Keith A. GlatzSenior Air Services Negotiator Dept of TransportationUnited States

Thirty Fourth APEC Transportation Working Group Meeting, Brisbane, Australia13-17 June 2011

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Thirty Fourth APEC Transportation Working Group Meeting, Brisbane, Australia , 13-17 June 2011

Emergence of Business Aviation

• What Business Aviation is?• A sub-sector of General Aviation• Corporate Fleet• Companies w/one aircraft• Individual • Fractional Ownership

• What Business Aviation is Not?• Commercial • Military

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Thirty Fourth APEC Transportation Working Group Meeting, Brisbane, Australia , 13-17 June 2011

Benefits of Business Aviation

• A Growth Sector for Aviation• Look no further than Asia• China, Japan, Singapore, Korea

• Economic Contribution• Global• Regional • Local

• Public Contribution• Disaster Relief• Evacuation

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Thirty Fourth APEC Transportation Working Group Meeting, Brisbane, Australia , 13-17 June 2011

Compatible Economic Regulatory Treatment

•Why so important?• Creating an environment so that operations flourish

•Safety and Security Come First• TSA/DHS-YES • FAA-YES

•Economic Treatment• Private, Non –commercial• Not Cabotage• Not covered by bilateral air services agreements

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Thirty Fourth APEC Transportation Working Group Meeting, Brisbane, Australia , 13-17 June 2011

Proposal•Work towards an agreed set of “Core Principles” for the economic regulatory treatment of business aviation operations

• Precedent EU, Canada, Mexico

•Why APEC?•First Steps?