LONDON (Reuters) – A coalition of airline and airport groups on Thursday criticized new recommendations asking for passengers flying from China to the European Union to show a negative COVID-19 test prior to boarding. EU government officials made the recommendation on Wednesday as Beijing plans to ease travel restrictions despite a wave of new COVID infections. The International Air Transport Association, Airlines for Europe and ACI Europe in a joint statement said that “the current surge of COVID-19 cases in China is not expected to impact the epidemiological situation in the EU/EEA (European…