EurECCA statement on EU–Qatar CATA

EurECCA consistently defended the principles of fairness, transparency and social responsibility in aviation, this finding cannot be viewed in abstraction. It intersects unavoidably with the context in which the EU–Qatar Comprehensive Air Transport Agreement was negotiated and concluded. That agreement, already controversial for its profound imbalance in market access, competitive conditions and social safeguards, now appears even more deeply rooted in a process whose neutrality and fairness are open to legitimate doubt.

EurECCA reiterates, with renewed determination, its call for the suspension of the EU–Qatar aviation agreement and for a comprehensive reassessment of the conditions under which it was negotiated. Such a reassessment must go beyond technical clauses and traffic rights. It must examine whether the agreement reflects the values the European Union claims to uphold: transparency, ethical governance, fair competition and social justice.

Read our full statement here.