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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2012-05-10"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Explanations of vote2
dcterms:Language	"de"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20120510.69.4-250-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-05-10-Speech-4-250-5002
lpv:speaker	lp:Mathieu Grosch2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP (2009-07-24--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Christlich Soziale Partei (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; EMPL (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Japan (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; TRAN (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"While I endorse the idea of drawing up a resolution on regional airports, it would have to be coherent and set out approaches to tackling the problems of regional airports. Unfortunately, this is not the case with the motion for a resolution on which we are to vote, and I therefore did not vote in favour. Regional airports are of major importance for territorial coherence and for the economic and social development of the regions. They have an important role to play as transport hubs and they contribute to economic growth. Measures taken need to be specially adapted to these airports. Although it is right that a definition of regional airports should be produced, that definition should not – as called for in this resolution – exclude airports whose principal catchment area is a capital city, as this would result in the exclusion of many current regional airports from the scope of the definition. Furthermore, air freight is particularly important to regional airports. This area received too little attention in this resolution as, with a few exceptions, it concentrates instead on passenger volumes and interests. Moreover, the aim here, as the resolution points out, is not the proliferation of regional airports but preventing inefficient and, more than anything, unprofitable regional airports. When considering the economic burden, the focus must therefore be on long-term profitability, as regional airports are often not profitable at first but are able to become self-supporting in the long term, and so do represent considerable added value for the entire region."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"per se"1

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