Eurocontrol Freezes Airline Route-Charge Funds for 2 Air Traffic Agencies Over Pfizer Dispute
Updated
Updated · Bloomberg · Jul 10
Eurocontrol Freezes Airline Route-Charge Funds for 2 Air Traffic Agencies Over Pfizer Dispute
2 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Jul 10
Summary
Poland’s air navigation agency said Eurocontrol notified it that transfers of airline route charges to Poland had been frozen; Romania’s air traffic controller confirmed the same step last week.
The freeze stems from Poland and Romania’s legal battles with Pfizer over unused Covid-19 vaccine purchases, extending that dispute into funding for the two countries’ air traffic agencies.
Eurocontrol, the Brussels-based intergovernmental body that collects route charges from airlines and coordinates European air traffic management, is the channel through which the payments are being withheld.