Campaign for EU-wide aviation tax to tackle climate change gathers pace
Calls for the introduction of a European Union-wide environmental tax on aviation grew louder last week when ministers from across the bloc ... Continue Reading
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As Flight Shame movement gathers steam, IATA focuses on environment
As the planet confronts an environmental crisis, airlines face increasing scrutiny and public pressure to improve their environmental creden... Continue Reading
Press Release: IATA forecast predicts 8.2 billion air travelers in 2037
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) revealed that present trends in air transport suggest passenger numbers could double to 8... Continue Reading
Environmentalists worry about weakening of airline carbon offset plan
ICAO made further progress last week toward implementing its global carbon-offsetting agreement for aviation by adopting the standards requi... Continue Reading
Virgin drops controversial forest project from carbon offset program
Virgin Atlantic Airways has stopped selling credits related to a controversial forestry project in Cambodia under its passenger carbon offse... Continue Reading
US airlines seek to convince Trump to uphold CORSIA commitment
US airlines are urging the Trump administration to uphold President Obama’s commitment to participate in the voluntary phase of ICAO&#... Continue Reading
IAG urges airlines to prepare for CORSIA amid fear of regulatory force
International Airlines Group (IAG) chief executive Willie Walsh warns that if the airline industry fails to attain its emissions-reduction g... Continue Reading
Virgin investigates claims its carbon offset scheme is damaging forests
Virgin Atlantic Airways is looking into claims made by an environmental NGO which suggest that a forestry project used in the airline’... Continue Reading
Efforts to rein in aviation emissions continue to spur disagreement
If you thought last year’s agreement at ICAO to adopt the world’s first market-based measure to control international aviation emissions had... Continue Reading
Green lobby challenges airline chiefs to clarify climate change stance
Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary told an Irish radio station last month that he does not accept climate change is real. His statements prompted ... Continue Reading
Landmark ICAO aviation emissions deal provokes mixed emotions
Today’s agreement to adopt the world’s first market-based measure (MBM) to control emissions from international aviation is a key milestone,... Continue Reading
Can ICAO convince the world to regulate aviation emissions?
As the adage goes: “You can’t please all of the people all of the time”. This aptly sums up the position ICAO will find itself in over the n... Continue Reading
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