European Common Aviation Area

On 9 June 2006, the ECAA agreement was signed{{cite web|title=Multilateral Agreement on the Establishment of a European Common Aviation Area (ECAA) | url=http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/documents-publications/agreements-conventions/agreement/?aid=2006052}} by almost all of the 27 EU members, the European Union itself, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Iceland, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Serbia as well as Kosovo (UNMIK as Kosovo representative under Security Council resolution 1244). The last two EU member states to sign it were Slovakia and Latvia respectively on 13 June 2006 and 22 June 2006.

Further agreements to join the Common Aviation Area have been offered to the EU's Eastern Partnership members. Agreements currently in force, include:

• Georgia signed a CAA on 2 December 2010.{{Cite web|url=https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/documents-publications/treaties-agreements/agreement/?id=2010083|title=Common Aviation Area Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Georgia, of the other part|website=Consilium}}
• Moldova signed on 26 June 2012.{{Cite web|url=https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/documents-publications/treaties-agreements/agreement/?id=2012024|title=Common Aviation Area Agreement between the European Union and its Member States and the Republic of Moldova|website=Consilium}}
• Ukraine and the EU signed a Common Aviation Area agreement on 12 October 2021, as part of the 23rd Ukraine-EU summit in Kyiv. The Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal, the Ambassador of Slovenia (then the EU Presidency) to Ukraine Tomaž Mentzin and the Head of the EU Foreign Service Josep Borrell signed the agreement.{{Cite web|url=https://ec.europa.eu/transport/modes/international-aviation-ukraine_en|title = Mobility and transport| date=30 April 2024 }}
• Armenia started negotiations to join after a new Armenia-EU partnership agreement was signed in February 2017.{{cite web|title=New EU-Armenia Deal Reached in Brussels|date=28 February 2017|url=http://armenianweekly.com/2017/02/28/new-eu-armenia-deal-reached-in-brussels/}} Armenia and the EU finalized negotiations on 15 November 2021, with the signing of a Common Aviation Area Agreement between the two sides at a ceremony in Brussels.{{Cite web|url=https://neighbourhood-enlargement.ec.europa.eu/news/aviation-eu-and-armenia-sign-aviation-agreement-2021-11-15_en|title=Aviation: EU and Armenia sign aviation agreement - European Commission|website=neighbourhood-enlargement.ec.europa.eu}}

• Azerbaijan – In 2013, Azerbaijan started negotiations.{{Cite web|url=https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:52011DC0527|title=EUR-Lex - 52011DC0527 - EN|website=eur-lex.europa.eu}}

Moreover, a system of association agreements with the ECAA has been enacted for the Mediterranean partnership countries.

• Morocco signed its Euro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement (EMAA) with the EU on 12 December 2006.{{Cite web|url=https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/documents-publications/treaties-agreements/agreement/?id=2006091|title=Euro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Morocco, of the other part|website=Consilium}}
• Jordan signed its Euro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement (EMAA) with the EU on 15 December 2010.{{Cite web|url=https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/documents-publications/treaties-agreements/agreement/?id=2010084|title=Euro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, of the other part|website=Consilium}}
• Israel signed its Euro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement (EMAA) with the EU on 10 June 2013.{{Cite web|url=https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/documents-publications/treaties-agreements/agreement/?id=2012073|title=Euro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Government of the State of Israel, of the other part|website=Consilium}}

• Lebanon – On 9 October 2008, the Council of the European Union adopted a decision authorizing the European Commission to open negotiations.
• Algeria – On 9 December 2008, the Council of the European Union adopted a decision authorizing the European Commission to open negotiations, though the negotiations with Algeria have not started yet.
• Tunisia – On 27 June 2013, Tunisia started its negotiations.{{cite web|title=International aviation: Tunisia|date=30 April 2024 |url=http://ec.europa.eu/transport/modes/air/international_aviation/country_index/tunisia_en.htm}}

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Because the UK left the European Union (Brexit), the UK is no longer part of the Common Aviation Area. Permission or new treaties with the UK needed to be made so that aviation to and from the UK wouldn't stop.{{cite news |last1=Gerrard |first1=Bradley |title=With no plan B, Brexit stakes for aviation sector are sky high |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/08/18/no-plan-b-brexit-stakes-aviation-sector-sky-high/ |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=18 August 2017 |access-date=21 September 2017}} There was a delay in this hard Brexit until the end of 2020, because the Brexit withdrawal agreement states that most EU rules continue to be valid for the UK during 2020. However, EU approved regulations 2019/494 and 2019/505 in order to secure air traffic between UK and EU plus EEA.{{Cite web|url=https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32019R0502|title=Regulation - 2019/502 - EN - EUR-Lex}}

Also, the British government took various steps to ensure the continuation of air travel, such as an open skies agreement with the United States.{{cite web |title=UK and US agree post-Brexit flights deal|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/business-46380463|date=29 November 2018|access-date=11 April 2019}} The British airline EasyJet, which has many flights outside the UK, set up a subsidiary in Austria (easyJet Europe) whilst keeping its headquarters in Luton, England.

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• [https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.L_.2006.285.01.0001.01.ENG&toc=OJ:L:2006:285:TOC#L_2006285EN.01000301 European Common Aviation Area Agreement]

• [https://ec.europa.eu/transport/modes/air/single_european_sky_en Single European Sky – European Commission website]
• [http://www.eurocontrol.int/dossiers/single-european-sky Single European Sky – EUROCONTROL website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424125936/https://www.eurocontrol.int/dossiers/single-european-sky |date=24 April 2019 }}
• [http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:22006A1016(01):EN:HTML Multilateral Agreement on the establishment of a European Common Aviation Area]

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