Traduction de «Surintendant régional des aéroports » (Français → Anglais) :

1. Stresses the importance of regional airports in the context of air transport and their important role in contributing to territorial, economic and social cohesion, both within the Member States and throughout the Union, by connecting regions; points out that existing public service obligations should be maintained, and that any such obligations agreed in the future should be justified by the need to guarantee the accessibility and territorial continuity of regions, such as the outermost regions, peripheral or island regions, and central areas not lying on the main transport routes, given that suitable air transpo ...[+++]rt links would enable them to cope with their inherent geographical handicaps; notes that priority should be given to improving intermodality in order to achieve this objective; favours the option of concluding partnership agreements backed by national and regional authorities and airlines; notes the importance of airports, which are sometimes the only effective link between a region and the rest of Europe; stresses that regional airports are also needed in the least developed regions of Europe, which lack strong road or rail networks; believes, therefore, that proper connections to the regions should be provided; notes that, in the context of the current economic crisis and efforts at fiscal consolidation, the right balance should be struck between each airport’s need to be competitive and balance its books and the social and regional needs that must be met;

7. Considers it particularly important to employ intermodal transport solutions where possible; takes the view, therefore, that, given the current state of technological progress in this field, rail or collective road transport links to airports should be developed, as they offer an ideal way of incorporating airports into national and European transport networks as well as easing the capacity problems of those airports; believes that better connections between regional airports and surrounding towns by means of local rail or tram s ...[+++]ervices could be environmentally beneficial and help to rationalise regional transport as a whole; asks that the particular situation of some regions, in which the development of intermodality is affected by their physical and natural characteristics, should not be neglected; recognises the possible contribution of regional airports to easing passenger transport congestion, thereby relieving overcrowded airports, and to the diversification of air transport routes; urges the Member State authorities to propose plans to develop existing regional airports and make them more efficient;

‘territory’ means, for the United States, the land areas (mainland and islands), internal waters and territorial sea under its sovereignty or jurisdiction, and, for the European Community and its Member States, the land areas (mainland and islands), internal waters and territorial sea in which the Treaty establishing the European Community is applied and under the conditions laid down in that Treaty and any successor instrument; application of this Agreement to Gibraltar airport is understood to be without prejudice to the respective legal positions of the Kingdom of Spain and the United Kingdom with regard to the dispute over sovereign ...[+++]ty over the territory in which the airport is situated, and to the continuing suspension of Gibraltar Airport from European Community aviation measures existing as at 18 September 2006 as between Member States, in accordance with the Ministerial statement on Gibraltar Airport agreed in Córdoba on September 2006;

(73) A number of activities are dealt with by the Walloon Region or by the Walloon Airport Company, including construction of new infrastructure and major repairs on the Charleroi site, environmental, security and airport guarding services (including for example control of access to the embarkation area and luggage checks), insurance intended to cover the civil liability of staff responsible for police tasks, security and inspection of transport, fees paid to lawyers hired to defend the interests of the Region in re ...[+++]lation to airports, studies and conferences on airport-related issues, the repayment of certain air traffic control payments borne by Belgocontrol, the purchase of durable furniture specific to the airport, etc.

However, since during that season Ajaccio airport complements Figari airport and Montpellier airport complements the airports of the Languedoc-Roussillon region, up to 50 % of the minimum additional capacity may be offered on flights between the airports of this region and Ajaccio or Figari, while at least 50 % of the minimum additional capacity must be offered on the main Montpellier-Ajaccio link.

However, since during that season Bastia airport complements Calvi airport and Montpellier airport complements the airports of the Languedoc-Roussillon region, up to 50 % of the minimum additional capacity may be offered on flights between the airports of this region and Bastia or Calvi, while at least 50 % of the minimum additional capacity must be offered on the main Montpellier-Bastia link.