European Commission updates the EU air safety list (usually called Blacklist)
The European Commission has today updated the EU Air Safety List, the list of airlines that are subject to an operating ban or operational...
AEA welcomes long-waited One Stop Security agreement with Canada
The Association of European Airlines (AEA) welcomes today’s announcement by the European Commission on the conclusion of a One Stop Security agreement with Canada.From...
European Commission presents a new Aviation Strategy for Europe
Today the Commission adopted a new Aviation Strategy, a milestone initiative to boost Europe's economy, strengthen its industrial base and contribute to the EU...
EC’s Aviation Strategy: Europe’s airspace users’ associations call for more concrete measures
The European airspace user associations (AEA, EBAA, EEA, ELFAA, ERA and IACA *) welcome the European Commission's initiative to develop and implement an "Aviation...
EU action plan for safer aviation following accident of Germanwings Flight 9525
Today the European Commission is taking another step towards safer aviation by releasing an Action Plan implementing the recommendations made in July ...
Mergers: European Commission clears acquisition of Fokker Technologies by GKN
The European Commission has approved under the EU Merger Regulation the acquisition of Fokker Technologies of the Netherlands by GKN of the United Kingdom.GKN...
European Aviation: Commission releases Task Force’s report on Germanwings incident
Today the Commission is publishing the report it received from a Task Force led by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) on the crash of...
“Big Five” Airline CEOs meet with EU Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc to discuss her new EU Aviation Strategy
CEOs representing Europe’s five largest airline groups - Air France KLM, easyJet, International Airlines Group, Lufthansa Group and Ryanair – today met with EU...
European Commission requests BELGIUM, FRANCE, GERMANY, LUXEMBOURG and the NETHERLANDS to complete the implementation of their common airspace
The Commission has requested that Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands complete the implementation of their Functional Airspace Block (FAB). FABs are large...
European Commission approves acquisition of Aer Lingus by IAG, subject to conditions
The European Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of Irish airline Aer Lingus by International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG)....
EU Aviation: certifying third country operators to cut red tape and boost air safety
Today, the Commission and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) issued the first single air safety authorisations to 22 third country operators. These certifications...
European Commission updates the EU air safety list
Today the European Commission has updated the EU Air Safety List, the list of airlines that are subject to an operating ban or operational...