SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) transport

ETS and Single European Sky under fire from low cost airlines

Brussels, 22/02/2013 (Agence Europe) - In 2012, low cost airlines again had the wind in their sails. Boosted by their success, they criticise inadequate European policies including delays in the European Single Sky and the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). Low cost airlines urge the European Council and the European Parliament to reject the moratorium on the ETS that is applied to flights outside the EU.

According to the European Low Fares Airline Association (ELFAA), 200 million passengers...