To help airlines cope with the financial crisis they are going through, the Eurocontrol provisional Committee agreed on Tuesday 7 April to defer the payment of air traffic control fees due for the months of February to May, totalling €1.1 billion.
Payments are due to start in November 2020. As a result of the COVID-19 outbreak and the lockdown measures implemented, air traffic has effectively decreased by almost 90% and airlines are now facing major cash flow difficulties.
"This payment...