past activities

The Second Airneth Annual Conference has been a great success. In the coming period, photos, presentations and the report of the main day on 17 April will be published here. The presentations of the workshop on 18 April will be published here.

More information about EU-US Open Skies

Find out about studies and other useful documents on EU-US Open Skies in our FILE EU-US Open Skies .

30 March 2008: Start of a new era 

EU-US Air Transport Agreement took effect on 30 March 2008. For the first time, airline can fly without any restrictions between any point in Europe to any point in the US. “The start of a new era”, according to Jacques Barrot of the European Commission.

What are the consequences of EU-US Open Skies?

The highly successful 2007 Airneth conference, which was attended by over 180 participants, dealt with the question how to use scarce airport capacity most optimally.

In 2008, we shift our attention to another major issue: the consequences of the EU-US Open Sky Agreement as well as the further liberalization of worldwide aviation markets and the question how to reconcile the consequences of liberalization with increasingly scarce airport capacity as well as environmental challenges.

We organize this conference in co-operation with the German Aviation Research Society (G.A.R.S).

Conference by day at a glance

Day one - 17 April 2008: main conference day 

Day two - 18 April 2008: Airneth/GARS research workshop

Download the full program

About the Airneth/GARS Research Workshop

On 18 April Airneth and the German Aviation Research Society(G.A.R.S) co-organize an academic workshop. The focus is on the academic views on the impact of EU-US Open Skies and liberalization of air transport markets in general. 

Chairman

We are proud to announce that the chairman of the first conference day will be Prof. Hendrik Jan de Ru from Allen & Overy and the VU University Amsterdam.

Speakers include

• Daniel Calleja, Director of air transport for the European Union
• Mark Dierikx, Director-General for Transport and Aviation, Dutch Ministry of Transport
• James Cole, Director of Slot Coordination, Airport Coordination Limited, UK.
• Frank Berardino, President GRA, Inc.
• José Bolorinos Cremades, director network planning Iberia
• Ken Stevens, director airport affairs, Horizon Air (Alaska Air Group)
• Sean Barrett, Trinity College Dublin
• Leon Verhallen, Brussels International Airport
• Peter Morrell, Cranfield University/ Brian Humphreys, Virgin Atlantic
• Pablo Mendes de Leon, Institute for Air and Space Law, Leiden University
• Jan Veldhuis, Amsterdam Aviation Economics
• Nigel Dennis, University of Westminster
• Richard Tol, Economic and Social Research Institute, Ireland
• Jaap de Wit, Airneth/ University of Amsterdam
• Guillaume Burghouwt, Airneth
• P.P.C. Haanappel, Leiden University
• Marco Kouwenhoven, Significance
• Eric Pels, VU University Amsterdam
• Milan Janic, Delft University of Technology
• Koen Frenken, Utrecht University
• Paolo Malighetti, University of Bergamo

Target audience

• Policy-makers in the field of aviation
• Researchers
• Industry representatives & other professionals in the aviation sector
• Students in the field of aviation

Organisations already registered for this conference include:

Iberia, Dutch Ministry of Transport, Economic and Social Research Institute, VU University Amsterdam, Leiden University, Aviation Week, ADECS Airinfra, Belgian Ministry of Transport, Brussels International Airport, CapGemini, Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis, Cranfield University, Delft University of Technology, Dublin Airport Authority, KLM, European Commission, Municipality of Amsterdam, GRA Inc., Amsterdam School of Technology, Horizon Air, IATA, ICCSAI, Interpress, IUAS Bad Honnef, DGAC, Lelystad Airport, Reims Management School, McGill University, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, NACO, Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, Nieuwsblad Transport, Platform Nederlandse Luchtvaart, Sustainable Aviation Network Europe, PVRC, Schiphol Airline Operators Committee, Schiphol Group, Amsterdam Aviation Economics, University of Amsterdam, To70, Transport Safety Institute, Trinity College Dublin, University of Antwerp, University of California-Irvine, University of Aegean, University of Westminister, VN-DALPA, Airport Coordination Ltd., Dutch Aviation Group, Allen & Overy, ADSE, Twente University, University of Bergamo, Real Instituto de Estudios Europeos of Zaragoza, STAR Alliance, Kobe University

Why attend this conference?

• find yourself in the midst of a network of aviation professionals from policy, research and the aviation industry
• benefit from the ample opportunities for informal discussions and meetings
• learn about the consequences of further liberalization and the challenges they pose for policy makers and other stakeholders
• present a paper on the Airneth/GARS Research Workshop on April 18th
• listen to presentations of keynote speakers from policy, research and industry 

Conference venue and hotel suggestions

Conference venue: Crowne Plaza Park Hotel. Download route description

Hotel suggestions

More information about EU-US Open Skies

Find out about studies and other useful documents on EU-US Open Skies in our FILE EU-US Open Skies .