EUROCONTROL: Uncoordinated operational return could cost 1.2 million more lost flights

The development of a common approach in “COVID-compliant operational procedures” for airlines and airports are across all European States is vital in order to minimise the disruption and the cost of the pandemic, according to a study by EUROCONTROL. The European air traffic control group did a study modelling a coordinated versus an uncoordinated approach to post-pandemic operational approaches and concluded the difference between the two scenarios is significant and highlights the need for policy integration. “If airlines have to comply with one set of regulations on departure and another set when the flight arrives in another state, then this