EASA/ECDC Guidelines Welcomed – Essential that European States Adopt Harmonized Measures
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) welcomed the release by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) of the COVID-19 Aviation Health Safety Protocol guidelines for the safe restart of air transport in Europe. The EASA and ECDC guidelines are aligned with recommendations provided by both […]
COVID-19 and European airlines: zero capacity becomes a reality
Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary has summarised the priority for his airline, which applies equally to all airlines currently: to preserve cash. «If we have to operate for three, six, nine, maybe even 12 months, with no flights and no revenues how do we survive?», he said (Financial Times/Reuters, 21-Mar-2020). The main tool at airlines’ disposal […]
Air France-KLM group chief executive Ben Smith appointed A4E 2020 chairman
Ahead of the annual A4E Aviation Summit in Brussels today, we speak to the association’s incoming chairman – Air France-KLM group chief executive Ben Smith – about the key challenges facing the European airline sector and the role A4E can play for its members. What do you hope to achieve as Chairman of A4E? I […]
TUI joins airline industry group A4E as sustainability shoots up the agenda
TUI’s move to join the Airlines for Europe (A4E) industry association at the end of 2019 came after the leisure giant decided to seek a louder lobbying voice on pressing issues such as sustainability and taxation. The European group’s chief executive for airlines, Kenton Jarvis, tells FlightGlobal that joining A4E gives TUI’s five operators – […]
Delta Air Lines Expanding Service Between US, Europe in 2020
Delta Air Lines announced plans to expand flight options between the United States and Europe beginning in 2020. Delta already offers more flights connecting the U.S. and Europe than any other carrier, but the airline plans to add about 780,000 additional seats in 2020, including new summer service between Boston and Rome. Starting this winter, […]
JetBlue considers serving ‘multiple’ London airports
JetBlue Airways is evaluating the possibility of serving more than one London airport under its plan to start transatlantic flights to Europe in 2021. Speaking at the Aviation Festival in London on 5 September, JetBlue chief operating officer Joanna Geraghty said that the airline is looking at London Heathrow, Gatwick, Luton and Stansted as potential […]
ACI: European airport passenger traffic growth slows in 1H
Airport trade body ACI Europe’s new report that passenger traffic growth at European airports slowed in the first half of 2019 to 4.3%—while freight traffic dropped by 3.5%—indicates economic troubles, aircraft groundings, flight delays and air traffic management (ATM) disruptions are taking their toll. The 4.3% passenger traffic increase compares with 6.7% growth in the […]
Stronger Regulation of Powerful Airports Needed to Protect Consumers: IATA
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) welcomed the European Commission’s evaluation of the Airport Charges Directive (ACD) which highlights the need to further strengthen the Directive to protect consumers. Nearly 60% of passengers in Europe pass through just 25 airports. Many airports are able to charge prices that would otherwise not be achieved in a […]
European carriers renew call to speed up airspace modernization
Airlines for Europe (A4E) has renewed calls to speed up airspace modernization as structural air traffic control (ATC) issues—including capacity issues and staff shortages—have contributed to a 114% increase in airline delay minutes in the first half of 2019 compared with 2017. ATC capacity and staff shortages were responsible for more than 70% of all […]
ACI: European airports see slower traffic growth
After a period of dynamic growth, the increase in traffic at Europe’s airports is slowing, with freight traffic weighing on the performance of the region’s airports, Airports Council International (ACI)-Europe said June 27. In 2018, Europe’s airports set a record of handling more than 2.34 billion passengers, while in the past five years traffic has […]
