Proposal on reducing aid to aviation leaves distortions
The Commission has published proposals aimed at reducing the amount of taxpayers’ money that goes to airports and airlines. However, the fine print of what is initially a consultation means small...
View ArticleCitizens, Aviation and Competition: State Aid for Airports and Airlines
When? Monday, September 16, 2013 - 11:00 to 15:00 On 3 July, the Commission released draft new guidelines on State aid to the aviation industry. Citizens have until 25 September to comment. T&E...
View ArticleState subsidies for airports set to soar
State subsidies for regional airports and airlines serving them – mainly the low-cost airlines – will be allowed to continue for at least another 10 years, according to the Commission’s finalised...
View ArticlePeople flying Ryanair should pay for their own tickets
Last week saw Europe extend its dirtiest subsidy, the one that makes ultra-cheap air tickets possible, by at least another decade. That’s the simplest way to sum up new rules for state aid to regional...
View ArticleState aid for airports: money for nothing and your runways for free
In mid April 2014, the European Commission opened a consultation on disputed aid to 23 regional airports in relation to the newly revised state aid guidelines for airports and airlines which came into...
View ArticleFrance gifting €1bn a year in aviation subsidies – study
The French government, which hosts this year’s critical COP21 climate change conference, is losing around €1 billion a year in revenue because it exempts domestic air transport from energy and carbon...
View ArticleAirport backed with €33m public funding now airplane parking
A Portuguese regional airport that was expanded with large amounts of EU funding has announced plans to turn itself into an aircraft parking facility because demand for the airport has fallen badly...
View ArticleTransport: Europe's biggest climate problem – read T&E's 2016 annual report
Type of publicationAnnual reviewTransport ModeAll modesAviationCarsFreightFuelsInfrastructureLorriesPublic and urbanShippingVansRelated issuesAir PollutionClimate Change and EnergyNoisePolicy...
View ArticleHow to decarbonise European transport by 2050
Transport is Europe's biggest climate problem accounting for 27% of its GHG emissions in 2017. This report summarises a series of studies by Transport & Environment. (T&E analysed pathways for...
View ArticleHow to surf the green wave – and get a Green New Deal for transport
You could almost hear the sigh of relief going through the ‘Quartier Européen’ two weeks ago. Despite all the talk of a populist anti-EU insurgency taking Brussels by storm, that was not Sunday...
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