Public Hearing on Established Rights of Air Passengers · • Basis: Guidance document ECAC Doc 30....
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Public Hearing on Established Rights of Air Passengers
EESC, 8 september 2011
Information and service levels for passengers: the airports’ perspective
Gérard Borel – General Counsel
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Regulation 1107/2006 (PRM)
• Information to pax: shared responsibility (airports, carriers and their agents, tour operators)
• Carriers, agents, tour operators: point of sale, safety rules, pre-notification
• Airports: design of new airports, point of departure/arrival, quality standards; + information campaigns (beyond Regulation)
• Basis: Guidance document ECAC Doc 30
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Quality standards for assistance under Regulation 1107/2006
• Scope: Airports over 150.000 pax/year
• Set in cooperation with Airport users and organisations representing PRMs and disabled persons
• Basis: ECAC code of conduct in GH for PRMs
• Obligation to publish
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Examples of signage at European airports
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Examples of signage at European airports (II)
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Information How can the assistance to PRMs be improved?
• Better definition of PRM needed
• Encourage pre-notification (linked to the quality of service and the PRM charge)
• PRM charge: Determined “in cooperation with airport users”(article 8). An agreement on the amount of this PRM charge is therefore not required. Some carriers refuse to pay
• Handling of mobility equipment (Dir 67/1996)
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Passenger rights Regulation 261/2004
• Provision of information and assistance: air carriers’responsibility under EU and international law (Montreal Convention)
• Uniform interpretation and better enforcement of Regulation through NEBs is required
• Air carriers did not always fulfil their obligation and airportsprovided assistance beyond their legal obligations
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Passenger rights Regulation 261/2004 (II)
• Do all passengers (LCC/network/class of travel/ff) have the same rights?
• Regulation 261: YES
• In practice?
AIRPORTS CANNOT SUBSTITUTE AIR CARRIERS
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Airports going beyond their legal obligations
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Lessons learnt from air traffic disruption
• Airport contingency plans (Heathrow, Dublin, Amsterdam…)
-Additional Winter equipment
-Operational processes improved
-Better control of GH operations by airport required
• Airport Customer Services University (ADP)
• CER/ ACI EUROPE Recommended practice in case of disruption of traffic
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Thank you!