15 May 2019
Electric propulsion of aircraft: market update
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Electric propulsion of aircraft is a growing phenomenon in a sector subject to mounting scrutiny with regard to its environmental impact. Here, our Aviation team looks at some of the political, industrial and regulatory ...

06 April 2020
Business contracts and COVID-19: seven topics, five surprises
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/business-contracts-and-covid-19-seven-topics-five-surprises

Partner Andrew White summarises seven key issues regarding commercial contracts and COVID-19, and shares five surprises – points which may not be familiar even to those immersed in the subject.

11 September 2018
UK guidance for businesses on the Package Travel Directive implementing regulations – much needed clarity or do ambiguities remain?
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2018/uk/uk-guidance-for-businesses-on-the-package-travel-directive-implementing-regulations

Over the summer the UK's Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) published guidance for businesses on the domestic regulations that implement the new Package Travel Directive – the Package Travel ...

24 October 2018
Wet leases and codeshares: more certainty in Germany, but less in the ECJ, in Regulation 261 treatment of contracting and actual carriers
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In our article on 23 July 2018 on the Advocate-General's opinion in flightright –v- Iberia and the ECJ decision in Wirth –v- Thomson we noted the different treatment of Regulation 261 claims arising from carriage on ...

12 September 2018
British Airways: the need to find blame
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BA's confirmation last week that hackers had accessed customer data by breaching its website and mobile app security has brought a host of unwelcome media attention on the airline and set off a flurry of pointing ...

17 September 2018
CORSIA - A global market-based measure to offset growth in aviation emissions
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2018/global/corsia-global-market-based-measure-to-offset-growth-in-aviation-emissions

A brief summary of the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation, CORSIA, and what airlines should be ready for in 2019

25 July 2019
Choice of jurisdiction for passenger claims under Regulation 261: Brussels Recast and the Montreal Convention? Advocate General's opinion
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/choice-of-jurisdiction-for-passenger-claims-under-regulation-261

Simon Phippard and Sandra Nicolle take a look at a recent passenger rights case and the questions it raises around extraordinary circumstances and how jurisdiction is determined.

22 November 2019
Case notes: Landmark ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on validity of airport charges
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/case-notes-landmark-ruling-of-the-court-of-justice-of-the-european-union

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has rendered a landmark decision ruling that airports must not agree with individual airport users preferential airport charges different from those approved by the ...

15 December 2020
Outlook: Sustainability and competition law in 2021
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/sustainability-and-competition-law-in-202

Competition law is (sometimes) perceived to be a barrier for cooperation and progress towards a more sustainable economy. This outlook 2021 explores the current available leeway under competition law for sustainability ...

20 February 2020
Newsflash: A European strategy for data
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Published on 19 February 2020, the European Commission's communication on a European strategy for data sets out a bold vision for the EU to become a leading role model for a society empowered by data to make better ...