Press Release: New international agreements in the aviation industry

Loyola de Palacio, vice-president of the European Commission in charge of Energy and Transport, called in speeches made on 3 February 2002 for immediate responses to short-term problems following the airline crisis since the US terrorist attacks and more effort at international level to liberalise the sector. De Palacio also called for negotiations on a Transatlantic Common Aviation Area between the EU and the USA to set up fair and competitive commercial conditions on this key market.