Industry vs. Regulator – aviation heavyweights spar in Dublin

DUBLIN, Jan 16 (Reuters) – Two of the leading figures in aviation sparred publicly about sustainability, airport disruption and how the war in Ukraine is impacting Europe’s skies in a rare interview-turned-debate at an industry conference in Dublin on Monday. Willie Walsh, outspoken head of the world’s biggest airline trade body, IATA, joined the European Union’s top permanent transport official Henrik Hololei on stage at the Airline Economics conference in the world’s aviation finance capital. In a heavily regulated sector, airlines and others typically save their lobbying for discreet, closed-doors meetings. But the two influential figureheads brought their frank views…