The ‘Fit for 55’ policy package from the European Commission to curb gas house emissions from amongst others the airline industry has been met with mixed reactions. European stakeholders and lobby groups are strongly opposing the taxation of aviation fuel. They...
A number of times during Thursday’s Airlines for Europe (A4E) Aviation Summit, CNN’s Richard Quest tried to tease airline CEOs with almost the same question: is your lobby effective enough? Is Airlines 4 Europe taken seriously enough? Posing the question is answering...
CEOs of leading US and UK airlines have called on the leaders of the G7 countries to reopen the transatlantic for unrestricted passenger travel between both countries. They say there is a “clear opportunity” to safely open up, as both the UK and US are leaders in the...
Captains of Europe’s Big Five airlines are worried but not in a panic about how Covid-19 will impact the air travel industry this year. At least, that has been their message at the Airline 4 Europe (A4E) Aviation Summit in Brussels on March 3. At the same time, they...
