At the invitation of the ACI Network (Airports Council International) – which gathers almost 400 regional airports in Europe – the AER Secretary General presented the AER at the ACI’s annual conference in Lyon. In front of over 100 representatives from airports, he highlighted the work of the AER’s working group on Regional Airports and presented their key arguments, focusing in particular on the future legislation concerning State aid. Present in the panel with the European Commission (DG COMP), he underlined the common interests between AER and ACI and announced that AER will officially ask the Commissioner to undertake a regional impact assessment.
Moreover, the working group on Regional Airports, chaired by Per Inge Bjerkenes (Østfold-N), met in Dnipropetrovsk (UA) to work on the future public consultation and find the best way to highlight our economical, social or territorial arguments.
