JOC Staff | Mar 21, 2013 10:44AM EDT
The European Parliament’s Transport and Tourism Committee has approved new rules to make groundhandling services at large European Union airports more competitive.
The committee narrowly agreed to boost competition for restricted, airside services by requiring at least three groundhandling companies (up from two) in airports handling at least 15 million passengers and/or 200,000 metric tons of freight per year.
Member states also inserted service quality standards and staff provisions to prevent any deterioration of working conditions. The Parliament will have the final say in a plenary vote in April.
