The European Parliament’s environment committee, meeting in Brussels on Tuesday 11 July approved the extension until the end of 2020 of the derogation to the emissions trading system (ETS) for long haul flights.
This is pending the finalisation of the details of the agreement on CORSIA (Carbon Offset and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation, a global market-based measure to address the sector’s CO2 emissions) reached by the International Civil Aviation Organisation in October...