Concentrations in the Aviation Sector: How to maintain the level playing field for airlines and airports?

Valentine Lemonnier

doi:10.5771/1435-439X-2021-3-485

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- 387–388 Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis 387–388
- 389–436 Episkey! Plädoyer für einen ausgewogenen Übergang zu Mehrheitsentscheidungen im Rat der Europäischen Union in ausgewählten Politikbereichen Frank Hoffmeister Frank Hoffmeister 389–436
- 437–484 A Paradigm Change: The CETA Investment Chapter Marc Bungenberg, August Reinisch Marc Bungenberg, August Reinisch 437–484
- 485–511 Concentrations in the Aviation Sector: How to maintain the level playing field for airlines and airports? Valentine Lemonnier Valentine Lemonnier 485–511
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ZEuS Zeitschrift für Europarechtliche Studien , page 485 - 511

Concentrations in the Aviation Sector: How to maintain the level playing field for airlines and airports?

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Valentine Lemonnier

DOI
- doi.org/10.5771/1435-439X-2021-3-485
- ISSN: 1435-439X
- ISSN online: 2942-3589
Abstract

Before the Covid-19 pandemic hit, the scheduled passenger air transport sector was already subject to several horizontal concentrations. The mix of free competition and strict regularization in the air transport sector in the EU raises the question whether the current framework will still be able to provide a level playing field to the market participants, notably airlines and airports. The study focusses on how EU competition law has influenced horizontal concentrations (i.e. mergers and horizontal co-operations) in the scheduled passenger air transport sector. The results of the discussion are the basis for a reflection of the effects of different types of horizontal concentrations on the negotiation power of airlines vis-à-vis airports. A third focus of the study is the identification of regulatory weaknesses with regard to airport financing under the Airport Charges Directive (Directive 2009/12/EC), how those weaknesses benefit airlines and how they might interfere with efforts made under the application of competition law.
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