Mr. Filip Cornelis:

Today, there is a prohibition, if I am well informed, on non-essential travel in both directions. This is still in place on both the European side and the US side. The Deputy will remember that it was the US that first imposed it on Europeans last spring. Returning to what I said previously, in the absence of a subsiding of the pandemic or a vaccine solution, protocols such as a testing protocol can be useful.

We will definitely develop it within the EU between member states. I can also see scope for working with certain third countries. It is clear some in the US are arguing for this. The US remains one of our most important external markets for aviation, as well as generally in terms of human and economic contacts. It could be an obvious candidate. However, it is still a little bit too early on both sides of the Atlantic to take those steps.