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Managing emissions “sits at the top of the industry’s agenda” Tony Tyler
the EU – no matter where an airline is based. Those operators who refuse to comply face a fine or may even be banned from operating in the EU. When the aviation sector was included from the
start of this year in the ETS remit, it caused considerable reaction from countries including India, China, and Russia. The US has argued that the EU does not have jurisdiction to regulate flights when they are not in European skies and, along with China, threatened to ban national carriers from complying with the scheme. But, although Europe says it is prepared to be
EU STICKS BY ITS (SMOKELESS) GUNS
Since 1 March, Etihad Crystal Cargo and Royal Jordanian Cargo have been imposing a surcharge for freight carried on European routes to counter rising costs resulting from the EU Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) tax that was imposed on 1 January
do not rule out other global carriers taking similar steps, or indeed of trade wars erupting between the EU and other countries. At the start of this year, the EU imposed new
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emission caps on airlines, under which operators have to surrender one unit of their allowance per tonne of CO2 emitted on a flight to, from and within
irline anger at the ETS policy is high in a number of areas around the globe and industry analysts
flexible, it will not scrap the scheme, says Siim Kallas, vice president of the European Commission. “We are serious about negotiating and we have people who are active in finding solutions,” he said. But, whatever the difficulties or conflicts, “the system will be introduced”, he assured. In an address to the 37th FAA Aviation Forecast
Conference in Washington in early March, Tony Tyler, director general and CEO of airline body IATA (the International Air Transport Association), says there needs to be more courage shown by politicians, who he claims are being swayed by the environmental lobby. Europe needs to stop taxing and over-regulating,
he noted. “The best way to kill an industry is to over- regulate and over-tax it,”Tyler cautioned. “Managing
aviation’s 2 percent share of global man-made CO2 emissions sits at the top of the industry’s agenda, but governments must play a crucial role in helping aviation to achieve these targets by investing in more efficient airport and air traffic management infrastructure,” he prompted. Warning of retaliatory moves from other nations to
the imposition of the ETS tax, Tyler maintains that Europe should implement initiatives to help the airline industry. Airlines can deliver economic growth and jobs – and that is what Europe needs right now, he pointed out.
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