To a large extent, the report confirms the analysis which was expressed in the Commission' s communication on the European air transport sector in the light of the global challenges, since, thanks to the liberalisation of this sector, we have been able to establish a much more competitive market than the one that existed previously. The importance of this is clearly illustrated by the increase in the number of airlines or the increase, much less spectacular perhaps, but significant nevertheless, in the number of routes where there are more than two competitors.
Betænkningen bekræfter i vidt omfang analysen i Kommissionens meddelelse om den europæiske luftfartsindustri over for de globale udfordringer, idet det takket være liberaliseringen af denne sektor har været muligt at skabe et marked, der er meget mere konkurrencedygtigt end det foregående, og for at få bekræftet vigtigheden af dette faktum er det nok at kunne konstatere, at der er sket en forøgelse af antallet af luftfartsselskaber, eller måske mindre iøjnefaldende, men også vigtigt, af antallet af ruter, hvor der er mere end to konkurrenter.