The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and ACI Europe, the trade association of Europe’s airports, are urging Greece to take further steps and lift all health-related travel restrictions ahead of the summer season. In a recent letter to Greek Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias, Transport Minister Kostas Karamanlis and Interior Minister Makis Voridis, the two
Photo source: ACI Europe ACI EUROPE (Airports Council International) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) on Tuesday called for EU member states to implement the recommendation announced by the European Council and lift COVID-19 travel restrictions for vaccinated and recovered travelers entering the EU from third countries. The new regime aligns with the
Thirty-five countries in Europe, leading industry stakeholders, and Destination 2050 partners (five leading European aviation associations) recently signed the ‘Toulouse Declaration’, the first-ever public-private initiative supporting aviation’s decarbonization goals. For the first time, through the ‘Toulouse Declaration’, which was presented during the Toulouse Aviation
Photo source: ACI Europe The European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation, known as Eurocontrol, has partnered with ACI Europe, the trade association bringing together all of Europe’s airports, to boost commitment to work towards a successful and sustainable future for European aviation. A joint Memorandum of Understanding was recently signed by Eurocontrol
Photo source: @İGA İstanbul Airport Ongoing restrictions to address Covid-19 and its variants continued to impact airport traffic into 2021, according to a full year 2021 report released recently by ACI (Airports Council International) Europe, which represents over 500 airports in 55 countries. Passenger traffic at European airports rose by 37 percent in 2021 compared […]
Rhodes airport (archive photo) Three Greek airports in popular holiday destinations – Corfu, Rhodes and Chania – in October managed to exceed pre-pandemic performance, according to data recently released by the Airports Council International Europe (ACI Europe). The council’s October air traffic report showed that passenger traffic at Corfu airport increased by 12.9
The impact of the Omicron variant on the operation of European airports is “immediate and substantial”, European airport trade body ACI Europe said on Thursday. The organization released preliminary data on the impact of the Omicron variant on European passenger traffic, along with its full air traffic report for November 2021. In the three-week period […]
Photo source: Fraport Greece The European Commission recently adopted an extension to the airport slot relief rules of the 2022 summer scheduling season, running from March 28 until October 29. Accordingly, airlines operating out of congested EU airports will be required to effectively use 64 percent of their allocated slots to keep them, up from […]
Βελτιωμένη, σε σχέση με τον προηγούμενο μήνα εμφανίζεται η επιβατική κίνηση στο ευρωπαϊκό δίκτυο αεροδρομίων τον Οκτώβριο του 2021, καθώς μειώθηκε κατά 36,7%, σε σύγκριση με την ίδια περίοδο πριν από την πανδημία (2019), έναντι μείωσης 42,9% τον Σεπτέμβριο, με τα αεροδρόμια στην Ελλάδα, την Κύπρο, την Πορτογαλία και την Ισπανία να καταγράφουν τη χαμηλότερη […]
Photo source: European Tourism Manifesto Travel and tourism organisations are calling for caution in response to the European Commission’s recent recommendation that the EU Digital COVID Certificate (DCC) should only remain valid for up to nine months after the second Covid-19 vaccination dose, unless a booster jab is administered. The European Tourism Manifesto alliance,

















