Europeans for Fair Competition (E4FC)

The members of E4FC are fully committed to reducing their carbon footprint and support the ambition set out in the European Commission’s Fit for 55 package. The proposed initiatives will however require substantial investments and will add to the costs of European airlines, thereby impacting the global competitiveness of European network airlines and their employees.

E4FC supports the ambition of the EU to reduce carbon emissions. European airlines have long been working to reduce their CO2 output with investments in new aircraft and technologies, the development and use of sustainable aviation fuels, operational improvements and the participation of aviation in the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) as well as the global carbon offsetting program, CORSIA.

EU airlines and their employees have already and will continue to substantially invest in decarbonisation. E4FC members, therefore, welcome the proposed measures to significantly reduce CO2 emissions and to achieve CO2-neutrality in aviation by 2050.

Europeans for Fair Competition, a unique coalition of employers and employees of EU network airlines advocating for fair competition and high social standards, welcomes the European Commission's plans to revise the 2015 Aviation Strategy. E4FC's input is attached.

The proposed ReFuelEU Aviation Regulation aims to increase the production and uptake of SAFs in Europe in the coming years. For the foreseeable future, however, SAF will be more expensive than fossil fuels. Therefore, an unbalanced SAF mandate would distort competition with the rest of the world and shift traffic outside of the EU.

Europeans For Fair Competition (E4FC) welcomes the European Commissions initiative to assess the current EU airport legislation through a fitness check. E4FC, a unique coalition of European airlines and unions representing airline employees, believes this review is needed to ensure comprehensive and consistent regulatory frameworks that remains effective in the rapidly evolving aviation landscape.

Europeans for Fair Competition (E4FC) welcomes the European Commissions call for evidence on the revision of Regulation (EC) 1008/2008, particularly the acknowledgement that EU airlines and their employees face numerous new challenges that need to be addressed.

Europeans for Fair Competition (E4FC) is a coalition of European airlines and unions representing airline employees fighting for fair competition and high social standards with the objective of safeguarding European aviation, European jobs, and sustaining connectivity for Europes citizens.

E4FC welcomes the proposed new regulation to address distortions caused by foreign subsidies and emphasizes the timeliness of such a regulation, in view of the current weakened state of the European airline industry that exposes the sector to direct or indirect takeovers. European airlines and its employees have been affected by unfair competition from state-subsidised third country airlines for years.

Europeans For Fair Competition (E4FC) welcomes the European Commission’s plans to propose a regulation that addresses distortions caused by foreign subsidies in the internal market. E4FC agrees that the granting of (direct and indirect) subsidies can lead to unfair competition and undermine the level playing field, thereby distorting the EU internal as well as the international market.

Europeans for Fair Competition (E4FC) welcomes the Commission’s call for evidence to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the aviation industry in the process of the revision of Regulation (EC) 1008/2008.

Europeans for Fair Competition (E4FC), the association of European airlines and unions representing airline employees, is of the view that the current Slot Regulation has served well and continues to be fit-for-purpose. Therefore, the current rules do not require substantial modifications.