true for climate protection. 195 states are currently negotiating the implementation of the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement in Katowice, Poland. The task is as important as it is difficult: getting this many actors with different vested interests to commit to a concrete approach requires a great deal of persuasiveness; something that aviation has experienced itself. The UN International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) spent many years negotiating what a globally valid climate protection system for the industry should look like. Now it is actually taking concrete form: as of January 2019, all airlines worldwide have to report their CO₂ emissions. By 2021, airlines in 76 countries – which account for around three-quarters of aviation traffic – will have to offset their growth-related CO₂ emissions.

In this December issue, we also take a look at the apron at Frankfurt Airport as more than 130 of the Lufthansa Group’s aircraft are "coming home for Christmas" – parking space shortages are not just an inner city problem.

We hope you enjoy reading about these and other topics.

Contents

Good jobs in the sky

EUROPE SHOULD SET STANDARDS

The common EU aviation market is regarded as a successful project, one which considerably benefits passengers and airlines alike. However, with some airlines, this comes at the expense of their staff. The EU is called upon to define universally valid social standards and to champion them worldwide. ...more

Airports

A CHANCE TO MAKE USE OF EFFECTIVE REGULATION

by Thomas Reynaert, Managing Director of Airlines for Europe (A4E) ...more

CO₂-neutral growth

AVIATION PLAYS A PIONEERING ROLE

Aviation plays a pioneering role when it comes to standard global climate protection. As of 1 January 2019, airlines all around the world will report how much carbon dioxide they emit. This will then form the basis for the climate protection system CORSIA in 2021. Any company wanting to grow will have to offset the additional CO₂ emissions within the framework of certified climate protection projects. No other industry has anything comparable to this. ...more

Aviation agreement

THE MORE OPEN THE MARKET, THE MORE IMPORTANT THE RULES

According to a study conducted by the OECD, the German aviation market is among the most liberal in the world. Around 160 airlines from all continents fly to German airports. The basis for this is the EU internal market and aviation agreements negotiated by the Federal Ministry of Transport or the EU Commission. These internationally binding contracts have been safeguarding the steadily increasing diversity of connections worldwide for decades – and are irreplaceable when it comes to fair competition. ...more

Transfer passengers

INDESPENSABLE FOR GERMANY´S WORLDWIDE CONNECTIONS

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Lounge

COMING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS

A bit of a break for the fleet! The Lufthansa Group alone is calling over 130 aircraft to its home airport in Frankfurt over the Christmas period. Arno Thon is responsible for the positioning of the aircraft – we talk to him about parking problems, months of planning and “tractor ballet”. ...more

Telegram

Topic overview

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