Transport and Tourism Committee MEPs criticised national solo efforts in COVID-19 crisis that keep grounding European aviation, in a debate with Eurocontrol chief.
MEPs described national solo efforts to manage the crisis as “utter chaos”, “a mess” and “unpredictable” and demand common standards and serious coordination on EU level, which would help to make the unprecedented situation more predictable for the transport sector. This includes the European aviation sector, where the situation keeps deteriorating with 60% loss of air passengers over the last six months and six million jobs at risk...more
