The European Ministers for Transport will meet on Thursday 4 June for an informal videoconference - the third since the start of the crisis - to discuss the recovery of the sector.
In particular, they will be asked to comment on the initiatives and investments they consider urgent for a sustainable and digital recovery of the transport sector and to make it more resilient.
"They will also exchange views on the best short-, medium- and long-term measures to ensure such a recovery", the Council said.
The meeting will also be an opportunity for the German Minister to present to his counterparts the priorities of the future Council Presidency, which will be held by Germany from 1 July.
Ensuring the environmental transition of the aviation sector
In addition, six States (the Netherlands, Spain, France, Germany, Finland and Luxembourg) signed a joint declaration for this videoconference, calling on the EU to step up its efforts to make the aviation sector more sustainable.
"It is important that as the aviation sector recovers, there should be no setback in the reduction of emissions from the aviation industry and that, on the contrary, this recovery should lead to strengthening and accelerating the sector's environmental transition", the signatories said.
In particular, they suggest that the Commission should rapidly define "a coherent framework" to ensure the deployment of sustainable aviation fuels and propose to Member States "a binding minimum share of sustainable aviation fuels from renewable sources".
To view the statement: https://bit.ly/2XYCW8Y (Original version in French by Agathe Cherki)