23/03/2021 (Agence Europe) – The European Parliament’s Sky & Space Intergroup said on Tuesday 23 March that it had written to Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Commissioner for Transport Adina Vălean asking them to declare 2022 the “European Year of Aviation”. After a European Year dedicated to rail (see EUROPE 12628/13), such an initiative would be, according to the intergroup, a “unique opportunity” to highlight a sector whose “[entire] value chain” has been weakened by the Covid-19 pandemic, while reflecting on its future. MEPs see this as an opportunity to “show that a new era of zero-carbon aircraft is coming” and to work towards reviving the sector by supporting businesses and “stimulate job creation and high employment conditions for the workers of the sector”. (AC)