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Although Modi has declared that “the government has no business to be in business,” he has failed to question his government’s ownership and control of airlines and hotels.
From telecommunications to railroads, electricity to airlines the old idea that government control the "commanding heights of the economy" looks silly: international competition and the absence of barriers to entry do far more for the viability of a firm than government ownership.
After that, developed-country stock exchanges increasingly functioned as profit-oriented utility companies, rather than as sources of national pride, like airlines or sport teams.
The same goes for virtually any other consumer-facing business, from airlines to foods suppliers.
Airlines automated their reservation systems and insurance companies automated back office sorting and classifying.
The recent expansion of private airlines and airports shows what private firms in this sector can accomplish.
Take airlines.
The unhappy exceptions, of course, were the big airlines that charge ten times as much as Ryanair and were losing business.
In an interview last summer, he depicted a world in which people would fly free and airlines would charge airports in exchange for the millions of passengers they deliver to their shops.
Airlines will need to acquire emission permits for their flights’ CO2 emissions.
Chinese airlines have delayed orders to purchase European aircraft.
The CEOs of aircraft manufacturer Airbus and major European airlines have urged European leaders to step in.
After all, the measure is non-discriminatory: all airlines are treated in the same way.
In its absence, the choice would have been between putting European airlines at a disadvantage and exempting a sector whose share in the EU’s total CO2 emissions has grown from 1.8% in 1990 to 3.5% in 2007.
In our own time, air travel has become much cheaper, but airlines lose money; telephoning is no longer unaffordable, but the telecommunications companies lost fortunes by over-bidding for mobile telephony rights.
That is not such a crazy idea – the airlines, among other companies, are already doing it to some extent.
United, American, and British Airways all know my travel patterns on their airlines, and help me manage both my past trips (and related rewards) and my future reservations.
But, while preaching free market doctrines abroad, the US bails out its airlines and increases agricultural subsidies at home.
Thus, German corporations will have to contribute to fiscal consolidation through reductions in subsidies and additional taxes on major energy companies, airlines, and financial institutions.
For some time after US airlines were deregulated, the five-hour flight from New York to Los Angeles cost much less than the half-hour trip from Zurich to Frankfurt.
Deregulations of airlines and bus transportation will also create healthy competition for railroads and help keep prices from rising too far.
Some European airlines favor Boeing over Airbus, while some US airlines prefer Airbus over Boeing.
But the overall loss in economic welfare would be small, so long as airlines view the two companies’ products as close substitutes.
Instead of demonstrating its disapproval by postponing Vice President Joe Biden’s trip to Beijing, the US government advised commercial airlines to respect China’s self-declared ADIZ.
Again, the EU stands out for its forward-thinking stance, playing a central role – along with its member states – in brokering the deal, which requires airlines to offset the growth of their CO2 emissions from 2020 by purchasing “emission units” generated by emissions-reducing projects in other sectors, like renewables.
The Chinese leadership has already ordered management of the airlines to be in the air by midnight 2000, nothing better to focus the mind on the need for precaution and Y2K fitness in good time.
The arrest of 21 British Muslims for conspiring to blow up airlines crossing the Atlantic underscored, once again, the growing sense of dread and inevitability that is rooted in the homegrown nature of the threat.
Hotels and airlines were a special case: their business is dependent on shared use of capital assets.
While this makes sense for airlines, which want to foster loyalty among frequent fliers, it represents yet another way in which wealth is rewarded in the marketplace.
The directive, which would oblige airlines to provide governments with the names, addresses, phone numbers, credit card details, and travel itineraries of people traveling to and from airports in the EU, is expected to be voted on early this year.
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