Based in Paris, Helen Massy-Beresford covers European and Middle Eastern airlines, the European Commission’s air transport policy and the air cargo industry for Aviation Week & Space Technology and Aviation Daily.
Helen combines a deep knowledge of the aviation industry with years of experience in journalism. She was a business reporter at Flight International in London before moving to Paris to work for Reuters as European Automotive Correspondent. She has written for a variety of publications including the Guardian, the Observer, the Telegraph, Airline Business and Aircraft Cabin Management.
Europe’s travel and tourism industry is calling for a new approach to COVID-19 travel rules in the region, including the elimination of the color-code system introduced in 2020, as European leaders are due to meet in Brussels to discuss the next steps.
French airports have lodged a legal challenge in Brussels over a planned French law that will ban the operation of internal flights on routes for which a rail alternative of 2.5 hours or less exists.
Lufthansa and easyJet won backing from a European court over deals they undertook to buy Air Berlin assets, after the court dismissed two cases made by Polish airline LOT.
