COVID-19
From the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, ECAC was committed to supporting its Member States during this unprecedented crisis.
ECAC hosted European coordination meetings via videoconference from 17 March 2020, bringing together the Directors General of the 44 ECAC Member States, the European Commission, EASA and EUROCONTROL. The main objective of these meetings was to exchange on latest developments, explore relief measures for stakeholders and the industry at both national and European levels, and to look at challenges and solutions that needed to be urgently addressed for the benefit of the Member States and the aviation sector.
A number of policy documents and guidelines were issued as a result, such as documents comprising key elements on economic matters, security, facilitation, and passengers with reduced mobility (PRM) charges, as well as a communication strategy to strengthen public confidence.
The lessons learnt from COVID-19 are now being “mainstreamed” across all domains of ECAC’s work to promote the sustainable recovery of the industry.
Some of the non-restricted outcomes of the discussion and the work in the Secretariat can be found on the ECAC website.
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