The International Air Transport Association (IATA) issued the following comment as the Council prepares to vote on amendments to the Single European Sky (SES) 2+ package that will gut its vision to modernize European air traffic management. SES was meant to triple Europe’s airspace capacity, cut costs in half, improve safety by a factor of 10, and improve environmental performance by 10%. The compromise that the Member States are expected to approve on Friday will prevent the SES from delivering on its promise, dent European competitiveness, and leave much-needed emissions savings unrealized. (....)