Based in Paris, Helen Massy-Beresford covers European and Middle Eastern airlines, the European Commission’s air transport policy and the air cargo industry for Aviation Week & Space Technology and Aviation Daily.
Helen combines a deep knowledge of the aviation industry with years of experience in journalism. She was a business reporter at Flight International in London before moving to Paris to work for Reuters as European Automotive Correspondent. She has written for a variety of publications including the Guardian, the Observer, the Telegraph, Airline Business and Aircraft Cabin Management.
Ministers from seven European countries have written to the European Commission (EC) calling for more ambition on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) targets, including allowing member states to set their own targets on top of an EU-wide minimum.
As Europe’s airlines look beyond the omicron coronavirus variant to what they hope will be a successful summer season, fuel is in focus, as jet fuel prices reach record highs.
European airlines including Air France-KLM, easyJet and Ryanair have teamed up with environmental associations on the “Fueling Flight Initiative” to push for a strengthening of the proposed ReFuelEU legislation on sustainable aviation fuels (SAF).
