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Published: 03 May 2021

3 May 2021 - On the occasion of the Aviation Day conference organised on 3 May 2021 in Lisbon and virtually, under the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the President of ECAC, Ingrid Cherfils, introduced the Lisbon Declaration on the recovery of European aviation.

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3 May 2021 - In the opening of today's Aviation Day conference organised in Lisbon and virtually under the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the President of ECAC, Ingrid Cherfils, stressed the importance of strong international cooperation for the success of recovery measures in the short and long run, and highlighted the importance of a common and harmonised approach to restart flights in summer 2021, as an opportunity for aviation recovery.

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Published: 01 April 2021

26 March - The first meeting of the European Aviation and Environment Working Group (EAEG) (Expanded) with European stakeholders following the recent initiative to strengthen the engagement of all ECAC Member States in the group, was focused on the Destination 2050 Report: A Route to Net Zero European Aviation. The Destination 2050 initiative was presented by the five associations engaged in it (A4E, ACI EUROPE, ASD, CANSO and ERA), along with the authors of the supporting study from the Royal Netherlands Aerospace Centre (NLR) and SEO Amsterdam Economics.

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Published: 01 April 2021

25 March - A busy meeting of the ECAC Coordinating Committee had a strong focus on communication, agreeing the need for a clear joint message on the response to the COVID crisis and the development of exit strategies from current travel restrictions, as well as agreeing the submission of the new ECAC Communication Strategy to Directors General, and welcoming the development of the new ECAC website (www.ecac-ceac.org).

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24 March - A first ECAC Environmental Forum State Action Plans Information Seminar was organised to recall the recommended common European approach to follow in view of submission to ICAO of updated action plans for CO₂ emissions reductions from international aviation. The seminar provided participants with clarification to support submission of their updated plans preferably by the end of June 2021, as recommended by ICAO.

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11 March - A videoconference with the Directors General of ECAC Member States, DG MOVE, EASA and EUROCONTROL discussed in particular the recent developments in air traffic and heard updates from Member States and organisations on flight and travel restrictions and on the ICAO Council Aviation Recovery Taskforce (CART) Phase III progress, as well as a presentation from the OECD-International Transport Forum (ITF) on the COVID-Free International Mobility Initiative.