Following yesterday’s (14 Feb) confirmation that French Air Traffic Control (ATC) will strike again tomorrow (Thurs, 16 Feb) for the 5th time this year (almost 1 per week), Ryanair is once again calling on the EU Commission under President, Ursula von der Leyen, to step up and take immediate actio...

ACI EUROPE today officially joined the Alliance for Zero-Emission Aviation (AZEA)1, a voluntary initiative spearheaded by the European Commission bringing aviation stakeholders together to prepare Europe for hydrogen and electric flight. The Alliance will build on the findings of the industry-led...

European airport trade body ACI EUROPE today released its air traffic report for July 2022. The report shows that passenger traffic across the European airport network increased by +70.4% in July compared to the same month last year. This was largely driven by international traffic (+102.5%) r...

ACI EUROPE today welcomed the decision by the European Commission to set a 64% minimum airport slot usage threshold for the Summer 2022 season. Accordingly, airlines operating out of congested EU airports will be required to effectively use their allocated slots for at least 64% of the time to ke...

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) commended the European Commission for its leadership and speed in delivering the EU Digital COVID Certificate (DCC) and urged states to make it their global standard for digital vaccine certificates. “The DCC was delivered in record time to hel...

ACI EUROPE welcomes the decision by the European Commission to set a 50% slot usage threshold for the upcoming Winter 2021 season. The Commission’s decision is a first and crucial step in the reinstatement of slot usage rules as air traffic begins to recover. This 50% slot usage threshold rev...

As EU countries review the updated European Commission proposal to coordinate the easing of travel restrictions across Europe, Airlines For Europe (A4E), Airports Council International Europe (ACI EUROPE), the International Air Transport Association (IATA), and the European Travel Retail Confederati...

Airport trade body ACI EUROPE has called on the European Commission to urgently ensure that airports can effectively benefit from the £579.82 billion EU Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) to finance their sustainability and digitalisation projects. As made clear by the EU Regulation establis...

Following the publication by the European Commission of the aviation contingency measures, Director General of ACI EUROPE Olivier Jankovec and Chief Executive of the Airport Operators Association Karen Dee said in a joint statement: “The certainty provided by the European Commission’s proposa...

Wizz Air, Europe’s fastest growing and greenest airline, calls the European Commission and all other stakeholders for the end of the current waiver from the 80-20 use-it-or-lose-it rule for airport slots. An extension of the waiver would be irrational and anti-competitive and would hinder rathe...

IATA and ACI EUROPE, representing the airline and airport sectors, have welcomed the issuance today by the European Commission (EC) of a comprehensive framework aimed at effectively coordinating the restoration of transport services and allowing European citizens to safely plan and enjoy their summ...

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and Airlines for Europe (A4E), reacted with dismay to the European Commission’s new guidelines on the application of the EU261 passenger rights regime. The new guidelines are disappointing and unhelpful, falling far short of the simple and tempor...

Almost totally subject to the regulation of national authorities, airport charges are a form of taxation that an airport imposes on the airlines that use its spaces. These cover use of runways, passenger terminals and similar services. GlobalData Airport Technology says: “although technically ...

The European Commission on Friday (5 July) approved the merger of UK regional airline Flybe by Connect Airways - a consortium made up of Virgin Atlantic, Stobart Aviation and Cyrus. It was made under the EU Merger Regulation and the decision is conditional on full compliance with commitments off...

The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has today started enforcement action against Ryanair - following the airline's decision that financial compensation is not payable under European Commission Regulation 2612004 for flight disruption resulting from industrial action by staff this summer. The UK...