Aviation Package welcomed; the competitiveness of Europe’s aviation sector must be improved

The Aviation Package adopted by the European Commission contains a wide range of measures aimed at improving the competitiveness of the EU Aviation sector, increase connectivity of Member States, tackle airports’ capacity constraints and charges, and regulate the use of drones. The package contains a Commission Communication, a proposal for a revision of the Aviation Safety Regulation to update the EU’s aviation safety system (including a legal framework for the safe use of drones), a set of requests to negotiate EU-level comprehensive air transport agreements with third countries (China, ASEAN countries, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Mexico