Press Release: New Aviation Platform to address challenges for the European aviation sector

European Commission Vice-President Siim Kallas, responsible for of transport, has met top-level representatives of the European aviation sector to discuss future challenges for aviation in Europe at the first-ever meeting of the Aviation Platform. The Aviation Platform has been set up to give strategic advice to the Vice President in order to establish the basis for a sustainable future for air transport and a competitive future for the European aviation industry.