June is AGM month, that punishing time of overlapping cocktail parties and states of the industry addresses. Or is that state of the industries? Is aviation a value chain or an ecosystem? Depends who you ask and which state of the industry address you listened to. What did we learn? That things are changing, that austerity works wonders, as do LCCs, that the only constants are disruption and the use of the ‘only constant is disruption’ cliché. Still, the musical offerings were enough to make you dance, so it was not, strictly, all bad. There were other things going on as well. The most important of those was the tabling of the new rules, interpretive guidelines and draft regulations that will make real the Commission’s Aviation Strategy. We do an initial analysis. It will be fascinating to watch the airline (and other industry) associations respond to it too. That will be in part for their reactions, but also to watch how and in what form those responses take. The association landscape continues to shift and move. We try to keep track for you. Finally, we would be amiss not to note, and to congratulate, Eamonn Brennan, of Ireland, who is about to become the first DG of Eurocontrol not from one of the big European states. One for the little guys. As ever, we welcome your feedback, http://www.aviationadvocacy.aero/index.php/market-intelligence/aviation-intelligence-reporter/this-month-s-headlines

AA quoted in FT. “Europe has too many airlines and the sooner we lose airlines like Alitalia the better we will be,” says Andrew Charlton, a Swiss-based aviation analyst. “Alitalia is like Lazarus with a double heart bypass. It’s dead but won’t lie down.”

AA quoted in the Gulf News on Emirates’ decision to cut down on its US flights an ‘Inevitable move’ Calling the move by Emirates an “inevitable” one, Andrew Charlton, managing director of Geneva-based Aviation Advocacy, said it would help Emirates cut costs. “And more importantly, it will let them correctly cut their suit to match their cloth. Or trim their network to match their passengers. In other words, it was the right move in the circumstances,” he told Gulf News by email. He added that Emirates being a commercial airline “cannot be expected to absorb a downturn just because it disagrees with the way that a state is enforcing its policies.” “These are clear commercial moves in response to a commercial reality — the decisions the US is taking are clearly having an impact on travel to and from the US and this reflects this,” Charlton said. To read full article follow the link: http://tinyurl.com/k889tyk

“Why don’t the US and the UK have a common list of airports?”. “How can laptops be secure in the cabin on some flights and not others (from the same airport but with other carriers)?

Great article calling for fresh thinking on ATC reform in Europe

Aviation Advocacy quoted in the Financial Times article. US ban deals blow to Middle East airlines but UK stance offers hope.