Brussels, 04/04/2014 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament's endorsement on Thursday 3 April of the compromise reached with the Council of Ministers to extend until 2017 the derogation to the ETS carbon trading directive for long-haul flights is a great disappointment for environmental NGOs and low-cost airlines, but aeronautic, space and defence industries (AS) are delighted, given their reactions to the vote (see EUROPE 11053).
NGO Transport and Environment (T&E) say that, by agreeing...