Jesper Runholm, President of the ERA (European Regions Assoc.) used his keynote at the association\u2019s General Assembly held in Estoril this week, to highlight the pressures that Europe\u2019s airlines currently face.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe way that pricing seems to be continuously escalating especially on engines and on landing gear components, is simply unbearable\u201d, he told delegates.<\/p>\n
READ:\u00a0Sky Express scoops Airline of the Year at ERA Awards<\/a><\/strong> \u201cSome aircraft, and some platforms will simply disappear because it is no longer worthwhile flying them because of their cost. I really urge our suppliers to be very, very careful because it is going the wrong way\u201d.<\/p>\n Runghorn added that the current inflationary pricing will end \u2018some way or another\u2019.<\/p>\n READ:\u00a0ERA Gen. Assembly 2025: New board announced<\/a><\/strong> Other topics addressed by Runghorn in his speech included the situation with European Air Traffic Control \u2013 which is improving in his view \u2013 and EU regulations, notably directive 261 which deals with passenger compensation rights following delays. Runghorn described this legislation as \u2018the beast\u2019.<\/p>\n The post ERA Gen. Assembly: Regionals suffering \u2018simply unbearable\u2019 price increases<\/a> appeared first on Aviation Business News<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jesper Runholm, President of the ERA (European Regions Assoc.) used his keynote at the association\u2019s General Assembly held in Estoril this week, to highlight the pressures that Europe\u2019s airlines currently face. \u201cThe way that pricing seems to be continuously escalating especially on engines and on landing gear components, is simply unbearable\u201d, he told delegates. READ:\u00a0Sky […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zephyrsys.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zephyrsys.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zephyrsys.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zephyrsys.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zephyrsys.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/zephyrsys.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/987\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zephyrsys.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zephyrsys.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zephyrsys.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u201cIt is impossible to keep up with these increases. There\u2019s no way we can increase our prices up to 15% each year\u2026 It isn\u2019t doable,\u201d he said.
\n\u201cSalaries are not going up to that extent either, so something is going on that is really unhealthy, and it will lead so some self-destruction at some time\u201d, added Runghorn, who is also the CEO of DAT A\/S.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cEither we stop flying or we run out of money, but it cannot continue the way it\u2019s continuing now,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n