European Cargo Alliance
Acronym: ECA
General Information
Identification Code: 491828526679-89
Entity Form: Association (unregistered)
Registration Category: Trade and business associations
Registration Date: 4/7/2017
Last Update: 2/27/2024
Mission & Interests
Goals: The European Cargo Alliance represents the interests of European air cargo carriers. It is a grouping of air cargo carriers sharing common interests and goals and its members include three of Europe’s largest air cargo operators- ASL Aviation Group; Cargolux Group; DHL Express. Its objectives are:
(a) to promote and protect the interests of the air cargo carriers in Europe;
(b) to promote and improve connectivity within and between European countries, and between European countries and other third countries, by fostering the development of a competitive air cargo transportation activity in Europe and beyond;
(c) to contribute to resolving, reducing or eliminating any regulatory issues and problems affecting the interests of the providers or customers of air cargo transportation services on a scientific, technical, environmental and institutional level, generally to contribute to improve regulations and eliminate problems and discrepancies created by these regulations;
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Interests Represented: Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Interests:
- Borders and security
- Climate action
- Customs
- Energy
- Environment
- External relations
- Foreign affairs and security policy
- Taxation
- Transport
Levels of Interest:
- global
- european
Activities
Main EU Legislative Proposals: External aviation affairs and negotiations with third countries, customs matters, security matters and environmental matters where a specific cargo view is required
Communication Activities: n/a
EU Supported Forums and Platforms: Consultative Forum on EU External Aviation Policy#E03519#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3519 #MEMBER #C#Industry
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A
Head Office
Address: Avenue d’Auderghem 22-28
Post Code: 1040
City: Brussels
Country: BELGIUM
Phone:
Indic Phone: 32
Phone Number: 0474505663
EU Office
Address: Avenue d’Auderghem 22-28
Post Code: 1040
City: Brussels
Country: BELGIUM
Phone:
Indic Phone: 32
Phone Number: 0474505663
Financial Data
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Total Budget: 0
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Complementary Information: This is an association run by different cargo airline groups from the EU and the financial information and budgets differ.
Membership Information
Members25 Percent: 2
Members: 2
Members F T E: 0.5
Info Members: 8 people are involved, to a varying degree and not a regular basis (ca. 5% of their overall time which equals 0.4 FTE)
Structure
Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce
FEDIL (Luxembourg Industry Federation)
Airlines for Europe
European Regions Airlines Association
European Express Association
IATA
Organisation Members: ASL Aviation Group comprising six European airlines:
ASL Airlines Ireland
ASL Airlines Belgium
ASL Airlines France
ASL Airlines Spain
ASL Airlines Switzerland
ASL Airlines Hungry
Cargolux Group comprising of two European cargo airlines:
Cargolux – licenced in Luxembourg
Cargolux Italia – licenced in Italy
DHL Express is an air express operator with operations in all countries across Europe and across the globe. In Europe it comprises of two cargo airlines:
European Air Transport Leipzig GmbH – licenced in Germany
DHL Air Limited – licenced in the UK
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Posted: 8/21/2025