ELFAA MEMBER AIRLINES JUMP TO RESCUE FOLLOWING COLLAPSE OF SPANAIR (28 January). Following the news that Catalan airline Spanair has officially ceased its operations, ELFAA member airlines have jumped to the rescue of passengers stranded from home, as a result of the suspension of Spanair's operations. view...

ELFAA STATEMENT ON COMMISSION DECISION ON MALEV (9 January). ELFAA welcomes today's decision regarding illegal state aid received by the Hungarian airline Malev. view...

ELFAA WELCOMES ECJ JUDGMENT ON EU ETS DIRECTIVE (21 December). ELFAA welcomes today's judgment by the European Court of Justrice (ECJ) that the inclusion of flights by non-EU carriers within the scope of the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) is compatible with international law. view...

ELFAA: COMMISSION PROPOSAL LEAVES DOOR OPEN TO PRIMARY AUCTIONING OF HISTORICAL SLOTS (2 December). ELFAA notes with concern a reference in the Commission's Airport Package to the possible future inclusion of the withdrawal and auctioning of historical slots. view...

AIRLINE ASSOCIATIONS: MEMBER STATES MUST STOP PROCRASTINATING ON SINGLE EUROPEAN SKY. CURRENT ECONOMIC CLIMATE MAKES PROJECT MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER. (25 November). Four airline associations - AEA, ELFAA, ERA and IACA - today echoed the plea from the European Commission, calling on Member States to stop procrastinating on the Singe European Sky project and start finally delivering on their obligations. view...

ELFAA: CASH HANDOUTS TO SPANAIR ARE FLAGRANT BREACHES OF EU LAW (15 November). ELFAA is forced to condemn once again the latest round of cash hand-outs to ailing airline Spanair, by the regional government and City Council of Barcelona - this time to the tune of €25 million. view...

ELFAA DEPLORES DESPERATE 11TH HOUR ATTEMPT TO DERAIL EU ETS. NOT IN THE NAME OF ELFAA (04 November). ELFAA deplores the latest desperate attempt to thwart the inclusion of aviation in the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) by the submission of a General Declaration to this week's ICAO General Assembly. view...

EUROPEAN COMMISSION MUST HOLD FIRM ON AIRSPACE IMPROVEMENTS (10 October). Later this month the European Commission is expected to finalise a report, criticising every member of the European Union for not going far enough in their airspace improvement plans. view...

ELFAA WELCOMES ECJ ADVOCATE GENERAL'S OPINION RE THE LEGALITY OF EU ETS DIRECTIVE. YES TO EU ETS. NO TO BOGUS "ENVIRONMENTAL" TAX TAKES (6 October). ELFAA welcomes the opinion of the Advocate General of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) that the inclusion of flights by non-EU carriers within the scope of the EU's ETS is compatible with international law. view...