ELFAA DENOUNCES FLAWED DEROGATION RE EU ETS (16 April 2013). ELFAA today deplores the vote in the plenary of the European Parliament to support the proposed derogation from compliance with EU ETS for flights to and from non-EU airports. view...

PASSENGER RIGHTS: AIR TRAVEL SHOULD BE AFFORDABLE TO ALL (13 March 2013). ELFAA has welcomed the European Commission's decision to clarify the rules governing air passenger rights. Successive interpretations by the courts of the poorly-worded existing Regulation 261/2004 have progressively eroded any balance between detriment to the minority of consumers, affected by flight irregularities, and the burden on airlines, which necessarily results in increased air fares for all passengers. view...

THE FUTURE OF THE SINGLE EUROPEAN SKY SUFFERS ANOTHER SETBACK (11 March 2013). The European airspace users' community is facing another setback on the implementation of the Single European Sky after the Single Sky Committee, consisting of representatives of the 27 Member States of the European Union adopted the so-called performance and charging schemes for the period 2015-2019. This legal framework is a retrograde step for the timely and successful establishment of the Single European Sky. view...

ELFAA AIRLINES BREAK 200 MILLION PASSENGER MARK FOR 2012 (21 February 2013). 2012 was a historic year for members of ELFAA as for the first time they carried more than 200 million passengers, thereby continuing their upward trend year-on-year despite the difficult financial environment. view...

THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SINGLE EUROPEAN SKY IS ONCE AGAIN IN JEOPARDY (14 February 2013). The European Commission is currently developing one of the centrepieces of the Single European Sky legislation: the legal framework concerning the performance and charging scheme for air navigation services for the period of 2015-2019. Considering the previous under-performance of the Member States, it is unacceptable that due to their pressure the Commission's new proposals are not only lacking ambition, but will also prevent the realisation of the high level goals for SES by a considerable margin. view...

ELFAA SUBMITS FORMAL COMPLAINT TO COMMISSION REGARDING ILLEGAL STATE AID TO SAS (6 February 2013). For the third time in as many years, the European Low Fares Airline Association (ELFAA) has requested the European Commission to staunch the flow of illegal State aid to airling flag carrier, SAS. view...