EU brushes off China threats
The European Commission has resolutely stated that all airlines must comply with the European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS), which came into force on January 1. Late last week, China’s For...
The European Commission has resolutely stated that all airlines must comply with the European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS), which came into force on January 1. Late last week, China’s For...
Carbon trading contacts of Airline Economics are confirming that there is a gradual increase in interest in services from European carriers with nine airlines trading carbon permits with some larger...
The European Court of Justice in Luxembourg will rule today on a challenge by US airlines against the legality of the European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme. The ruling comes just 10 days before th...
Air Transat, a Montreal-based airline, is the world's first certified green airline. The certification named Fly-360-Green(TM) consists of a comprehensive rating system for the design, innovation and ...
Fortune magazine published an article yesterday bemoaning the state of the airline industry that is facing new carbon taxes in the form of the European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS), which...
The Australian Senate has passed a controversial carbon tax, which imposes a levy of $AUS23 (£14) a tonne on emissions by the country's 500 worst polluters. The previous Rudd Government failed to pass...
Alaska Airlines will fly 75 commercial passenger flights in the United States powered by biofuel, starting this Wednesday. These flights signal aviation's next era says the airline, where sustainable ...
Friends of the Earth has dismissed Thomson Airways first commercial flight run on biofuel as a "hollow PR stunt that paves the way for rainforest destruction". The Thomson Airways aircraft claims to u...
Tomorrow the European Court of Justice will issue a preliminary ruling on a request by US airlines for non-European carriers to be excluded from the EU scheme. European airlines have warned there wi...
US carriers are estimating the new aviation departure tax proposed by the Obama administration will cost each airline approximately $100 million every year. As the world slips towards another reces...
The International Air Transport Association Airlines has pledged to support a potential emissions-trading plan under the International Civil Aviation Organization, an agency of the United Nations, abo...
The European Commission will grant airlines allowanced of 85% of their required carbon emission permits for free in 2012 under its emissions trading system (ETS). The following year the allowances wil...
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