Friends of the Earth has dismissed Thomson Airways first commercial flight run on biofuel as a "hollow PR stunt that paves the way for rainforest destruction". The Thomson Airways aircraft claims to u...
Tomorrow the European Court of Justice will issue a preliminary ruling on a request by US airlines for non-European carriers to be excluded from the EU scheme. European airlines have warned there wi...
US carriers are estimating the new aviation departure tax proposed by the Obama administration will cost each airline approximately $100 million every year. As the world slips towards another reces...
The International Air Transport Association Airlines has pledged to support a potential emissions-trading plan under the International Civil Aviation Organization, an agency of the United Nations, abo...
The European Commission will grant airlines allowanced of 85% of their required carbon emission permits for free in 2012 under its emissions trading system (ETS). The following year the allowances wil...
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said Hampton Roads could become a leader in the emerging field of green aviation. By making the region a hub where government, academia and industry develop ways to...
Speaking at the New York’s Wings Club, James Hogan, CEO of Etihad Airways, berated the European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) as simply a means to increase revenue. He said the EU ETS,...
Deutsche Lufthansa will begin biofuel-powered flights on Friday, some three months later than planned. The delay was caused by a longer-than-expected wait for authorisation. The first biofuel flight, ...
A mandate that requires airlines to use biofuels would help speed large-scale adoption of renewable aviation fuels, according to a Neste Oil executive. Airlines have made tentative steps towards u...
The Air Transport Association of America, together with American Airlines and the United Continental group, told the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg yesterday that the European Union should no...
US environmental groups have attacked the Obama administration’s opposition to the European Union’s emissions trading scheme (ETS). The lobbyists claims the US is reneging on its commitment to fight g...
Kenya Airways has become the first African carrier to enlist in a UN scheme to help offset emissions by investing in carbon offsetting projects. Firms that invest in the scheme set up by The Internati...
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