Eurocontrol will provide Ukraine and Moldova with EUR46.5 mln to support air infrastructure functioning

KYIV. Nov 24 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The member states of the European Association for the Safety of Air Navigation (Eurocontrol) have announced the creation of voluntary solidarity funds to support the member states in air traffic crises for reasons beyond their control, according to the Eurocontrol website.

"The Russian unprovoked brutal aggression has completely stopped traffic over the Ukrainian airspace and has led to a loss of staff and incomes from route charges. Showing solidarity towards a fellow member state, Ukraine, that is facing a brutal aggression, is the very least Eurocontrol members can do and I am sure we will show solidarity until the war is over with Ukrainian success and we embark in re-innovating and re-building Ukraine," Henrik Hololei, Director General Mobility and Transport, European Commission, said

"The member states asked the agency to establish and manage two specific funds, one in the form of a donation to Ukraine and Moldova of EUR46.5 million and one in the form of a loan of EUR46.1 million to Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland. The funds will be used to cover staff and training costs as well as any other costs needed to ensure operational readiness and continuity when air traffic recovers," Eurocontrol says.

"We are all aware of the major impact Putin’s war of aggression on Ukraine has had on air traffic across the European continent. Eurocontrol stands in solidarity with Ukraine and the other states whose air traffic control services have been so severely impacted. This decision allows us together to take collective action to provide support and funding to ensure the longer-term viability of air traffic control in any state that is impacted in such a way now and in the future," Eamonn Brennan, Director General of Eurocontrol, said.

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