- Volume 9 (2010), Issue 3
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Comment: State Aid for Airlines?
In the wake of the eruptions of a glacial volcano (with an unspeakable name) on Iceland an old issue has come up again: State aid for airlines. The illcoordinated response of aviation authorities in Europe, closing large blocks of airspace for a prolonged period of time, acting on computer prediction models rather than data obtained by sensors, resulted in major service disruptions, cancelled flights and stranded passengers. Losses of revenue and comp