Meeting in Strasbourg for a plenary session of the European Parliament focused on the ‘Fit for 55 package’, MEPs adopted by a large majority (479 votes in favour, 130 against and 32 abstentions), on Wednesday 8 June, Sunčana Glavak’s draft report on extending the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) to emissions from all aircraft flights departing from an airport in the European Economic Area (EEA).
Although the ETS covers the aviation sector, flights to and from countries outside the...