EU Strategy on Aviation

In 2015, the European Commission published a comprehensive strategy for the European aviation sector. The strategy is dealing with an european external aviation policy, the management of the air traffic, european standards, innovation and investment. The Coronavirus pandemic did not change the EU strategy but several decisions were made.

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Airports

The availability of competitive airport services, including runways, passenger terminals and groundhandling, is critical for the continued success of EU aviation. The EU is working to ensure this success, and has adopted legislation on the allocation of slots at airports, on groundhandling services and on airport charges facing airlines.

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ENCASIA

ENCASIA is the European Network of Civil Aviation Safety Investigation Authorities, charged to

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Environment

The EU Aviation Strategy aims to improve the environmental impact of aviation, reducing noise pollution and gaseous emissions.

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High Level Group

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International Aviation

The gradual development of a more coordinated EU external aviation policy over the past decade has been the logical consequence of the creation of the EU internal market and associated common rules. This has generated significant economic benefits. But the Commission has now come with fresh ideas to move forward.

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Aviation Safety

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Aviation Security

As airports can act as an economic multiplier (economic impact of €338 billion across the EU. Aviation can act as an 'economic multiplier', and facilitate and generate wider economic activity. It's also good for jobs. A recent study for the Commission estimates that up to 2 million people are employed directly in the EU aviation sector. Overall, the sector supports 5.5 million jobs.

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SESAR

The technology required for the future Single Sky is provided through the air traffic management research programme SESAR, which aims to modernise infrastructure and raise efficiency by optimising capacity - and so enable the SES to become a reality.

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Single European Sky

The aviation market was gradually liberalised through three successive packages of measures adopted at EU level which covered air carrier licensing, market access and fares. So, decades of restrictions that had limited air transport markets in Europe and prevented cross-border investment by European airlines have been removed.

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