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Europe’s space and telecommunication heavyweights have formed a consortium to bid for the European Union’s IRIS² satellite constellation.

Aviation industry and environmental campaigners welcome ReFuelEU accord but stress the need for further progress.

If antitrust concerns in Brussels scupper the takeover deals dreamt of by the big three European airline groups, other paths are available.

The new EU rules require jet fuel supplied at EU airports to blend sustainable aviation fuels with kerosene in increasing amounts from 2025.

Norwegian has teamed with Norsk e-Fuel to build a plant, while Wizz Air says it is investing $6.2 million in biofuel company Firefly.

The industry says book-and-claim can support SAF while supplies are extremely limited as it does not require the buyer to own or use the physical fuel.

A consortium in Spain led by ITP Aero is researching and developing the country’s first hydrogen-powered commercial aircraft engine.

The three-year HERON project (Highly Efficient Green Operations) involves 25 partners in 10 countries.

European military views on the need for high-speed rotorcraft are in stark contrast to those held in the U.S.

After years of stagnation in the commercial helicopter market, the industry is seeing the first signals of a reawakening.

The pact gives European airlines non-discriminatory access to routes between the EU and Japan.

The EU research program has called for additional proposals for projects to mature technologies for hydrogen-powered aircraft.

The European Union (EU) Parliament went ahead with the adoption of revisions that will expand the scope of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS.)

The European Commission (EC) expects to consider the revived Air Nostrum-CityJet merger by March 1.

The rules will revert at the end of current summer schedules in late October.

IATA's Rafael Schvartzman warns that EU measures will damage the competitiveness of European carriers if they are adopted in their current form.

The effort is part of the EU-China Aviation Partnership Project.

The threshold is higher than the EU's, meaning the UK is no longer shadowing Brussels on slot rules as it has until now post-Brexit.

With high vaccination rates across Europe, airlines and airports say it is time to lift many restrictions.

The progressive reopening of long-haul markets will see Europe’s passenger traffic rebound in 2022, but the pace of recovery is happening at two speeds and air connectivity remains “markedly degraded” compared with 2019 levels.

It is hoped the funding will boost air connectivity to the Spanish archipelago.

After 15 years of negotiations, the EU and Ukraine have finally reached an agreement on a common aviation area.

The transatlantic recovery continues to be hampered by the European Council taking the US off the 'safe list.'

Airlines in Europe and the US are expecting increased traffic across the Atlantic with the loosening of COVID-19 restrictions for foreign travelers entering the US.

The move follows the European Council's Aug. 30 recommendation to remove several countries from the 'safe' travel list.