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  1. Article · Aug 5, 2026 · Tommaso Lecca

    Europe’s new border system works by being switched off when overwhelmed (opens the original)

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    BRUSSELS — The EU’s new biometric border-check system is causing such long delays for summer travelers that some airports are turning to a simple solution: switching it off when they're overwhelmed by arriving travelers. The quick fix, which is allowed under EU regulations, wasn’t what was envisioned when the Entry/Exit System was gradually introduced in October and went fully into force on April 10. And yet, many airports are doing just that. “When lines form during the busy summer months, the

  2. Article · Jul 28, 2026 · Tommaso Lecca

    Charleroi airport to halt flights in 2028 for over 2 months (opens the original)

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    BRUSSELS — Brussels South Charleroi Airport will suspend all flight operations in the second half of 2028 to allow a major reconstruction of its only runway and other infrastructure upgrades. Belgium's second-busiest airport is expected to halt air traffic for 11 weeks, from Aug. 15 to Oct. 31. “A complete refurbishment of Charleroi airport's sole runway (which has an estimated lifespan of 25 years), together with other major infrastructure modernisation works, has been scheduled by [airport inf

  3. Article · Jul 20, 2026 · Tommaso Lecca

    UN rejects EU carbon pricing for flights to Middle East (opens the original)

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    BRUSSELS — The United Nations’ International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) on Friday criticized the European Commission’s proposal to extend the Emissions Trading System (ETS) to flights to the Middle East from 2029. The U.N. agency “expressed concern” in a statement, saying Brussels’ draft bill “would undermine the only globally harmonized measure applying to CO2 emissions from international aviation and result in duplicative measures,” ICAO said, referring to the U.N.’s Carbon Offsetting

  4. Article · Jul 17, 2026 · Tommaso Lecca, Sara Schonhardt

    ‘Storm’ looms for aviation as EU plans to price emissions from international flights (opens the original)

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    BRUSSELS — The European Union risks a fresh confrontation with the U.S., China and big airlines when it issues a review Friday widely expected to extend carbon pricing to all international flights departing from the bloc. Washington and Beijing have both threatened retaliation against any effort by the EU to hit airlines flying beyond the bloc with higher carbon costs under its Emissions Trading System — part of the European Commission’s effort to make the EU climate neutral by 2050. Peter Liese

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