Airlines ask that Single European Sky plan not be paralyzed.
The Single European Sky plan, with which Brussels seeks to reform the airline traffic management system to make it more efficient and less polluting, is in danger of not going ahead, so the airlines today called on EU member states to make new efforts to revive the initiative.
In a statement, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) called on European governments to support proposals to revive the plan presented to the European Commission (EC) after nearly two decades of efforts that have failed to bear fruit, EFE reported.
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“State inaction has meant that none of the objectives of this initiative have been achieved, but the Commission has proposed new legislation in this regard and that is the only way to force much-needed reform,” stressed IATA director general Willie Walsh.
The single European airspace would make it possible to reduce many air routes over the continent and, according to experts, this would save 245 billion euros and reduce aviation emissions in the Old Continent by 10%.
“The crisis generated by covid-19, together with climate change, make these potential benefits more critical than ever,” stressed the head of IATA, which brings together nearly 300 world airlines.
Some European states are proposing to block the reforms, which the industry association says “is completely unacceptable” and could jeopardize the entire program.
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