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Electric aviation – a solution for short- and mid-range flights

Parliament sets out its own position on a topic. The resolution is not binding but signals what Parliament wants.

Where it stands: Parliament adopted the text on 16 January 2024. This is its final position on the matter.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 11 May 2023
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 7 December 2023
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 15 December 2023
  4. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 16 January 2024
  5. ✓ Parliament’s position Final
How a file moves through Parliament

A file is referred to one lead committee (others may give an opinion). Its rapporteur writes a draft report, committee members table amendments, and the committee votes to adopt the report. The report is then tabled for all MEPs; political groups can table further amendments, which are voted on before the final vote in plenary. The adopted resolution is Parliament’s final position; it is not itself law.

Who is working on it

Lead committee
TRAN — Transport and Tourism
Rapporteur
MEP #197396 S&D
Shadow rapporteurs
MEP #33982 PPEKosma ZŁOTOWSKI ECRJan-Christoph OETJEN RenewMEP #183338 Verts/ALEMEP #197731 The Left

The rapporteur drafts and negotiates the text for the lead committee; each other political group names a shadow rapporteur to follow the file.

The text, version by version

Adopted by Parliament · latest Adopted text TA9-0014/2024 16 January 2024 ✦ Parliament's resolution on electric aviation says electric and hybrid-electric aircraft can cut aviation emissions and improve connectivity, especially for regional, island and outermost areas.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A9-0438/2023 15 December 2023 ✦ Parliament's resolution on electric aviation for short and mid-range flights sets out the benefits of aircraft electrification, the technological challenges and the action it wants at EU level.⇄ what changed Committee draft Draft report (TRAN) 20 July 2023 ✦ This is a draft report by the Committee on Transport and Tourism on electric aviation as a solution for short and mid-range flights. It sets out the benefits of electrifying regional aircraft, the investment needed, the technological challenges and the EU action it asks for.

Newest version first. Open a version to read it in full. “What changed” shows the differences paragraph by paragraph; ✦ lines are AI-written from the texts themselves.

Timeline

  1. Plenary stage
  2. 16 January 2024 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 16 January 2024 📄 Report A9-0438/2023📄 Adopted text TA9-0014/2024
    Adopted Adopted by a large majority
    For 414 Against 118 Abstained 93

    Final vote — text as a whole at 12:18 · 66% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

    How the vote unfolded · 3 ballots

    adopted rejected lapsed square = amendment circle = part of the text decisive vote Solid = roll call (click for every MEP’s vote); faded = no individual positions

    Show all 3 ballots in voting order
    1. Separate vote on paragraph 11
    — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    2. Paragraph 11 — part 2 12:18 L’aviation électrique - une solution pour les vols court et moyen-courriers - Electric aviation – a solution for short- and mid-range flights - Elektrische Luftfahrt – eine Lösung für Kurz- und Mittelstreckenflüge - A9-0438/2023 - Erik Bergkvist - § 11/2
    Adopted
    3. Final vote — text as a whole 12:18 A9-0438/2023 - Erik Bergkvist - Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte)
    Adopted
  3. 15 December 2023 Report tabled for plenary

    This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.

    📄 Report A9-0438/2023
  4. Committee stage
  5. 7 December 2023 Committee vote: report adopted

    TRAN (Transport and Tourism) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  6. 20 July 2023 Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in TRAN (Transport and Tourism). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    📄 Draft report (TRAN)
  7. 11 May 2023 Referred to the TRAN (Transport and Tourism) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.