Sitia Airport “Vitsentzos Kornaros”. Photo source: HCAA Airports in Greece were among those hit hardest by Covid-19 restrictions in 2020, according to European industry trade association ACI Europe which found that Europe’s passenger traffic last year was down by 1.72 billion passengers falling back to 1995 levels. More specifically, according to the Airports Council
European airports and tourism organisations are urging the EU to come up with more flexible state aid rules to provide assistance to airports and support air connectivity due to the impact of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Representative associations, ACI Europe and the European Travel Commission (ETC), on Wednesday sent a letter to European Executive
More than 6,000 air routes previously operated from Europe’s airports have not been restored since the start of the coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis nine months ago, according to the 2020 Airport Industry Connectivity Report released by ACI Europe. The report shows the systemic collapse of the aviation network and air connectivity caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. […]
Photo source: European Travel Commission In view of the holiday season, global travel and aviation bodies are calling on EU governments to take immediate action to restore travel and to swiftly implement the latest European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) guidelines on Covid-19 testing and quarantine […]
Photo source: @ACI Europe Passenger traffic at European airports has decreased by 81 percent as a result of quarantine-based travel restrictions in many areas, ACI Europe said. The organization’s overall figures reflect data up to and including November across the European airport networks, with the stark lost passenger threshold of 1.5 billion so far this year […]
Photo source: Euorpean Parliament / © shutterstock Over 20 aviation associations, collectively representing the entire European aviation ecosystem, have come together and announced a joint commitment to work with policy makers to achieve net zero CO2 emissions by 2050. The commitment is part of a comprehensive collaborative analysis – the Aviation Round Table Report – […]
Photo source: UNWTO Increases in air passenger volumes are not correlated to any level of statistical significance with changes in Covid-19 infection (positivity) rates in Europe, according to a new analysis released by ACI Europe. The analysis, presented on Tuesday at the association’s virtual annual congress, covered the months of July, August and September when […]
Ένα πλαίσιο ανάκαμψης της αεροπορικής κίνησης στην ΕΕ, όπου οι κυβερνήσεις θα παράσχουν την απαιτούμενη χρηματοδότηση για τη στήριξη των αερολιμένων και την ανάκαμψη της αεροπορικής συνδεσιμότητας, κάλεσε η ACI Europe την Ευρωπαϊκή Επιτροπή να υιοθετήσει επειγόντως. Κρούοντας τον κώδωνα του κινδύνου, η ACI Europe, υποστηρίζει ότι, σχεδόν 200 αεροδρόμια βρίσκονται
Photo Source: @ACI Europe European airport trade body Airports Council International Europe (ACI EUROPE) is calling on the European Commission to urgently adopt an EU Recovery Framework for Aviation and for governments to provide the requisite funding to support airports – and the recovery of air connectivity from the impact it has received from Covid-19. With […]
An estimated 193 airports may face insolvency in the coming months if passenger traffic does not start to recover by year end, ACI Europe said on Tuesday. These airports facilitate 277 thousand jobs and 12.4 billion euros of European GDP. “The threat of airport closure means Europe faces the prospect of the collapse of a […]


















