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A passenger jet, operated by Deutsche Lufthansa AG, at Frankfurt Airport.
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Europe’s leading airlines renewed calls for state support and legislation to help them decarbonize, arguing that government backing is vital to keep the region competitive during the costly transition to cleaner energy.
The heads of Deutsche Lufthansa AG, British Airways owner IAG SA, EasyJet Plc and Ryanair Holdings Plc rattled off a list of familiar requests at the first gathering of the Airlines for Europe industry lobby since the early days of the Covid pandemic, a crisis now superseded by the conflict in Ukraine.