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MEPs vote in aviation emissions law

MEPs voted in favour of a compromise deal reached with the member states at the beginning of March the EU's Emissions Trading System (ETS) for aviation, despite its earlier rejection by the Parliament's Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety on 19 March. ETS will only apply to intra-EU flights, up to the end of 2016, with long-haul flights flying in and out of the European Economic Area (EEA) ... [+]

Air cargo group welcomes emissions deal

The Global Air Cargo Advisory Group (GACAG) has welcomed the recent provisional agreement reached between the European Parliament, EU Council and European Commission (EC) on including aviation in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). However, it regretted that, a few days later, on 19 March, the European Parliament Environment Committee ... [+]

IATA calls for ETS postponement

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has called on the EU to postpone its planned Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) for aviation. Director general Tony Tyler said in a speech on 6 March that non-European states see the ETS as an attack on their sovereignty.   [+]