That was the message from European aviation leaders at the third annual Airlines for Europe (A4E) forum this week, the group’s first in-person meeting since the start of the pandemic.
Chiefs from Ryanair, Vueling, Icelandair and Air Baltic shared the impact of EU Covid-19 travel policies on their respective carriers over the past 18 months.
Together, they also called for an end to the EU’s "haphazard" colour-coded system of travel rules and for the regime to be replaced by a coordinated EU-wide "operational exit plan".
This, they said, would agree common rules on the wearing of face masks and when to remove the requirement for passenger locator forms.
