Keeping drones safe, secure and green: European Commission launches the European Network of U-space Demonstrators
Today EU Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc launched the European network for drone demonstration projects. The network will become a forum to share knowledge on...
European Aviation Summit: EU Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc calls for more action on social issues and on the modernisation of the Single European Sky
On 3 October, EU Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc hosted the "European Aviation Summit – Up to the next level" jointly organised with the Austrian Presidency...
European Commission clears the creation of a joint venture by Boeing and Safran for the production of auxiliary power units
The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the creation of a joint venture by The Boeing Company ("Boeing") of the US...
Strikes at Ryanair: the European Commission confirms that Belgian law applies to Belgian employees
The European Commission said on Wednesday that Belgian law applies to Ryanair employees based in Belgium. Its Social Affairs Commissioner, the Belgian Marianne Thyssen,...
IAG, Ryanair, easyJet and Wizz Air submit French ATC strikes complaint to European Commission
International Airlines Group (IAG), Ryanair, easyJet and Wizz Air have submitted complaints to the European Commission against France as its air traffic controllers’ strikes...
European Commission approves acquisition of LaudaMotion by Ryanair, igniting a war between the latter and Lufthansa
The European Commission has approved unconditionally under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of LaudaMotion by Ryanair. The Commission concluded that the transaction...
State aid: European Commission opens in-depth investigation into measures in favour of Ryanair at Montpellier airport
The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to assess whether marketing agreements concluded between the Association for the Promotion of Touristic and Economic...
ERA supported by the European Commission on prioritised approach to ADS-B
A threat to regional air connectivity recedes following ERA meeting with the European Commission
ERA’s Director General Montserrat Barriga and ERA’s President Andrew Kelly...
European Commission removes all airlines from Indonesia from EU Air Safety List
The European Commission today cleared all air carriers from Indonesia from the EU Air Safety list. In addition, a new system, warning the Air...
European Commission: “Safeguarding fair competition in air transport”
Ensuring fair competition for EU carriers for the benefit of consumers and workers
Better mechanism to address alleged unfair commercial practices by non-EU...
Brussels South Charleroi Airport must reimburse €6 million of illegal state aid to Wallonia
Illegal state aid - BSCA's appeal against the European Commission's decision rejected
This Thursday (25 Jan 2018), the European Union Court dismissed the appeal lodged...
Air transport: the name of the air ticket must be the same as on the identity card
From now on, it will be necessary to show our identity card for all the flights at the time of boarding. The measure was...
European Commission approves acquisition of Air Berlin assets by easyJet
The European Commission has approved unconditionally under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of certain assets of Air Berlin by easyJet. The Commission...
EU Air Safety List has been updated, 178 airlines are banned from European skies
Today the European Commission updated the EU Air Safety List, the list of non-European airlines that do not meet international safety standards, and are...
European Commission clears acquisition of Copenhagen Airports by Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension and Ontario Teachers PP
The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the acquisition of Copenhagen Airports A/S by Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP), both of Denmark, and...
Air passenger transport in the EU: Record number of air passengers carried at almost 1 billion in 2016
54.4 million more than in 2015
In 2016, 972.7 million passengers travelled by air in the European Union (EU), up by 5.9% compared with 2015...
Ryanair cancellations: European consumer organisations fight back, European Commission informs
Last Friday, Ryanair announced the cancellation of nearly a hundred flights a day until the end of October. In this chaotic context, the Irish...
Ryanair calls on Macron Government & EU Commission to prevent French ATC strikes, esp. on 12 September
Ryanair today (11 Sep) called on the French Macron Government and European Commission to take immediate action to prevent the skies over Europe being...
Ryanair calls on Bundeskartellamt & EU Commission to block Lufthansa-Air Berlin take-over
This should prevent a Lufthansa monopoly raising fares for German consumers
Ryanair on 30 August urged the German Bundeskartellamt and the EU Commission to block...
Ryanair lodges complaints with German and EU competition authorities against Lufthansa taking over parts of Air Berlin
Ryanair has on 15 August lodged competition complaints with the German Bundeskartellamt and the European Commission regarding the obvious conspiracy playing out in Germany...