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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.

The European Council is pushing to reimpose strict COVID-19 rules on passengers from the US and five other countries.

IATA has slammed the move to set the winter slot use threshold at 50%, but ACI Europe has described the decision as a “first and crucial step” in reinstatement of slot usage rights.

The European Travel Commission predicts that long-haul travel to Europe will not recover to 2019 levels until 2025.

A new European study indicates that 70% of respondents are planning to travel in the next six months—up from 56% in February.

Barriers to routes between the EU and ASEAN countries are set to be removed, opening up new opportunities for carriers based in the blocs.

Vaccinations and heath passes are ‘reasons for optimism’ in the market, according to the European Travel Commission.

The northern summer travel season is the first since the COVID-19 pandemic hit in which full slot waivers are not in place at airports globally.

Regional airline networks in Europe have been decimated by the COVID-19 pandemic, ACI Europe says.

The pass is aimed at restarting stagnant airline networks.

The agreement means Brexit will not disrupt transatlantic flying between the nations.

The Irish ULCC is making big cuts to its winter flight schedule and shutting three bases.

The startup intends to fly to nine destinations from its base in Yerevan, but it has to contend with a border conflict in addition to COVID-19.

Routes' weekly update on how airlines and airports across Europe are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Governments across Europe must coordinate their response to preserve the continent’s single market and its benefits, two airline associations have urged.

Carriers on both sides of the Atlantic are assessing the potential impact of the temporary travel restrictions to the US from more than two-dozen European countries in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak.

Delegates attending the region’s largest route development forum will gain exclusive insight into the different factors set to influence aviation in Europe and across the wider world.

With a population of around 30,000 and an economy dominated by financial services, online gambling, shipping and tourism, Gibraltar is currently a major talking point with European aviation regulators, perhaps even more so than the subject of Brexit that dominates the headlines across the continent.

The United Kingdom woke up this morning to the news that the country’s people had voted to leave the European Union. By a small majority, 52 percent of residents voted for independence, a decision that could change the political landscape of Europe forever and could bring an end to the United Kingdom, as both Scotland and Northern Ireland look to maintain membership of the European Union.