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.
IATA has signed an agreement with the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) to increase and improve the automated reporting of meteorological data by commercial aircraft.
Eurocontrol may have to further revise its traffic forecasts downwards—after already cutting them once—as tightening COVID-19 restrictions and rising infection numbers in many European countries lead to a deteriorating situation for the region’s airlines.
The approval of a European Commission plan aimed at rationalizing inconsistent travel restrictions through a color-coded COVID-19 risk map marks a small step in the right direction for Europe’s airlines—but unfortunately, the beleaguered industry says, it doesn’t go far enough.
