European Commission

By Aaron Karp
Zurich Airport is set to allow passengers to keep liquids and electronics in carry-on bags, enabled by the deployment of computed tomography (CT) 3D scanners.
Airports & Networks

By Mark Pilling
Europe’s airports criticize the EES rollout for causing delays, while the EC defends its security benefits and urges states to improve implementation.
Airports & Networks

By Alan Dron
SAF producers and proponents of electric flight urge the EC to extend the European Union Emissions Trading System to flights departing the 27-nation EU bloc.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The conclusion to a long-running debate in Brussels over reforms to European passenger rights legislation has united industry executives in disappointment.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The European Commission is due to set out proposals for the EU Emissions Trading System on July 15.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The European Commission said the new Entry/Exit System is working well at most border crossings after European airlines warned over bottlenecks.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Alan Dron
A group of European aviation bodies has appealed to the European Union’s leadership not to expand the scope of the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS).
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The introduction of Europe's new Entry/Exit System (EES) has been controversial, with industry players saying the system would cause disruption and long lines at border control.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Robert Wall
The European Commission plans to run a competition next year for valuable spectrum to deliver direct-to-device (D2D) services.
Satellites

By Victoria Moores
The European Commission and Europe’s major airlines are anticipating sufficient fuel this summer.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford, Jens Flottau
European airlines are welcoming moves to help the sector, but they say more could be done.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Robert Wall
SES reviews IRIS² participation as financial viability remains key, cancels two satellites and adjusts fleet plans to align with return criteria.
Satellites

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Europe’s airlines, policymakers and environmental campaigners are weighing the future of carbon pricing policy.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Environmental campaigners are clear: CORSIA is not enough.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Victoria Moores
The European Union (EU) is updating its rule-making processes, merger guidelines, state aid and social security processes in a bid to be more competitive.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Robert Wall
The EU launched a call for participation in the EU-Ukraine Drone Alliance aimed at fostering development of UAS and ways to defend against them.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
The European Commission has set a May 21 deadline for industry input on a new EU aviation and aeronautics strategy.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
In a bid to help the European aviation sector deal with the fuel crisis stemming from the Middle East conflict, the EC is taking steps to ensure operators have access to jet fuel.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Robert Wall
The European Space Agency and its military counterpart the European Defense Agency have agreed to study how to boost Earth observation for security purposes.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The Middle East crisis shows European aviation’s greatest vulnerability is its dependence on fossil fuels and that should be a catalyst for strengthening climate legislation, not weakening it, argues Transport & Environment.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Robert Wall
Europe leans into climate science with new missions as U.S. turns away from such projects.
Satellites

By Helen Massy-Beresford
European policymakers are preparing for potential jet fuel supply shortages, as more European airlines cancel flights due to the oil crisis in the Middle East.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Robert Wall
European military officials are in the closing stages of reviewing high-level requirements for the future Earth-observation constellation.
Budget, Policy & Regulation