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October 2023 Statistics
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CANSO and EUROCONTROL hold Sustainable Skies conference
14 November 2023: Last week, EUROCONTROL and CANSO organised a conference on the non-CO2 effects of aviation and the impact of contrails on the climate. The topic is very high on the aeropolitical agenda and is a focus for the industry. The The scientific consensus is that the exact effect of contrails on the climate, especially over the time, still needs to be examined. However, it is certain that persistent contrails do have an important and peak warming effect, especially at night.
ZeroAvia Hydrogen Aviation Summit 2023
14 November 2023: ZeroAvia’s Fourth Annual Hydrogen Summit will take place on 28 and 29 November and will gather leaders from industry, government, academia, media and NGOs to discuss the progress, opportunities and challenges for introducing hydrogen flight into the commercial aviation market.
Denmark proposes a passenger tax for green domestic aviation
14 November 2023: With the aim of having completely green domestic routes by 2030, the Danish government has presented its proposal for green aviation in the form of a new passenger tax on air travel for which a share of the proceeds must be channelled back into the industry and in this way further support the transformation of the sector.
New Tourism Manifesto in progress
14 November 2023: ERA recently attended a workshop in Brussels with other companies and associations from the tourism industry to discuss and draft a new European Tourism Manifesto. This new text will aim to address our needs to policyholders and share the long-term interests of travel and tourism, and the policy priorities and political will needed to support positive change for the next elections.
ERA welcomes suspension of reduced movements at Schiphol Airport
15 November 2023: Yesterday, the Dutch caretaker government experimental regulation to reduce movements at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport was put on hold. This followed a meeting of the EU/US Special Committee meeting on 13 November, and a letter to Commissioner Vălean co-signed by ERA.
IMCO Committee study on the Package Travel Directive
14 November 2023: This week, the European Parliament’s Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) published a study on the Performance of the Package Travel Directive and broader consumer protection issues in the implementation of passenger rights produced by the Policy Department for Economic, Scientific and Quality of Life Policies. It will serve as a basis for the Committee's work once the final text has been adopted by Commission.
Landmark agreement reached on Sustainable Aviation Fuels
28 November 2023: Last week, at the third Conference on Aviation and Alternative Fuels (CAAF/3) in Dubai, the aviation sector adopted a collective goal to start the shift away from fossil fuels. Governments from over 100 states met with industry and civil society and set a goal that aviation fuel in 2030 should be 5 per cent less carbon intensive than fossil fuel, to be achieved through a transition to sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) and lower carbon aviation fuels (LCAFs).
EU Innovation Fund Call and Auction launched
28 November 2023: The European Commission has launched the Innovation Call and Innovation Auction for 2023.
November 2023 Report
The November 2023 report is available to view, please click on the link below.