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Why state-ownership is a red herring

Written by Aviation Advocacy on . Posted in Airlines, Competition

The European Cockpit Association and the European Cabin Crew Association have both recently announced their support of the action group Europeans for Fair Competition (e4fc). Ho hum, yet another aviation body that thinks it will be taken more seriously if it spells like a teenager. According to its website, e4fc is a coalition of employees, passengers and companies who are fighting to save European aviation. By which it means stop Emirates, Etihad and Qatar Airways from taking market share from the European carriers. How exactly they will do this is left to your imagination. How this saves European aviation is likewise left unspecified. But it will do it. Trust us. Naturally, there is an opportunity to provide donations towards this noble cause on the group’s website. The usual allegations against the Gulf carriers are repeated. In e4fc’s opinion, competition in European aviation has been distorted due to the subsidies the Gulf airlines receive, including interest-free government loans and government-backed loan guarantees. This puts the jobs of European aviation workers at risk. Unless, of course, they happen to work for an airport, or the carriers in question, or Airbus.

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