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November 13, 2019 - Members of Europe’s leading aviation associations have today published a joint paper setting out the principles to support the safe integration into European airspace of unmanned aircraft, or ‘drones’. 

November 23, 2016 – ASD welcomes the publication of the Drones Outlook Study by the SESAR Joint Undertaking, on the occasion of the High Level Conference on Drones taking place in Warsaw, Poland.

May 11, 2017 - ASD welcomes the initiative of the European Parliament’s Sky and Space Intergroup (SSI) to hold a high-level event aimed at discussing the future of aeronautical research.

Brussels, 12 May 2022 - Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) are among the biggest levers to accompany the civil aviation sector in its decarbonisation strategies. However, parallel measures are needed to ensure a level playing field. ASD has therefore co-signed the open letter below.

March 5, 2014 - It is with great sadness that we learned of the death of Dr. Assad Kotaite, one of the most prominent and respected figures in the world of civil aviation.

June 24, 2020 - Can you really turn rubbish into jet fuel? Can potato skins power a plane? Can you capture carbon from the air and create fuel out of it? Here’s everything you need to know about Sustainable Aviation Fuels, and why they’re one of the ways the aviation industry is working to decarbonise flight.

September 7, 2016 – The European Parliament’s Sky and Space Intergroup (SSI) today debated with representatives of the European aerospace manufacturers on the links between innovation and the competitiveness of the aeronautics sector.

April 27, 2017 – ASD welcomes the fruitful debate held during a high level lunch hosted by MEP and President of the Sky and Space Intergroup Monika Hohlmeier on the aviation’s way forward to reduce its environmental footprint.

Introduction One year into the COVID-19 pandemic and faced with new variants and a third wave in most of Europe, we continue to be faced with diverging national requirements, often introduced at very short notice.

  Introduction: The Urban Air Mobility Ecosystem Mobility is a key societal need and a cornerstone of liveable and sustainable cities, and which ensures economic growth, social development and cohesion. Hence, the search for seamless and integrated transport solutions to enhance people’s and goods’ mobility is high in the policy-making agenda and is pursued in several cities, regions and countries, and among numerous cross-sectoral stakeholders.

Brussels, 30th May 2022 Together with Transport & Environment and Hydrogen Europe, ASD today sent an open letter to Minister de Montchalin as well as the Transport Ministers of all EU Member States, raising concern on the exclusion of renewable hydrogen from the scope of ReFuelEU Aviation. To achieve climate neutrality, the European Green Deal sets out the need to reduce transport emissions by 90% by 2050 (compared to 1990-levels).

October 18, 2018 - ASD joins 131 organisations from across the EU to call on future Members of the European Parliament to put industry at the core of the EU's future.

February 17, 2017 - Europe is the cradle of the manufacturing industry and has been at the forefront of industrial revolutions and technological innovations. The industry directly employs over 34 million people across all Member States.

November 7, 2017 - Major European aviation stakeholders jointly call for a follow-on of the successful EU Research programme SESAR Joint Undertaking to create the Single European Sky and support industries and authorities in enabling a more connected, safe and seamless transport for all.

May 11, 2016 – On the occasion of the ICAO High-Level Meeting on a Global Market Based Measure (MBM) scheme, representatives from ASD emphasised on the need to tackle the civil aviation CO2 emissions.

February 12, 2013 - The International Coordinating Council of Aerospace Industries Associations (ICCAIA) welcomes the new agreement on noise reduction reached by the International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO’s) Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection (CAEP), during its ongoing meeting in Montréal, Canada.

October 21, 2013 - The International Coordinating Council of Aerospace Industries Associations (ICCAIA) is disappointed and concerned over the European Commission’s Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) proposal of 16 October.

June 26, 2018 - ASD welcomes progress made in June by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Council regarding the implementation of CORSIA, the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation.

September 20, 2012 – The formal backing of a General Aviation Safety Strategy by the Management Board of the EASA was warmly welcomed by GAMA, and EGAMA, the general aviation membership of the AeroSpace & Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD).

December 12, 2018 - Europe is a leader and a global player in the aeronautics industry. How can we continue this success story? On December 5, the European Parliament’s Sky and Space Intergroup, chaired by MEP Monika Hohlmeier, hosted the 4thedition of the annual EU Aeronautics Conference in Brussels with the support of ASD to answer that question.