Regulations and Government
Business Aviation Asserts Role in European Recovery
EBAA says industry still faces discrimination and ‘irrational’ decisions
Village at EBACE 2025
© David McIntosh/AIN

The unfolding crisis for Europe’s stagnating economies presents an opportunity for business aviation to recast itself as part of the solution rather than part of perceived problems. EBAA takes some encouragement from politicians who now appear more focused on how they can reverse the continent’s decline in the face of hostility from the new U.S. administration and political fragmentation among European Union (EU) member states.

However, EBAA officials see EU leaders somewhat paralyzed by political polarization and failing to take strategic decisions at a time when they are urgently needed. This in turn blocks paths to progress on issues critical to business aviation, such as impractical restrictions on tankering fuel and reversing onerous taxes such as those recently imposed on charter flight passengers in France.