European Commission

József Váradi wants to grow the ULCC fourfold over the next decade.

The Spanish LCC will be able to launch new routes from the airport in November.

The European Commission had an unenviable task of trying to please incumbent airlines, airports and opportunistic LCCs when it came to establishing the slot measures for winter flights.

IATA has slammed the move to set the winter slot use threshold at 50%, but ACI Europe has described the decision as a “first and crucial step” in reinstatement of slot usage rights.

The European Commission is looking into the impact of the proposed deal on 70 O&D city pairs.

Barriers to routes between the EU and ASEAN countries are set to be removed, opening up new opportunities for carriers based in the blocs.

Regional airline networks in Europe have been decimated by the COVID-19 pandemic, ACI Europe says.

The pass is aimed at restarting stagnant airline networks.

France bans almost all travel outside of the European Union.

The CEOs of Ryanair Group and Wizz Air have called on regulators to reinstate the 80/20 airport slot rule or risk stifling the recovery.

DAT said it cannot overcome the impact of COVID-19 absent adequate European Commission assistance.

A weekly round-up of the latest news from the aviation industry as airlines and airports begin to recover from the COVID-19 crisis.

The Europrean Commission says an alternative plan is needed.

Air Canada and Transat are the two leading airlines operating a wide network of routes between Europe and Canada.

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Air France-KLM will get €7 billion in aid from the French government.

European Commission says ‘exceptional’ circumstances allow Danish government to help airline.

Carriers on both sides of the Atlantic are assessing the potential impact of the temporary travel restrictions to the US from more than two-dozen European countries in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak.

Volotea plans to open up to four new bases in Spain and further increase its route network as part of an agreement designed to ease International Airlines Group’s purchase of Air Europa.

European airlines can use the airspace again.

All Indonesian airlines were barred from flying into the European Union’s airspace in 2007 but the blanket ban has now been lifted.

EasyJet has secured the green light to take over part of failed Air Berlin’s operations at Berlin Tegel airport after the European Commission ruled it would not adversely affect competition in the EU.

A loan of up to €150m from the German government has been approved by the European Commission, ensuring Air Berlin will continue to operate over the coming months.

The European Commission has found that public funding granted by Austria to Klagenfurt airport is in line with European Union (EU) state aid rules, but as ruled that certain airport services and marketing agreements concluded between the airport operator and airlines Ryanair, Hapag-Lloyd Express and TUIfly gave the latter “an undue advantage”, which cannot be justified under state aid rules.

With a population of around 30,000 and an economy dominated by financial services, online gambling, shipping and tourism, Gibraltar is currently a major talking point with European aviation regulators, perhaps even more so than the subject of Brexit that dominates the headlines across the continent.