Questioned ahead of the informal meeting of EU transport ministers (see other news), Belgian minister Georges Gilkinet was in favour of the idea of a minimum fare on air tickets.
This idea, put forward by his counterpart Clément Beaune (see EUROPE B13240A21), to combat social and environmental dumping “is an interesting idea from my French colleague, because you have to pay the correct price for flying”. “And if the price is too low it means that you work against social conditions...