ACI Europe
03 July 2024
With Europe at the dawn of a new five-year political cycle, Armando Brunini, ACI EUROPE President and CEO of SEA Milan Airports, today called for European governments to effectively enable aviation decarbonisation while preserving air connectivity — and for the EU to protect and further reinforce the Single Aviation Market. Speaking at the 34th ACI EUROPE Annual Congress and General Assembly in Istanbul, he tackled a wide range of issues ranging from SAF deployment and airports’ green energy needs to airport slots and demand management measures, as well as Air Traffic Management (ATM) reform and innovation.
Green Deal is the only way forward along with air connectivity’s socio-economic benefits
Asked whether the results of the European elections should trigger a change in direction for the EU when it comes to aviation decarbonisation policies, Brunini was adamant in restating the airport industry’s support for the EU Green Deal and Fit for 55: “We have been saying that decarbonisation is for airports the mother of all challenges, and therefore an absolute priority, and we are not going to backtrack on that. Science is unequivocal about where our planet will end up without ambitious and effective climate action — and given that aviation’s emissions are particularly hard to abate, what is at stake for us is nothing less than our license to operate. So the Green Deal and Fit for 55 are the way forward. We re-affirmed that last month, when ACI EUROPE joined a cross-sectorial coalition of more than 500 companies, local entities and NGOs calling for the Green Deal to be confirmed as a strategic priority in the next EU mandate.”
[Read on: Airports Council International Europe | ACI EUROPE - Press Release (aci-europe.org)]
