In a statement published on Friday 19 July, the NGO network Transport & Environment (T&E) called on the European Commission to reverse its decision to exclude long-haul flights from the scope of the aviation emissions monitoring scheme, following the end of the public consultation on the subject on Monday 29 July.
This monitoring programme, which will begin in January 2025, will only apply to long-haul flights in 2 years’ time, when its scope will be extended to all flights departing...