Airlines for Europe

Airlines for Europe
Launch date	2016
Full members	16
Annual passengers (M)	720 (2019)
Fleet size	3000+
Headquarters	Brussels, Belgium
Management	Ourania Georgoutsakou (Managing Director)
Website	a4e.eu

Airlines for Europe (A4E) is the largest EU airline association, representing 70% of European air traffic.

History

A4E was founded in January 2016 by Europe's five largest carriers: Air France–KLM Group, easyJet, International Airlines Group, Lufthansa Group and Ryanair Holdings and serves as the united voice of European commercial airlines in Brussels.

A4E currently counts 16 leading airline groups as its members. New carriers both big and small, from low-cost to leaser, legacy and cargo have joined A4E. Beyond airlines, global manufacturers such as Airbus, Boeing, Embraer, GE, and Thales are also members of A4E.^[3]

Objectives

The main goal of this association is to address key policy issues affecting passengers and cargo while promoting long-term solutions to benefit Europe's aviation sector, including:

Improving European airspace efficiency and securing a Single European Sky.

Revising Europe's Air Passenger Rights legislation.
Improving safety and security measures for airlines and their passengers.
Tackling airport market power and excessive aviation taxes and charges.
Moving towards a zero or low-carbon economy and thereby supporting efforts to achieve the objectives of the Paris Agreement.^[4]

Members

Airline members

At September 2020, the following airline groups are members of A4E:^[5]

Airline group	Participating airlines
Aegean Airlines	Aegean Airlines ^B
AirBaltic^[6]	AirBaltic
Air France–KLM Group ^A	Air France ^B KLM ^B Transavia ^B Martinair ^C Air France-KLM Cargo ^C
Cargolux	Cargolux ^C
EasyJet Group ^A	EasyJet UK EasyJet Europe EasyJet Switzerland
Finnair	Finnair Finnair Cargo ^C
IAG ^A	British Airways ^B Aer Lingus Iberia ^B LEVEL Vueling IAG Cargo ^C
Icelandair	Icelandair
Jet2.com	Jet2
Lufthansa Group ^A	Lufthansa ^B Austrian Airlines Brussels Airlines Eurowings ^B Swiss International Air Lines ^B Lufthansa Cargo ^C
Norwegian	Norwegian Air Shuttle Norwegian Air Sweden
Ryanair Holdings ^A	Ryanair Buzz Malta Air Lauda Ryanair UK
Smartwings	CSA Czech Airlines Smartwings Hungary Smartwings Poland Smartwings Slovakia
TAP Air Portugal	TAP Air Portugal ^B
TUI Group^[7]	TUI fly Deutschland TUI fly Belgium TUI fly Netherlands TUI fly Nordic TUI Airways
Volotea	Volotea

^A Founding members
^B Including subsidiaries
^C Cargo fleet

Manufacturing members

There are also 5 international aircraft manufacturers who are participating in this organization.

Associate members

One Sky Solutions
Rechtsanwälte
Oracle Solicitors

References

^ ^a ^b "Fact Sheet" (PDF). A4E. 13 Feb 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 June 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
^ "Ourania Georgoutsakou – Airlines for Europe". A4E. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
^ "Our Story – Airlines for Europe". a4e.eu. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
^ "Our Priorities – Airlines for Europe". a4e.eu. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
^ "Our Members". a4e.eu. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
^ "airBaltic joins Airlines for Europe". Airbaltic.com. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
^ "TUI group joins Airlines for Europe". austrianaviation.net. 11 December 2019.

External links

Official website

[FS19-1] "Fact Sheet" (PDF). A4E. 13 Feb 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 June 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2020.

[2] "Ourania Georgoutsakou – Airlines for Europe". A4E. Retrieved 23 May 2020.

[3] "Our Story – Airlines for Europe". a4e.eu. Retrieved 2020-07-30.

[4] "Our Priorities – Airlines for Europe". a4e.eu. Retrieved 2020-07-30.

[5] "Our Members". a4e.eu. Retrieved 23 May 2020.

[6] "airBaltic joins Airlines for Europe". Airbaltic.com. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2017.

[TUI-7] "TUI group joins Airlines for Europe". austrianaviation.net. 11 December 2019.

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v t e Members of Airlines for Europe (A4E)
Airline members	Aegean Airlines airBaltic Air France-KLM Cargolux EasyJet Finnair Icelandair IAG Jet2.com Lufthansa Norwegian Air Shuttle Ryanair Smartwings TAP Air Portugal TUI Group Volotea
Manufacturing members	Airbus Boeing Embraer GE Aerospace Thales Group
Associate members	Clyde & Co Erkelens Law Kennedys Law Stephenson Harwood
Related topics: AEA, ELFAA

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