The cost of going green
Having pledged to pursue carbon-neutral growth from 2020, airlines are committed to reducing the environmental cost of flying even as they gear up for decades of continued growth in air transport. A key tool in achieving this is the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA)"”a global market-based mechanism that will help airlines […]
ALTA Commends ICAO and Governments on Adoption of Historic Aviation Climate Agreement
ALTA (the Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association) commends and congratulates the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and its member states on the adoption of the historic aviation climate agreement known as the Carbon Offset and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA). The CORSIA agreement, reached by 191 ICAO member states during the 39th […]
Following ICAO limits on regional carbon schemes, European airlines disagree on next moves over the EU ETS
As EU legislators deliberate over last week"™s climate change agreement at the ICAO Assembly, European airlines have differing views on how the EU should proceed with its emissions trading scheme (EU ETS) for aviation. The European Low Fares Airline Association (ELFAA), whose members include two of Europe"™s biggest airlines, Ryanair and easyJet, contend none of […]
Carbon Cuts Loom for Airlines as ICAO Eyes Global Market
Airlines worldwide face limits on their greenhouse-gas emissions as nations from the U.S. to Russia and the European Union are set to decide on a road map for a global market by 2020. The International Civil Aviation Organization will vote today at a plenary meeting on a deal approved yesterday by the agency"™s leaders. It […]
