Europe’s Single Aviation Market Fractures Amid Coronavirus Flight Bans

Europe’s Single Aviation Market Fractures Amid Coronavirus Flight Bans

Their criticism of the U.S.'s unilateral action to prevent the spread of the virus did not prevent some of the EU's member states from doing exactly the same thing and imposing travel restrictions affecting both non-EU and EU nationals.. The chair of the European Parliament's Civil Liberties Committee Chair, Juan Fernando López Aguilar was less understanding for the reintroduction of border controls and closures at some Schengen internal borders due to coronavirus. ". European heads of state and government endorsed the initiative during a European Council (video) conference the next day.. Border entry rules and control are the sole competency of the member states, not the European Commission.. How many governments have established the new measure, aimed at eliminating uncoordinated travel restrictions by individual member states for their parts of external borders and within the EU, is unclear.. According to Eurocontrol data for Wednesday, the number of departing and arriving flights were down 91 percent compared with the equivalent day in 2019 in Latvia, 87 percent in Italy, 78 percent in Slovakia and Poland, and 77 percent in Slovenia.. For the largest European aviation markets, traffic dropped 58 percent in France, 57 percent in Spain, 50